Druridge Bay beach..

[5150]

Walked the dogs this morning at our usual area (north of Cresswell between the first and second proper car parks). Beach has changed shape again, shows you how the sea acts. What was a big sandbar with tidal pool is now all raised beach with a serious drop down at low tide. Looks like high water isn't getting up the beach at the minute, but yeah you've got a nice depth of water within a few feet at high tide.

Sea was pretty flat this morning at 5.40am, little chop from the wind blowing but otherwise nowt. Very little weed bar the odd area where there was a few rocks to gather it as the tide dropped. Shells but nothing else washed up on the beach.

That raised shoreline/sandbar looks blinking tempting mind - its where the big lake/pond feeds out to the sea when it overflows, north of the old Drift Inn Cafe (now a house I think) where there's a farmers opening and the beach access is blocked with boulders before the 2nd car park).

 

[TheCroust]

sounds like you know that neck of the woods pretty well - can I ask though, what do you make of the private beach? i've paid a few visits and heard loads of great stories but never had much (once got a single very small flounder). any thoughts would be appreciated

 

[5150]

never fished it mate, but yeah I've seen it mentioned quite a bit - only really know Druridge from walking the dogs there for years.

 

[g-force]

I fished the private beach a couple of times last winter without much success (did get a nice lobster one time though) - I think it needed a bit more sea on than there was when I visited. It's the place where I bagged my best shore caught cod of 14lb plus, although that was many years ago (early eighties), from the rocks to the north of the bay, although I also like fishing the rocks in the middle.

I don't know if it fishes in the summer though, I've always regarded it as a winter mark.

Gary

 

[TheCroust]

thanks for that. I was there at the end of last summer, it wasn't very good - maybe that's why. kelp beds tempted me but I just lost loads of gear... kind of like last night at tynemouth.