JournalLive - Angling - Coarse Angling

Steve Wood in hot form at Whittle Dene despite cold

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE cold snap has crippled angling and even matches such as the Yarm AA Open on the Tees were cancelled as most of the pegs were frozen.

Lake freeze can’t stop silver and carp haul

JournalLive — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ON The Angel complex some decent carp and silvers including chub, ide and orfe have been caught, even though it has been a week of lakes freezing and then defrosting.

Maggot is doing just the job at Whittle

JournalLive — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE mild spell continues to attract anglers to Whittle Dene where roach and gudgeon are still providing good sport to maggot, as Ian Hunter proved when he caught over 8lb of fish this week.

Find space in the ice and fish are there

JournalLive — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE region’s fisheries have experienced some very cold nights and days recently with lakes frozen over, but where ice-free spaces are present fish are still there to be caught.

Gales put the wind up river anglers

JournalLive — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WHILE the outrageous gales from midweek onwards cancelled sport all over the region, just before the storms angling had been encouraging.

Wade’s cod tops the list of quality Christmas catches

JournalLive — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

CONSIDERING the conditions some cracking fish have been taken, topped by Newbiggin angler Dennis Wade’s cod of 9lb 1oz 8drams, taken at Swine Dene.

Weather is kind to winter anglers

JournalLive — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE pleasant weather persuaded many anglers to venture out.

Silver fish dominate the nets at Aldin Grange

JournalLive — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ALTHOUGH catches of chub from the Tees around Yarm’s stretch at Middleton has seen fish up to 3lb 8oz falling to bread, the cold weather and seasonal shopping duties combined to see a low turnout on the rivers last weekend.

Tees the best as wind make Tyne and Eden difficult

JournalLive — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE winds have marred success this week, although in sheltered areas some sport has been possible with dace and some quality chub on the Wear around Durham city.

Wild and cold but anglers battle on

JournalLive — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ALTHOUGH the weather has been wild and cold, those anglers who ventured out on to Whittle Dene this week enjoyed some fine sport.

Anglers make use of mild weather

JournalLive — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WITH the weather still relatively mild, coarse anglers have been taking advantage and catching fish.

Delight as roach to be introduced into Tyne Green at Hexham

JournalLive — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ANGLERS have been taking advantage of the mild weather, with good dace catches recorded from the Tyne around Wylam.

Calverton stocking will boost coarse fish numbers

JournalLive — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

COARSE fish stocks in the region have received a great boost thanks to the Environment Agency’s autumn stocking with fish reared in the EA’s own stock farm at Calverton.

Whittle Dene has the bulk of catches

JournalLive — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE bulk of the catches from Whittle Dene this week have come from the lower match lake where Brian Allum recorded an all roach net of 7lb 4oz, while Derwent reservoir continues to provide some fine sport with nets of quality roach to 15lb.

Rob Shanks big thanks to in-form Whittle Dene

JournalLive — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WHITTLE Dene complex remains in good form with the best catches taken from the Great Southern where the top catch this week was taken by Rob Shanks, who recorded 65 roach for 22lb.

The Angel complex catches hold up despite chill

JournalLive — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IT HAS been an Interesting week on The Angel complex, with water temperature dropping as low as six degrees and frosts mid week.

No drop in catches despite the cold

JournalLive — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE dip in temperatures has not resulted in angling sport suffering, despite the first ice of the winter yesterday.

Angel complex is producing stunning catches

JournalLive — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

DESPITE the run of gloomy weather some stunning Koi and Ghost carp are being caught on the Angel complex as they feed up towards winter in the shorter hours of daylight.

Catches on lakes blow hot and cold

JournalLive — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

FISH have been finding the recent wide variations in temperature difficult to cope with.

Angel’s carp are feeding eagerly

JournalLive — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE return of the warm weather has encouraged angling activity, and on the Angel complex carp have been feeding eagerly at dusk and dawn.