Trading estate scotwood rd

theac3man

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Fished next to BA/AA buildings on sat night after sacking off the idea of trying for the cod on a rock mark in the ****ing rain. Got afew decent sized flounder and ALOT of whiting, but I had a very distinctive heavy knock when the tide turned which I would say was a cod nod! But completely missed it, but it lead me to think, do codling go up that far in the river? and if so where do you think the highest point anyone has caught a decent sized cod? Or if there is a recorded history what are the facts?
 
Cod have been caught in good numbers as far as newcastle quayside that I know of so theres no reason for them not to be up to newburn.
 
I fish there all the time m8. Never caught Cod...
But a few locals have told me the tale of catching them there, and as far as Vickers a mile or so up!
Dnt think I'd eat out from Tyne to be honest! Ha
 
I fish there all the time m8. Never caught Cod...
But a few locals have told me the tale of catching them there, and as far as Vickers a mile or so up!
Dnt think I'd eat out from Tyne to be honest! Ha

That would be an interesting stomach content, tampons, plastic bags, some guys toaster. Lol :)
 
Lol, takes the toaster... Darling do you want some toast?! Sure I will. Do you like the new toast ? Yeah it's lovely do we have a new toaster yeah we do. Where'd you get it from; a cods belly from the tyne.

Face begins to redden, vomit reflex induces. Bestnets face looks like he's had 10 rounds with mike Tyson. (oh and his ear is in the sink) :P
 
Lol, takes the toaster... Darling do you want some toast?! Sure I will. Do you like the new toast ? Yeah it's lovely do we have a new toaster yeah we do. Where'd you get it from; a cods belly from the tyne.

Face begins to redden, vomit reflex induces. Bestnets face looks like he's had 10 rounds with mike Tyson. (oh and his ear is in the sink) :P

HAHAHA.... sounds pretty much right, infact wondering do you know my lass!

HAHA...
 
I witnessed a nice 3ish lb bass caught at that spot!!! not sure how that compares to a Cod that far up the river?????

I was talking to a bloke down there once when I was fishing and he told me that there'd been some good size Bass caught there. Took it with a pinch of salt at the time as it is a good way up the river for a Cod let alone a Bass.
 
If I'm honest I very much doubt bass would be that far up. I'd have to see it to believe it. There is around the cut off point for salt water species. The only thing I could think it would be would be a false identification I.e a salmon/seatrout.
 
If I'm honest I very much doubt bass would be that far up. I'd have to see it to believe it. There is around the cut off point for salt water species. The only thing I could think it would be would be a false identification I.e a salmon/seatrout.

It was during a competition not that long ago which included some very experienced anglers. We had heard similar stories prior to the comp that a few had been caught and some of us were equally cynical until we witnessing it. So as I said I witnessed a bass getting caught in that area, just goes to show nature is a strange thing, in fact I will check the results to see if any cod have been caught as we have fished two comps there over the last couple of years.
 
It was during a competition not that long ago which included some very experienced anglers. We had heard similar stories prior to the comp that a few had been caught and some of us were equally cynical until we witnessing it. So as I said I witnessed a bass getting caught in that area, just goes to show nature is a strange thing, in fact I will check the results to see if any cod have been caught as we have fished two comps there over the last couple of years.

I was fishing one of the Rutherford's summer league matches at the copthorne a couple of years back and a lad did indeed catch a bass about 3 or 4 lbs. In a catch & release match it was easily beaten by a couple of flounders though, still a very nice fish and the first I'd heard of up that way.

Gary :)
 
if you fish the area behind the black bull pub/blaydon train station you get a lot of small codling n whiting mixed in with the flounder i once won a knockup with the lads from the pub with a bag of them nothing big think the biggest i have had is around 8oz mark but good fun on light carp gear av even had them up as far as newburn slipway but not in as many numbers furthest up i have seen sizeable one is B n Q at scotswood hope this helps
 
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