The Boathouse is located at the bottom of the slope at the Pitch and Putt golf course on Whitley Bay sea front. Park in the small car park and go to the bottom of the slope.

A hundred yard cast puts you into the fish, but this mark is notorious [...]]]>

The Boathouse, Whitley Bay

The Boathouse is located at the bottom of the slope at the Pitch and Putt golf course on Whitley Bay sea front. Park in the small car park and go to the bottom of the slope.

A hundred yard cast puts you into the fish, but this mark is notorious for fishing on a big Easterly sea. Fish last 2 hours of the flood and the first 2 hours of the ebb.

Once the tide has dropped, about a hundred yards to the left of the Boathouse is a low water mark called Skitters Skeer.  This mark is only visible at low water and only accessible on very big tides. It’s a small rocky skeer/island which requires some wading about an hour before low water. It is fished on really big Easterly seas, but is a highly productive mark. It is very small so only half a dozen anglers can fish it.

Best baits are worm, crab and mussel. A very short lob is the order of the day-no more than 60 yards puts you into the fish and the bites are usually unmistakable. Do not attempt to fish this mark on the flood after low water. After low water you must get back onto the safety of the beach.

St Mary’s prom is a very good mark to fish from the last 2 hours of the flood to the first 2 hours of the ebb.

Fish the bottom corner nearest the beach. The bottom is mixed, but can be quite heavy at times. A big chuck is not essential [...]]]>

St.Mary's Prom, Whitley Bay

St Mary’s prom is a very good mark to fish from the last 2 hours of the flood to the first 2 hours of the ebb.

Fish the bottom corner nearest the beach. The bottom is mixed, but can be quite heavy at times. A big chuck is not essential as a 60-80 yard lob will put you into the fish feeding area.

Big worm baits or crab is best for fish and the main species is codling.

The area usually fishes best once darkness has fallen but,  in big seas, the waves can come over the prom, so care must be taken to observe the conditions.

The fishing marks running from the promenade at St Mary’s Lighthouse to the harbour at Cullercoats offer the angler some of the most challenging and rewarding fishing on the North East coast.

There is plenty of scope for fishing all parts of the tide, but this area is usually most rewarding [...]]]>

St Mary's Island

The fishing marks running from the promenade at St Mary’s Lighthouse to the harbour at Cullercoats offer the angler some of the most challenging and rewarding fishing on the North East coast.

There is plenty of scope for fishing all parts of the tide, but this area is usually most rewarding just before or just after a big Easterly/North Easterly blow.