Fishery Pokery
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Just been looking at my charts and have noticed there is a dumping ground off Seaham and Sunderland. I was wondering what gets dumped in these areas? And does it make them good for fishing?
Dumping Ground?
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Iva-Cod-on
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Come on now lets not start that!! LOL
Just cos your off on ya jollies, Enjoy
It'll still be goin on when yi get back lol
Just cos your off on ya jollies, Enjoy
It'll still be goin on when yi get back lol
northeast1
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lol yer because all the black and white ones have been on a sinking ship for sometime 
I have buzzed over them areas before and not really found anthing on the fishfinder..obstruction or feature wise, worth a bash thou..wont know until you try.
I have buzzed over them areas before and not really found anthing on the fishfinder..obstruction or feature wise, worth a bash thou..wont know until you try.
codthumper
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the dredgers used to dump out from sauter point, maybe thats it
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the dredgers used to dump out from sauter point, maybe thats it
Remember some time back they were going to dump dredgings from the Tyne out there. There was concern because of the heavy metals in the silt. So they decided to then cover it with sand. I think they were told to put 6 meters over it then this got reduced to 1 metre. Bloody stupid idea. Do you think the sand is going to stay in place, not bloody likely.
Fishery Pokery
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I suppose if it was taken directly of paper charts it could have been marked there for years. I had wondered if it was for dumping the spoils from mining, as I know they did that both in Seaham and Sunderland.
davem2005
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Alfie.
Those dumpings have just been surveyed at the end of last year and the results show no significant errosion of the capping. A minor area had to have a top up and the results were classified as succesful.
Like Ritchie I have fished them with no real success...far better to go for the hard stuff and wrecks.
Cheers
dave
Stores
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I remember seeing a program on the telly about the dumping of some sort of slag off Blyth. The stuff was rock hard and the sea bottom was like a desert. Will try and find out some more about it.
Was it dumping ash from the Power Station?
Wish I had a properly functioning memory. I can remember Ravenswood School winning the Bagnall Cup in 1966 but can't remember why I've come back to my office and why I'm looking at the computer screen.
Was it dumping ash from the Power Station?
Wish I had a properly functioning memory. I can remember Ravenswood School winning the Bagnall Cup in 1966 but can't remember why I've come back to my office and why I'm looking at the computer screen.
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mark
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was at an Alzheimers protest march last month, they we're chanting
"What Do We Want"
We Don't Know"
When Do We Want it"
"Want What?"
The Great Wallsendo
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Stores
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Simpkins in Year 9 is due detention
Don't know Simpkins personally but I'll thrash everyone whose name begins with S just to be sure.
davem2005
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It was the ash from the power station.
The NSFC recently had a presentation from a company who intend to build a new power station on the Blyth site and questions were asked regarding what would be done with the ash from the new power station as commercials still consider this area as a total wasteland in terms of fishing.
No dumping at sea would be done from a new power station.
There were also questions raised about the affects on sea temperatures if a new power station is built. They are predicting a possible 2 degree temp rise of the sea in that area. Time to get out the bass rods again
Yes the ash boat used to go out of Blyth twice a day I believe. They were supposed to dump 2 miles out but I was fishing the harbour one day in pea soup and the boat must have dumped just outside the piers as it was back in after a few minutes. I thought it had just turned round due to the fog but it was definately empty.
if you read ron young book shipwrecks of the north east coast he reckons the fly ash from blyth reaches as far north as newbiggin and up to 8 miles out . they reckon it sets like cement but i have to say it doesnt effect the wrecks in the area had some good fish up there.
