not fished the tyne for a while, so not sure whats getting caught there,
but on shields pier the tthe last week i have seen cod, coley,pollock, whiitng dab , plaice, flounder, mackeral, pouting, gurnard, dragonet,weaver,launce and octopus and if your not happy in catching these there also has been cormorant, guillimot and a few gulls getting caught as well lol