Thornies of Roker or shields

[fishingfanatastico]

Hi,
Has any one caught any thornies of roker pier in the past or not, my mate was fishing on Sunday night and had a cracking bite around about 120 yards out using mackeral on a pennel rig actually trying for them and when he struck the fish was on it gave him a big slack liner and then he hooked the fish got it about 40 yards in then it came of and he said it was hugging the bottom whilst kicking like sometimes they do, not for definite it was a thronie but it was a really good bite he was only using small size 2 hooks to give other fish an oppurtunity to get hooked but it must have been something decent it was also a bassy kind of bite. It could have been a thornie, not many people try for them of Roker even though you get them at seaham theres been bass and doggys of Roker this year so i can't see the odd one or two thornies kicking about. Me mate had a plaice about 2lbs and a few nice Dabs after he lost that fish. So has anyone caught any off Roker or shields in the past?

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

Could well have been!

 

[northeast1]

Not heard of any but just alittle further down the coast at Seaham i know for a fact there has been a few. Lad at work caught 2 from the blast beach 3 weeks ago, he has some cracking pics and they looked about 3lbish...i was glad when he said all 3 that day had been returned that he had seen caught.

Crab and mackerel landed them for him. Seaham area also gets a lot mre doggies than Roker/Shields, its nt much further down the coast but the something seems to attract rays/doggies to Seaham more than the other area ont he coast line.

In short try Seaham area..better chance.

 

[micky-quayle]

theres been quite a few caught at horden in recent weeks (a dozen i know of)the best about 6lb, best baits to try squid, sandeel or peeler.

 

[BAZACODBASHA]

Sounds like your mate lost a substantial fish there ! Without making him feel any worse, I remember a few years ago someone caught a 20Lbs TURBOT from the round end on Roker Pier.
Whereabouts on the pier were you fishing ? I haven't fished the pier myself for many years, but fancy a spot of flattie bashing. Can you fish anywhere along the inner side casting into the river side for them or are they mainly caught from the pier end. Lastly where can I park my car as close to the pier as possible ? I don't mind paying for parking if it is close.
Cheers mate and good luck.

BAZACODBASHA

 

[fishingfanatastico]

Roker pier parking, recent Catches

Roker pier parking, recent Catches

Hi mate,
At the moment the best place for the flattys is the roundhead with any worm bait tipped of with either macke,squid or crab taking some lovely flatties there are a fair few flounder about, but further out their are some lovely plaice being caught from the pound mark upwards,somenice dabs aswell bigger than morrisions in anyways 10ozs upwards and again all of these fish mentioned seem to be taking a liking to worm tipped of with crab,mackeral or squid. Theres also coalies and sizeable codling to peeler crab baits, just fish the roundhead for these although inn the winter you catch cod/codling from the barrier, all the way down the pier basically but if your after codling there are some to 4lbs show on the barrier to fresh crab baits this time of the year but are few and far between on you could possibly blank, so the best bet if your after sport is to simply fish of the end for flatties the better flatties were at distance the other day.
You can park your car in three car parks two of which get shut at night, but theres one near the back of the hut right next to the pier, and at this car park you can park there for as long as you want. Hope this information helps you mate.

 

[Mogthemackem]

You can get Thornies north and south of shields/sunderland so I don't see why they couldn't be caught there although I've never seen one.

You can park right near the base of the pier, just as you're approaching you'll see where an old building used to be with tiled ground. It's ok to fish there. Otherwise if it's through the day there is free car parks but they close at 10 so make sure your car's out of there by then.

You can fish the roundhead or anyway near there to the left (not into the river side) as this seems to be the most productive spots for flounders. I'll be there friday night for a shot.

 

[braine]

The nickname for thornback ray is ROKER. In the old days they were very common in the Roker part of Sunderland Bay before they built Roker Pier.

 

[Falcone]

yes you definatly get thornbacks and skate in the blast bay of seaham,allthough they ar'nt very big,also you can get dover soles on the smoother ground.