Got there at 4 AM left just after 5. Walked up from the gates to just short of the 44 having a cast every 20 yards or so. Kept a couple of mackerel ( makes me sick when people keep bag fulls) llovely size and put about 16-17 back after unhooking them with forceps and not touching them at all. Seemed to get away ok. Loads of salmon jumping and even saw one tail walking . I tried a shallow diving plug near the orange pilot thing and got a helluva bang off something which I missed. Stunning sunrise- it's gonna be gorgeous today.
South Shields this morning
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Juliogeordio
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Well done on the fish, lovely morning to be out and nice to see the fish going back instead of being dumped in a carrier bag at the end of the pier like some people.... pity you missed the fish on the plug...
John findley
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Cracking morning for it mate! well done on ur fish and for the ones u returned
Mad as a fish
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If you see me walking down the pier with a bag full its for my winter bait nowt wrong with that
Thunderpants
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Well done mate. I did the exact same thing yesterday morning 5am and blanked lol On the way off I had to step over a pile of rotten mackie on the rocks just up from the hole in the wall stinking and buzzing with flies. I can't understand some people.
Pete from shields
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Dopey trolls springs to mind.
Nice session mate, the best thing to first thing on a summers morning, can't beat it, and no avoiding daylites being swung around.
If you see me walking down the pier with a bag full its for my winter bait nowt wrong with that
Fair enough if your just fishing for them the once. Keeping 50 though- say 2 a session in the winter, that's 25 sessions. One bag fulls enough for anyone. Prefer to have a few sessions and keep a few each time myself but I suppose there's no law against it.
dabcatcher
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i took 60 on saturday...
i froze some for winter baits, some cleaned and boned for summer barbie,s and a couple for the guy next door. i also cooked 8 fish the same day.
sunday i kept another 20.
i like 60 pairs of fillets frozen for winter baits about 20 pairs for the barbie and i eat them right through the season.
once my stocks are filled up i only take the odd few but again once stocks are full i will not purposely fish for mackerel but spend my time chasing bass or mullet instead.
toonboymc
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If you see me walking down the pier with a bag full its for my winter bait nowt wrong with that
totally agree with mad as a fish if you are taking a carrier bag full and using it for winter bait cant see any problem and if you want to take them and share with family and friends as i do cant see a problem either but still well done on your catches and your releases
jamesm
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MULLET ! being from the south thats not a word a have heard mentioned for a while (not in the fish sense anyway ) I love fishing for them , but thought they not up here ?? Advice Please !!!
ar lan y mor
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Hunting formullet myself
Pm me if you've found any in n east
Have my eye on a couple of likely spots but no joy yet
Have a trip home in august to fish
Mark that a u record fish came fro
