There are rumours of quite fresh fish coming in…

 

Will have a look from tomorrow. Just travelling over…

 

Massive water going threw currently Robert 👍

 

Just arrived at Tow Law.😃

 

At least you will be dry up there. River is well up but starting to drop.

 

Congratulations Lewis ! Very successful day Yesterday.😎
Michael told me …

 

It's a different Lewis mate, I've not been fishing mate 👍

 

No worries mate, I know who it is 👍🎣

 

Does the salmon season on the Wear finish the end of October. Still trying to get a few days in 😁

 

Yes end of October

 

Thanks

 

 

Lowest numbers in the last 20 years. Feels about right from what I have seen this season.

 

The rivers in a terrible state regarding numbers of migratory fish and on a seemingly non stop downward spiral..This year the fish have been stuck at chester and hammered morning till night. I appreciate the keen anglers taking advantage of the marooned fish but there is an element amongst them of,Numbers count unfortunately!! The fish moved in a big hit and turned up on the pay water at eastgate where people were actually bragging they had caught 24 in a few sessions.The water is pay water and tickets are from the newsagents in stanhope.Im sure the same people will be there today and the next few dragging the last remnants of the precious stock up the bank for Glory(NUMBERS)

 

I agree i dont like the kipper bashing that takes place on the river, especially the upper river but i cant really complain because when i was younger and keen i was probably one of the worst offenders. Ive often thought there should be a staggered close season, so that the lower river season remained as is and the middle and upper closed a month or six weeks earlier, lets say for example Sunderland bridge down stream as lower river.

 

Would be the most sensible thing to look at either a total shutdown like the eden 14th Oct for the full river or Alternatively a staggered shutdown say from the A68 upstream from 1st Oct etc.This wouldnt stop coloured fish being caught downriver but create a conservation area for paired up fish and the yearly kipper killing up the dale would cease.
The danger is the river will either die or be closed like elsewhere . C&R which I appreciate is practiced by some (most)needs making mandatory immediately.
Ps I have never had 30 fish in a session at stanhope on a Rapala but would probably average 10 in a day in september /Oct when the stocks were good.We need to get this numbers game disassociated with game fishing and appreciate and protect this threatened resource.

 

It is certainly a good debate to have, but remember you can still get coloured fish on the lower part of the river, so you can't give them carte blanche in the scenario of changing the season dates.

Good C&R practice is the key, which we can all take part in one way or another to improve the standard of angling and fish care.

 

It is never about the numbers for me but what I do do is take note of how many I’ve caught each season so me as a fisherman can decide my self what I think the fish stocks are like etc but when somebody asks how many fish I’ve had I can put a number on it and soon as I say number then it must be about the numbers? For me it’s being out that’s the enjoyment it doesn’t bother me how many I catch and I am a believer that most salmon that enter the river will probably almost already have its partner. I also think there are some bigger problems (out at sea) than fishing up the top. Look at the tweed for instance they fish till end of November and this year have had record returns for the last decade. I also see fish spawning every year as far down as the free stretch or anywhere from top to bottom with a good bed of gravel. I also return every single one of my fish I havnt kept a fish for over 6 years now.

 

I don‘t believe the numbers of the pass. The pass ist too badly operated. Last year there was a tree blocking the pass for more than 10 days in October. Not ideal conditions for migratory fish to run.

 

The work on the railway bridge at Stanhope looks to be finished for now ........

 

More **** going in the river , they’ve just had the driest summer to complete this work , they have no idea of the volumes of water that can come down the valley , clueless 👎

 

Just returned from my annual autumn trip to the Wear. This year it was a really good one.
Four salmon between 5 and 22 pounds and 3 seatrout between 2 and 4 pounds gave me a great 8 days fishing time. The Wear is still a very good river but I‘ve seen much less fish than lets say 10 years ago.

 

We’ve had a good salmon run this year with lots of grilse. Here’s to hoping there’s no major floods to effect this years spawning as we should then see a repeat in 2028 🙏 seatrout will be better next season 🎣 greats catches everyone

 

Thinking of coming up for a couple of days next week for the Salmon. I have a Ferryhill membership which so far is unused

Can I ask is it worth it. 3.5hr journey + a little hotel overnight stay so two days at them. Should I bother???????? or just wait for another year to pass me by on the Wear

 

Few days on the river is always worth it, get out and enjoy yourself 👍🎣

 

Had a walk down by the river today and saw 2 dead salmon, both looked like they had not yet spawned

 

I had a quick walk around the town water with the dog today and seen 4 like that all looked fat as if they hadn’t spawned yet

 

I was grayling fishing on Monday and came across guys fishing down and across. One disappeared when I said hello, the other was blatant about what they were doing and frankly I wasn't about to pick a fight. What would it realistically cost the ea to have a couple of bailiffs? The budget for 2024 is over £2 billon, you'd think there would be enough in there to have a few people on the riverbank at this time of year just to show their face and create a deterrent.

 

Was this on the wear rob? Which club water

 

Yes on the Wear. One guy was on Ferryhill water and blatantly wasn't fishing for grayling the other was fishing above page bank bridge. Him I am less than 100% wasn't upto no good because he scarpered pretty sharpish. That pool under the bridge did have a good number of salmon in it though. When I arrived a guy was taking photos of them they were that easy to see.
I don't think it would happen so much if just occasionally there was the chance that you actually bumped into a bailiff and they dished out a fine.

 

Nothing but you're not fishing for grayling when you're fishing down and across with a flying c in November.

 

Might of helped if you mentioned that in your previous posts. It's also perfectly legal to spin down and across for coarse fish.

 

Wonder why the October fish counts have not been released.(no fish ?😄)

 

The Tyne counts aren’t up yet either. My guess is that someon at the E A is on holiday.

 

As expected…. Grim