Lovely Pollock on the Tyne wrecks aboard Sweet William

Pollack, Ling and Cod on the Tyne wrecks aboard Sweet William

Codling, Pollack, Haddock and Whiting aboard Sweet William Charter Boat on the Tyne wrecks today.

Sweet William finds some nice codling on the wrecks!

Some lovely clean spring run codling aboard Sweet William Charter Boat.

All four seasons, flat seas and non stop sport with the Veterans aboard Sweet William Charter Boat

Small Codling and Shoals of Coalies aboard Sweet William Charter Boat.

Sweet William Holiday Retreat in the beautiful Northumberland fishing village of Seaton Sluice.

Codling, whiting, pouting and haddock aboard Sweet William out of the River Tyne in the North East of England

Spaces available aboard Sweet William Charter Boat for a day trip this Saturday 18th March 2023 fishing out of the River Tyne in the North East of England.

Departing Royal Quays Marina in North Shields (River Tyne) at approximately 7:30am, return at approximately 4:00pm.

If you’re interested in a day on the water please contact the skipper, Geoff, on 07740 706007 to reserve a place.

Availability update:-

Saturday 4th March - fully booked

Sunday 5th March - cancelled due to bad weather

If you fancy a run out this weekend to make to the most of a slight break in the weather, feel free to call, or message Geoff on 07740 706007

Massive thanks to Tog Edwards for organising a run out with the Keel Inn Angling Club who travelled all the way up from Barnsley. We also welcomed aboard Paul Harland and Stuart who was out celebrating his 70th birthday.

The weather was incredible, flat seas, sunshine and little to no wind.

We headed out and found the mackerel on the first stop, not in great numbers but enough to provide plenty of bait for the day.

Once we got to the wrecks after a considerable steam, Wayne knocked straight into a lovely brace of cod with a combined weight of 16.11 lb.

Steve winkled out a fantastic Ling of 14.15 lb.

Paul was quietly pulling in so many fish he ran out of places to put them all; we broke out the backup jumbo cool box, and before long he'd filled that aswell!

It was a pleasure to have a full boat of great anglers and the results speak for themselves. Keel Inn Angling Club performed well, but we have to say... "NOT BAD, COD DO BETTER"!

When we get a call from Tamas and the lads (and lasses), we already know it's going to be a good day, and that's before we find any fish!

We headed out to sunshine, light winds, and a bit of a South Easterly roll.

We stuck close inside to find a few mackerel for sport, the pan, and bait and then slowly started to creep further out to deeper water and the bigger wrecks.

We rigged the guys up for wrecking and made the final jump offshore in search of a better stamp of fish.

Some lovely cod, pollack and smaller ling came up before we had to head home to get one of the lads back in time for the airport.

We enjoyed non stop sport on coalies, whiting, pouting and mackerel throughout the day.

The First Mate had a couple of drops on the final wreck, and winkled himself out a nice pollack weighing in at 7.1lb on the digital scales which is his new PB!

It was an absolute pleasure to welcome aboard Steve, Andy, Jackie and team today who had travelled all the way from Carlisle, Chris and Peter, and Andy who was experiencing his first taste of wreck fishing!

We headed out to a slight fret, flat calm seas and warm conditions. The first stop immediately produced a fantastic stamp of mackerel for both bait, and the pan.

We headed off on a fair steam to some less frequented wrecks, and began to pick away steadily. Andy soon mastered the technique to wreck fishing and hooked up with a great 5'7 lb cod as his PB.

Chris and Peter had some cracking fish between them, with Peter knocking into a double string of both a cod and ling together, with the cod weighing in at 8’9 lb.

Andy (part of Steve's party) quietly picked away on some lovely fish all day, with a fantastic ling coming in on the digital scales at exactly 9'0 lb. It was very clear that this wasn't Andy's first rodeo, and a pleasure watching him work.

The sun made an appearance for a good part of the afternoon, with some incredible Minke whales slowly breaching past close to the boat on a few occassions which is always amazing to witness.

The steam home was also an event in itself, with an extremely dense fog bank greeting us a few miles from the Tyne; no sooner than we arrived back at Royal Quays Marina, it was back to sun and clear skies.