TYNE ANGLERS' ALLIANCE



The venue for TAA meetings is
The Empire Social Club.
This is 300yrds up Salters Road from Gosforth High Street.

There is a car park within 200yrds and street parking is also available.
The meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of every month.

The Alliance was formed in the early nineteen seventies to be a voice for Coarse Angling in the Northumbrian region.

When the conurbation of Tyne and Wear was disbanded, there was a danger of local waters, which had always been considered as free fisheries, being sold off or leased to wealthy clubs outside the region.

The Alliance entered into negotiations with Gateshead and Newcastle Councils. Leases were obtained on two stretches of the Tyne and several ponds located in the Tyneside area. The Councils of course did not give these waters for nothing. Rents were agreed and clubs in the area were asked to pay annual fees to meet these rents.

A committee consisting of two delegates from each club, who conduct the business of the Alliance. The committee meets once a month.

News

All anglers fishing our Lakeside fishery wanting to park in the Pub car park MUST get permission from the manager of the pub before taking there tackle to the water.

A problem has arisen at Killingworth, were drain covers are being lifted and bait is then deposited, if this continues it will result in the access to the water for angling being removed perminently. Click on this text to read the lotter from North Tyneside council regarding this issue.

The season for fishing for pike on Killingworth Lake is from the 1st of October to the 30th of April the following year inclusive of these dates.

There have been illegal stocking of Carp into Whittle Dene Reservoir, click here to listen to an interview with Don Coe, Fiheries Manager for Northumbrian Water.