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.

Park on the Quayside and fish from the comfort of your car!

Good catches of mixed species. Eels, flatties, whiting and coalfish.

Deep water and a clean(ish) bottom.

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.

Keith Halman fishing on Hall Beach, Seaham

Keith Halman fishes for Cod, Whiteys and Flatties at Black Caves on Hall Beach, Seaham, Co. Durham.

Preferred bait is Lugworm (tipped with Whiteworm if you can get it!), or crab. Best time is after dark and in rough seas.

Keith usually casts around 120 [...]]]>

Keith Halman fishing on Hall Beach, Seaham

Keith Halman fishes for Cod, Whiteys and Flatties at Black Caves on Hall Beach, Seaham, Co. Durham.

Preferred bait is Lugworm (tipped with Whiteworm if you can get it!), or crab. Best time is after dark and in rough seas.

Keith usually casts around 120 yards from shore, but isn’t convinced that long casts are always necessary and knows of plenty of cases where short casts have landed big fish.

Cod can be over 10 lbs, whiteys over 3 lb and flatties around 2 lb. Keith hauled his biggest Cod yet (nearly 12 lbs he reckons) on this spot just before Christmas, but it broke loose in the rough surf only yards from the shore!

Accessibility: The cliffs along this stretch of coastline are steep and impassible. But Hall Beach offers easy access by either steps or ramps from the large car park near the centre of the beach.

Deep water and a clean(ish) bottom.

Good catches of mixed species including eels, flatties, whiting and coalfish.