Venue directory

Ferryhill and District Angling Club coarse pond — pleasure and specimen fishing for members.

Blyth Freshwater Angling Club water in Blyth — mixed coarse pond with improved access paths and pegs.

Historic estate lake on the Blagdon Estate — a sheltered woodland gem with golden orfe, ide, carp, tench and crucians circling three central islands.

Club stillwater at Ouston Springs near Ouston / Pelton, managed by Birtley ROF Angling Club (BROFAC). Fishing is from designated pegs only. Access is via the official car park above Ouston Springs Farm (past the Red Lion on Ouston Lane) — no dropping gear beyond the farm entrance, and the railway embankment is out of bounds.

Small mixed coarse pond behind the Cock Crow Inn in Hebburn, run by Lakeside Angling Club with Tyne Anglers Alliance access for members.

40-acre lake in QEII Country Park, Ashington, run by Wansbeck and Cramlington Angling Club. Big carp up to 30lb plus , bream, pike, roach, rudd, tench and perch in an urban country-park setting. Shares the water with watersports users — pick a quiet bank away from sailing activity.

Family-run day-ticket coarse fishery at East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, sheltered by the Cleveland Hills. Typically two fishable lakes (historically three) with carp to around 15lb plus chub, tench, roach and rudd. Toilets and parking on site; Lake 2 available for matches by arrangement.

Classic Northumberland Coquet fishing under Northumbrian Anglers Federation permits — beats from the upper river through Rothbury to Warkworth.

Darlington Anglers Club middle-Tees fishing from High Coniscliffe westwards through Manfield, Cleasby, The Holmes, Blackwell, Stapleton and Nags Head / Oxney Flatts to Croft where the Skerne meets the Tees — salmon, sea trout, brown trout, grayling and coarse. Catch-and-release on all club waters.

Pre-book Federation fishing on the River Till for salmon and sea trout — Turvelaws, Weetwood and associated beats.

Northumbrian Anglers Federation Tyne beats including Ovington to Ovingham, Ovingham to Prudhoe and Clara Vale for salmon, sea trout and brown trout (permit rules apply).

TAA stretch of the River Tyne from Tyne Riverside Country Park downstream towards Newcastle. Chub, roach, dace, eels and flounders with salmon and sea trout present seasonally.