I had another nice afternoon at Neatishead Staithe over a week ago on the 26th January. It was quite a pleasant sunny afternoon and I got settled down on the left-hand side near the entrance to Limekiln dyke.
I had plenty of clothes on as usual so it didn't seem to cold. Bites were a bit sluggish but in the end I caught a few. I had passed one fisherman who was leaving just as I arrived who said he had caught 150 fish. I guess that is possible if you were there all day. During the two hours or so I was there I caught something like 5 perch and 15 roach with assorted others. No bream though! I don't know why they haven't been making an appearance lately. My main amusement apart from the fish were a pair of kingfishers who were fishing from perches on the bank opposite.
The staithe is now closed because they are doing maintenance work on it (redoing the quay heading nearest the car park). It won't reopen until the fishing season is ended (the work is scheduled to end on the 31st March 2023).
All pictures and text copyright Duncan Hale-Sutton 2023
