Where to collect mussels?

[Paddlesac]

I'm thinking of trying to collect some mussel for bait.

Can anyone suggest decent areas to try please?

I was thinking of North Shields, around the Middens/Knots flats area?

I'm not trying to "steal" anybodies "secrets" by the way, I'm just trying to make a bit of bait collection as simple as possible, rather than waste a load of time and more importantly; fuel, bumbling from place to place.

thanks in advance

Steve

 

[CODMAN]

There are mussels on the Middens Island but I've not been down there for a while sure I'm not sure of the size.

 

[OuTkast76]

Sandpoint near roker at low tide

 

[Paddlesac]

Cheers lads, has anyone else any other ideas or suggestions please?

A pm will do if you like

 

[davidhayley1945]

plenty at the middins but not large,also at blyth around the colums on the jettys. davy.

 

[Sea_Troot]

as davy said get down the middens on spring tides can get a bucket ful in 30 mins. next to the old wooden jetty on the right hand side. i like to go down on the biggest of tides and get right out so can get to the bigger ones

 

[bigriver]

i have a load of mussel (in small food bags) in chest freezer, these are from the Middens, fill a bucket in no time at low water, bit of a pain to shell and the skin on your hands will hurt a bit but once you get going its quite therapeutic and best of all .......its for nowt!!

 

[mooseboy65]

i have a load of mussel (in small food bags) in chest freezer, these are from the Middens, fill a bucket in no time at low water, bit of a pain to shell and the skin on your hands will hurt a bit but once you get going its quite therapeutic and best of all .......its for nowt!!

I went to middens few weeks ago and it was raked t death,just thousands empty shells,took me ages to fill bucket,i leave all the small 1s and finding the bigguns wasn't easy