Nice one lads how do you get to smith docks from gateshead
Through tyne tunnel and head for North Shields. Right turn at sports centre roundabout and drive down to river through the housing estate. Park on roadside next to marina. Walk along river path downstream and you willl come to holes in the fence to get in.
Seems to be deep water close in there and not as much flow as Jarrow or the Walkway where I have tried before. We just fished about 100yds onto the grass, is it better further along towards the dock itself? Any ideas?
Plenty of small fish there mind, pretty much a bite every cast once the tide started to ebb.
My mates 4 whiting weighed just under 5lb when he got them home, decent stamp.
Is this hole on the fence big enough for me to get me mountain bike through? cheers![]()
I saw you when you pulled the eel in I was about 50 yds further along. For me it really only fished until about 11:30 then the bites went off.
I got a nice Codling of 3½ lb on frozen crab at distance about 10:30 just after the ferry cut me off (my fault tho).
We had some nice fat Whitings and a few sardine sized codling. Not a bad morning.
I liked the tent !
TC
that was us but it was a black beach buddy and my mates blue brolly,quite a few lads on the mud ...Green tent thingy and someone with a blue brolly, must have been you then. You did better than us. That would have been my first choice but you guys were there first. We had loads of clarts