Angling: Shore sport is still very quiet; SEA ANGLING HOOKED.Byline: By SAM HARRIS Sam Harris may refer to:
SHORE angling is still quiet with only the odd cod from rock edge marks and plaice plaice: see flatfish. plaice Commercially valuable European flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa). At most 36 in. (90 cm) long, the plaice normally has both eyes on the right side of the head and four to seven bony bumps near its eyes. now being taken in better numbers, the average size being 1lb-1lb 4oz. The best one taken from Roker Pier was 1lb 10oz with plaice also seen at South Shields South Shields, city (1991 pop. 86,488), South Tyneside, NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River. It is a significant port. Shipbuilding and marine engineering are the main industries; chemicals and paints are manufactured. pier and Blast Beach. Better news for the boat angler - it seems the cod are starting to move in. The Yellow Buoy buoy (boi, b  `ē), float anchored in navigable waters to mark channels and indicate dangers to navigation (isolated rocks, mine fields, cables, and the like). off St Mary's Island produced fish to 6lb on
daylights baited with squid last weekend, and Sunderland and Hartlepool
boats also report improved sport.
Fish are not there yet in quantities, but at least it's a change for the better. THE Eastenders SAC Open Charity Competition, held last Sunday, had an entry of 62 rods. Eleven weighed in 12 flounders. Bill Jackson won with one for 1lb 5oz. ahead of Neil Cutler (one for 1lb 4oz). Fishing the same venue at Marsden was Steve Rackstraw with one fish for 1lb 3oz. Top junior was Thomas Rutherford, aged six, with his 1lb flounder flounder: see flatfish. flounder Any of about 300 species of flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes). When born, the flounder is bilaterally symmetrical, with an eye on each side, and it swims near the sea's surface. from the Walkway. With donations from entry monies and a raffle, the club raised pounds 300 for the charity. Well done to the club and all contributors. The same club hold an open shore competition this Sunday. Registration is at the Glass Centre, Sunderland, from 1pm with fishing from 2pm to 6pm. Entry is pounds 6. This is a pegged match and all fish must be over 180cms. STEWART Ford of the Whitley Bay AS has just returned from a holiday in Namibia where he had some excellent shore sport, taking four Bronze Whaler Sharks, starting with a 110lb fish before moving on to another of 176lb. He bettered that with one of 187lb - but the icing on the cake was a fish of 308lb. Stewart used 45lb line and 300lb rubbing line and steel trace. The bait was a whole Sand Shark and the 308lb fish took him an hour and 35 minutes to land. ANOTHER Ribbon/ Oar fish was washed up at Seaham this week. The 9ft long fish was still alive when found. Apparently this species, if near land, comes ashore to die. The theory for the reason we are getting so many of these is that, like the Rays Bream bream: see sunfish. bream European food and game fish (Abramis brama) of the carp family (Cyprinidae). Found in lakes and slow rivers, the bream lives in schools and eats worms, mollusks, and other small animals. , it is thought they get into the Gulf Stream, which travels along the west coast of Ireland and Scotland and then into the North Sea as far as Aberdeen before changing direction towards the Norwegian coast. It is thought that the Ribbon Fish and Rays Bream continue heading south into the North Sea and the sudden change in temperature from warm to cold makes them lose all sense of direction and, the further south they reach, the more disoriented they become. Eventually the cold will possibly kill them and also cause a lot of them to end up on shore. Incidentally, this 9ft fish was a 'baby' as this species can grow to 50ft. They feed on small fish and crustaceans and I am waiting for the day when someone catches one on a jigger off the North East coast! |
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