Suggestions for April August & September Meets 2010

[FishingwithFrank]

Have we any suggestions for April & August 2010 Meets.
Will it be warm enough to camp in April ?
Dont forget its Easter week end 2/3/4 April
and we dont want to go anywhere on August Bank Holiday...

[wijonty]

doese anybody know any thing about sunderland pier iv herd good reports but never been or is it to for
or seaham beach county duram jonty

[Tink]

does anybody know any thing about Sunderland pier i've heard good reports but never been or is it to far?
or seaham beach county Durham jonty

Its Called Roker Pier, boss, i remember it from my childhood as i grew up opposite it, its very very long ( little legs at the time ) with a lighthouse at the end, fish the right hand side as the left is filled with a petrified forest on the left pier ( free coal for the locals ) rig snagger for the far casters, there are two piers both pointing towards one another, on the right one fish to the left for the same reasons ( rightside is petrified forest as well ) so you are fishing into the bay ( SR6 0PL on google maps and the black stuff outside the piers is coal ).
Make sure you take your own worms ( best bait for over there ) as they are a quid each, frozen!! ( between £4.50 - £10 a pack of 10 ) impossible to get them off the beach, i send my uncle 20 a week, Codling and Pollock and Mackerel regulary caught by him ( depending on season of course )

[kingcrab]

i,m off down porthcawl in south wales for the last two weeks in august so if anyones intrested we may be able to set up something some tidy fishing and good local campsites there plus i know most of the venues around there and a good tackle shop not to far away

[FishingwithFrank]

That sounds ok to me so please can you set it up for us you pick the dates in aug friday to sunday and the site and fishing venues. ive not fished in that part of the world for a long time....Frank

[FishingwithFrank]

Has anyone any info about South West Scotland I fished up there at Port Patrick and Drummore many years ago... will it be warm enough in September for a camping weekend....Frank

[buster175]

Frank
pm strathy i think he's fished there a few times

Cheers Dave

[tomcat]

It should be warm enough in the area of Stranraer Frank. This particular peninsula is strongly influenced by the gulf stream creating a mini climate simlar to Anglesey. Good Plaice fishing from plenty of sheltered areas too. Sadly a lot of Dogfish too.

[FishingwithFrank]

I found this site it looks good the camping area is right next to the beach and it also has boat launching facilities... please give me your thoughts for a september meet here....Frank
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3020

[tomcat]

Never stayed in that particular spot. If you selected a venue further west, on the peninsula itself you gain the benefit that with the two bays near Stranraer, one facing north the other facing south, no matter which way the wind blows and no matter how strong, there is access to sheltered fishing within close range. There appears to be a good selection of sites.

[kingcrab]

here goes frank couple of pics of the areas [url][/url] heres porthcawl area red showing the fishing and blue the parking 1. the pier is ok but gets busy mainly from low to high and back down rays ,dogs ,pout ,whiting the odd smoothie main baits are sandeel squid and ragworm 2 .the promanade fishes ok usually plenty of room the same baits as for the pier and pretty much the same fish ,fishes 3hrr either side of h/w 3. newton point this is a l/w rough ground fishing rotten bottoms rule here reasonably easy access and good parking baits are baisically anything though crab and squid are top baits with sandeel and ragworm also usefull can get bass smoothhound conger large pout & whiting 4. this is newton beach though not shown its the top right red line fishes 3hr either side of h/w ragworm lugworm and squid and sandeel are the baits the usual flounder odd turbot pout whiting bass and one other rare species easy fishing car parking is 50-100 yds away [url][/url] ogmore beach fishes over l/w for rays 3 species conger pout whiting turbot flounder all the best previosly mentioned catch here ogmore river mouth fishes over h/w for bass flounder pout parking is the only problem for daytime fishing its pay and display although you are not parked far from the car
thers is an excellent tackle shop in aberkenfig "keens tackle and guns " see ther website its about 7/8 miles from porthcawl
hope this is ok for you frank and anyone else intrested in going down in august,, dont know which of the last 2 weeks would be best has i havent seen the tide tables yet but i,m there 14 -28 august let me know if you require anymore info
kc