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brash1

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hello everyone new to forum

was wondering if anyone had any good shots from seahm hall beach as iwas going to take my son down there at the weekend its only his second time sea fishing. i took him to the blast last week and only caught one small coley.

any help would be appreciated
 
Me and my Dad fished the hall last night from 10pm till 7am
We got 7 coleys and 6 whiteys all of the fish were decent size
The best bait was lug and squid cocktail
 
Hi mate and welcome.

It's mainly a sandy beach with quite a few rocky patches along it's length.
It changes quite regularly depending on how rough the sea has been and really you'd be better having a look at dead low water and picking your marks to suit.

Starting at the very Southern end of the beach is the Featherbed Rock and best results are to be had fishing as close to the rocks as possible.
About 200 yards further North there's a steep pedestrian incline from the main road and a ramp down to the beach this is another good spot to try.
Another 100 yards or so North along the promenade and directly in front of where the Old Vane Tempest Colliery stood or where now stands a major housing development is another spot likely to throw up fish.

100 yards North again is where you can bring a car down onto the promenade from the main road (Although local By-Laws prohibit unless you're in possession of a special pass) there's a set of steps onto the beach. You can fish to the left or to the right of these steps the right side produces better but you're fishing into a larger rock patch.

There's another set of steps another 100 yards North which produces fish and finally the very North end of the promenade is a noted shot.

Between the end of the promenade and the caves is a nice area of rock which is one of my favourites but this area will cover on a Spring Tide and if you decide to fish past the caves be very careful as you will get cut off by the tide.
These are just a few marks for you to note, the Beach itself can produce fish along it's entire length.

As to conditions it definitely fishes better with some sea on and for me a South Easterly but that's just my opinion. Most people tend to fish it up to over the High water period and on a big tide you'll be fishing off the promenade itself (very comfortable fishing) but I've had a few good sessions in the past around the low water mark.

Unless there's some movement on you'll probably struggle during daylight hours but once it gets dark and especially on a large tide you should pick something up.
If the conditions are unfavourable for Cod fishing you should still find plenty of Whiting to keep you happy, fish light and have fun.
 
I've always had success fishing the tide from rock bottom up, especially on big tides like this weekend. It doesn't fish as well at high tide, but the fish soon take an interest as the tide drops. I also find that big casting helps when there is little sea running.
 
man flu

man flu

sorry guys couldnt make it out on saturday night came down with man flu on friday night. going to take the bairn down to the hall on monday after he finishes school, going to try at the side of the featherbed rocks. will lug and mussell be ok on a clipped down pennell rig. cheers
 
As was said earlier,the closer you can get to the rocks the better.I fished there last time I fished at Seaham,but ended up about 40-50 yds away,got a couple of throwbackable size,but when I wandered down to the rocks the nearer I got there was more and bigger fish.last year mind.
 
lug and mussel on a cliped down pennel rig will be perfect mate take some rag as its a canny bass spot if there about
 
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