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  • 08/08/2022 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    8 Aug 2022 by Andy Savage

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    With summer in full swing and some half decent weather, it’s been a busy few days. Saturday was a group of mixed anglers; many of whom I’ve never met before. I’m always a bit nervous with lots of new customers as, if the fishing is hard, they may think I’m completely bloody useless!!

    We started off on the ground at 5 miles, but the wind lifted, so we headed back inside to get a bit of lea. A test drift on a wreck at 3 miles gave us a reasonable drift speed and a few fish. For the remainder of the day we kept on the move, taking a few fish here and there. Unfortunately, nothing exceptional, but Codling and Ling to 6lb gave us some sporadic sport.

    Sunday saw the early morning wind spoil the drift and the lines were streaming, so we had to run back inside under the cliffs. Mike Lee and Neil Fell-Edwards got stuck straight in and we had a few Codling up every drift.
    After a hour or so, the action tailed off so we were on the move again. We tried the 3 mile and 5 mile ground plus a couple more wrecks. For whatever reason, we just didn’t put many fish together. We finished with a Mackerel Bash after what I felt was a disappointing day.

    With lighter winds forecast for today and a smaller tide, I hoped for better results. With the wrecks on the north side not giving much, we headed south towards Scarborough. First drift, on the first wreck saw half a dozen nice Codling come up, which was encouraging. We had half an hour’s decent sport before it quietened off. With only us in the area, we picked a few more wrecks to try, with most drifts giving 1-3 fish. It was certainly an improvement on the last two days.

    Then, once again the wind spoiled the drift, so we ran back inside for an hour. Dave Bewley fished really well today and caught some lovely Codling wherever we went. Once the wind backed off, we were back on the wrecks, and ended the day taking a fair few Codling. It was a great improvement on the weekend’s results. Whilst not sensational, it was steady away for most anglers. Thanks to everyone for your company and enthusiasm over a few tricky days.

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