Spinning from the Pier - Sea Fishing UK 

Thanks Andy, I appreciate the kind words. Glad you enjoyed watching it.

Thanks Mike, it was good to get back out, tight lines 👍

Thanks mate 👍 hopefully I'll get a lot more videos out this year.

Thanks Richard 👍

Thanks David.

Thanks Steve, hopefully it won't be to long until the next video. Tight lines mate.

Thanks, I've been at it a while and I'm still learning, keep at it and you'll get better 👍

Thanks kristian.

Thanks Tim.

Thanks Nabil.

Thank you Sam.

Thanks mate 🎣

Thanks 👍

Thanks Richard.

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Thanks.

Thanks mate, yeah im well thanks 👍

Thanks mate 👍

Couldn’t agree more. I used to sea fish a lot in the UK - mainly Kent coast - almost weekly for 20 years or so; but, when you see, as I did, foreign boats coming in closer than my cast and just sweeping up every living thing; every small fish just for the frigging fish soup, then you don’t have to wonder why there’s no fish. We go to NSW for a month each year to visit family. We’ve got a little 2 bed house plus car plus tinny. Never had a bad day fishing out there (with one exception). Lake Illawarra for flatfish, minimums Rover for black fish; off Kiama for snapper, squid and salmon. You’ve just got to worry about sun tan lotion. The one bad experience happened when we had just flown back to the UK. Whilst out there, my son and I decided to buy a much bigger boat so that he could begin to take his children out with us. Got a very nice 22’ middle console aluminium boat with all the trimmings. Anyway, my son went out with a friend; about 2km off Kiama when the boat started sinking. Thankfully, they had their life vests on and, as is obligatory out there, the full range of flares and emergency radio (we had bought a top of the range model from BCF). Whilst they were still on the boat, my son tried to use the radio - brand new - and it failed. Kept trying but no good. Last thing before the boat went down was a flare. Now, with a radio , you know someone is coming; with a flare, you’ve just got to hope someone saw it. They spent over an hour in the sea and weren’t far from exhaustion when a lifeguard on a ski thing found them. They clung on and went to shore; full emergency call out of police and ambulance. Soon after , NSW Maritime contacted my son to fill out a full report. My son, as am I , have passed our boat tests and got full licences. Cut to the chase and the NSW Maritime were very unhappy with BCF and suggested my son gets hold of them. BCF took the radio away and came back to say that they couldn’t establish anything as they couldn’t test the radio as the radio was full of water - of course, it was ; it had been in the sea for an hour - but this was a radio supposed to work even when in the sea for up to 30 minutes up to 1.5m. Moral of the story, apart from always having safety kit, is not to use BCF. They are the B&Q or the Bunnings of the world - box sheds selling quantity and not giving a damn about service.

Thanks mate, it should start picking up on roker pier within the next couple of weeks usually some good pollock and mackerel from there.

Thanks mate, I'll give there a try sometime thanks for the tip. 👍

Haha Nice one, shouldn't be to long before the mackerel are in.

@@fishingintheukgarywood ano mate a cant wait got some 35lb daiwa sensor to go on the sea reel for them ahha bit strong like but will cast well still

You’ve caught more than I have 😂

@Mark Hepworth I was fishing in Western Australia. Mainly around Rockingham. I don't know but when I was a kid my dad caught bucket loads but not me. I remember the best fishing was way down south at Augusta. But out on the boat was up at Lancelin, about a mile or two out. That was where I caught 'the one that got away'. Easter 1989. I'd love to know what was on the end of that line. Heavy, big and black as it came up then my line snapped and it was gone...

Thanks Lance, always to get a pb and have a cook up on the beach. This was on south shields pier.

Yeah its a bit hit and miss with bait at the min but the fish are starting to turn up now.

Thanks, yes 15lb mono should be fine. I'm not sure about the telescopic rods I havent used one before.

Thanks, yes you can fish off any rocks. Its usually better when the tide is coming in but you can still fish the tide out aswell.

Hi, it's usually better fishing on the beach side. The pier is still closed for repairs at the min. I'm not sure if it will be back open over the summer. The only place you can fish the pier at the min is the first part from the brigade hut up to the locked gate into the estuary side.

Thanks, I'll try to get there this year.

Thanks Dave, I mainly fish South Shields pier and occasionally Roker pier in Sunderland.

@@fishingintheukgarywood Thanks for that I'm hoping to get to sout shields later in the year to do some fishing, we'll it's our lasses 60th but the rods are going in lol any tips would be welcome.

Thanks mate, I usually let it get close to the bottom but not hit the bottom.

Daint nah how you do I get snagged if I let it sink that far while spinning 🤣

Hi Richard, yeah im well thanks. I've been a couple of times at first light the past few tides and haven't had any yet only coleys. I'll be trying more over the next week or so, as soon as I get one ill put a video straight up. I think the weather and rough sea seems to be keeping them away for now but it shouldn't be to long before they show up.

@@fishingintheukgarywood cheers gary keep up the good work

Thanks Joe.

Thanks dave, do you mean spinning rods or beach casters for bait fishing?

@@fishingintheukgarywood the beach casters, I fish a lot on Sand but looking for a pair of shorter beach casters for pier work

I normally just use my thirteen and a half foot beach casters, century and ziplex are good brands but other than that I don't know of any.

Hi it's a breakaway backrest conversion kit.

Cheers for that. We'll done with the video's I really enjoy them

No they work fine without bait.

It's usually open through out the year when the sea isn't to rough.

@@fishingintheukgarywood Do i need to pay if fishing?

No you don't have to pay to fish on there.

Yeah mate I agree we have a lot less fish than Australia especially from the shore but we do have a few more fish just offshore that can be caught by boat.

@@fishingintheukgarywood G'day mate I use the hawksbury River for fishing and play it's my back yard for fun .thanks captain Cook you poor poms

Yes it's shields pier, I'm not sure if I'll be there on Sunday.

@@fishingintheukgarywood ok

Not at all its in south shields.

I use a daiwa bg spin 902ML, 7-35g length 2.74m. it's my favourite spinning rod. I had a sonic vader, but unfortunately it snapped.

Daiwa BG3000/701M Black Gold Spinning Reel 7ft 1pc Medium Action Rod Combo. Good???

I'm not sure I haven't used them before but 7ft may be a bit short for off the pier.

It's south shields pier.

Yes I would say its a good way to fish for beginners.

@@fishingintheukgarywood Post code please

@@lucianluciannix6924 ne33 2jx

Yes

South shields pier

Not yet, but should be in any day now if the weather and sea stays settled.

@@fishingintheukgarywood the sea is nice and clean for once hope the weather stays like this.. fingers crossed mate

South shields pier