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Richard on a Roll to take NFSA competition

THE top two fish in the NFSA boat competition both came aboard Sarah JFK, with Richard Roll taking the biggest weighing in at 28lb 13oz, when weighed a good few hours after capture. Patrick Ward took the next biggest weighing in at 18lb. Read

John’s mirror image

IT HAS been a bumper week for coarse angling locally with stillwaters and rivers both in cracking form. Indeed, one of the best carp ever reported north of the Tyne was landed from the TAA’s Killingworth Lake this week when John Douglass caught a superb 31lb mirror. Read

Shark’s bite is a healthy omen

THE winter shore fishing season is almost upon us, and the weed beds are already holding good numbers of fish. Cod to 5lb and plenty of coalfish are being caught around the north end of Tynemouth Beach and Cullercoats Harbour. Read

By George – the fishings not bad!

GEORGE BARKER took advantage of the better sport on the Bywell Syndicate beat to reel in a 17lb sea-liced beauty. Read

Wrecks beat the bad weather

On the hard ground catches have been mainly cod between 3 and 7lb. Read

Youngsters bag the best hauls

JUNIOR anglers have taken the honours this week with 16-year-old Elliott Carver fishing aboard Flamer 11 out of Hartlepool landing one of the biggest ling taken this year, weighing in at 28lb 4oz. Read

Shilling has fish on the Lookout

THE weather this week has produced variations that have seen great catches during the warmer days and evenings. Read

Ashington angler retains top prize

FOR the second year in a row Ashington's Tony Hart has lifted top prize at the Lord Devonport Disabled Anglers Challenge at Sweethope Loughs. Read

Cooler nights helping anglers

STEVE Mann from Newton Aycliffe, fishing a Bloodworm, took the week’s heaviest fish at Jubilee Lakes – a cracking rainbow of 21lb 10oz – while Karen Cardwell of Darlington took a fish of 11lb 9oz on a Black Apps Bloodworm. Read

Alan, 9, gets among the fish

WHAT a trip it was for nine-year-old Alan Harrison from Hartlepool when he went for a weekend’s Pollock fishing with his step-dad Barry Pattinson – and family friends Dave and Andy – to Luce Bay. Fishing aboard On Yer Marks with slivers of float-fished mackerel on light rods, they were soon into pollock. Read

Simply the best!

THE ‘best fishing ever’ was the verdict at Northumbrian Water’s Fontburn Reservoir this week after anglers fishing the popular North East reservoir averaged a fantastic 6.8 fish per visit. Read

Keith lands triple bonus

POLLOCK fishing is certainly taking hold along our coastline with Kevin Anderson, angling on private boat Charlotte, just south of Burnmouth, taking three cracking fish of 5lb 8oz, 8lb, and a monster of 12lb 7oz all on a side winder sand eel. Read

Nightshift works for local rod Bill

FISH have been moving up the River Tyne this week with a good run witnessed on early Monday morning on the main river. Read

Get along for meeting

THE Pike Anglers Club North East region are holding a meeting on Tuesday, September 4. Guest speaker is Mark Lloyd the executive director of the Anglers Conservation Association. Read

Norman weighs in with tope

HEXHAM angler Norman Tweddle may well have let a British record pass by as he sportingly returned a massive tope while fishing from Ian Burrett’s On Yer Marks in Luce Bay. Read

Delight as Smith scoops the top prizes

RICHARD SMITH hit top form when he scooped the first two places in the Friars Goose Boat Club Cedric Bilverstone Open boat competition last Sunday. Read

Warmer weather leads to catches

FOLLOWING another large stocking of fish in the two-pound to eight-pound range and with water clarity improving daily, the warmer weather brought plenty of fly life and good sport at Sweethope Loughs this week. Read

Graham is the king of the ling

THE unsettled conditions did no one any favours after anglers had enjoyed some cracking sport from the boats from all ports, with Tyne boat Sarah JFK taking well over 100 fish with cod and ling into double figures. Read