st.marys lighthouse
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willywetegg
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Lots of good marks around the island Johnny, have a look at this from the homepage.
St. Mary's Island - NESA - North East Sea Angling - Sea Fishing UK
West Bay is always popular in the open comps, sometimes fishable when there is a big sea running. It is the same as all rocky marks though, you can lose a bit of gear in some places but you can also get some decent fish.
Jim.
St. Mary's Island - NESA - North East Sea Angling - Sea Fishing UK
West Bay is always popular in the open comps, sometimes fishable when there is a big sea running. It is the same as all rocky marks though, you can lose a bit of gear in some places but you can also get some decent fish.
Jim.
hey, there are a few good marks around st marys, my favourite being crispins gulley. if you go to the lighthouse and walk down the stairs near the cottages and walk to the edge of the rocks on the left and this is where it is, great through all seasons, summer for red cod(best results have been on a float with mackeral strip or sandeel. i have also had good catches of mackeral and pollock on the high tide. during the winter however after a big storm fishing crispins gulley on a rising tide has produced cod with crab, lug razor and the usual cod baits being best. expect to lose gear so rotten bottoms or other weak link rigs are advisable, however i am planning on trying floating at st marys in the winter to see if any cod will take. also hartley is worth a try for cod, down the stairs that go down the cliff along the lighthouse tracks. walk along the skeer on a low tide and fish it a couple hours down couple hours up also just at the bottom of the stairs on the high tide casting from the little beach can produce some nice flatties, hope this helps, i have spent many days during the summer but not so many in the winter fishing st marys and surrounding area and it is one of my favourite spots and rarely gets crouded. merry christmas
thundercat
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can anyone give me any info on how to get to this mark. i am new to the area and have not been out this year.
cheers guys
cheers guys
johnf
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st marys island whitley bay - Google Maps
Remember access is via a causeway that is covered for 4+ hours during high water, park in the car park opposite the island (pay & display & the council wardens are sh@t hot) and walk over. Alternativley drive past the entrance to the island & head into old hartley car park and down the cliffs to fish harlley skeer. Good luck
Remember access is via a causeway that is covered for 4+ hours during high water, park in the car park opposite the island (pay & display & the council wardens are sh@t hot) and walk over. Alternativley drive past the entrance to the island & head into old hartley car park and down the cliffs to fish harlley skeer. Good luck
youngsteve
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If fishing st marys you have to expect to loose some gear, fish with rotten bottems/weak links. Cast into the gulleys, they are deep even at low water but make sure you know the tide times otherwise you will get cut off.
lol gone up by a fiver then from the last time my dad got one droppin me off fishing and helping me haul sum gear across the rocks! im local to this area so normaly walk or get a quik lift down, shame about the pay parking as there are free car parks on whitley sea front, shame they dont make st mary's free, there are always pleanty of spaces.
willywetegg
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It always used to be free during off season months but only after either 7 or 8 oclock, too much of a cash cow to stop charging. That said mind, I used to wonder if they brought it in to discourage the boy racers that are always in there. At least if the warden comes in they have to either leave or buy a ticket.
Jim.
Jim.
its free after a certain time at night.
im sure the ticket was for £50, but if you paid it within so many days, it went down to half price, bargain in the credit crunch! lol
all that because i was 50p short during an open. i forgot about the machine, warden must have logged the time and came back after it had ran out
wont happen again lol
im sure the ticket was for £50, but if you paid it within so many days, it went down to half price, bargain in the credit crunch! lol
all that because i was 50p short during an open. i forgot about the machine, warden must have logged the time and came back after it had ran out
wont happen again lol
yeah after 8 was always free so on the warm flat summers nights we (me and my dad) would go spinning untill dark, this was often when we got some of the better fish, spinning black jellyworms with a red or pink tail seem to do the trick and again thats fishing crispins gulley on the low tide. 
el_sid
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aye mate, in the summer a usually fish it at high water, and if a get bored just wade across
carful if u do tho as current can get strong somtimes
johnf
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I would'nt advise wading accross the causeway, a woman was drowned doing this a couple of years ago.aye mate, in the summer a usually fish it at high water, and if a get bored just wade across
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