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  • 20/03/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    20 Mar 2023 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    Today we had an Ian Purdom “Uptiding Masterclass” aboard Sea Urchin.

    With a rising tide back over five meters and light winds, we had almost perfect conditions. Using the Ebb tide we headed a couple of miles north to start off. With the anchor down we spent an hour or so picking away some Codling. Nothing much of any size, but almost everyone got off the mark. Ian Purdom took the biggest Codling nudging 5lb.

    Once it quietened off we headed further north and tried up near Kettleness. We got a few fish, but then started to lose the tide. We took the opportunity to run up past Port Mulgrave to get the first of the flood as it came through. During slack water, it appeared we had gone to “Dogs Trust” as we had a raft of the kritters pestering us. As the Flood tide kicked in a few Codling made an appearance. For the rest of the day we worked our way, picking away, back down towards Whitby.

    We often say that bait is the key to get the very best from Uptiding. Today it certainly proved to be the case. We always recommend Squid & Black Lugworm to our anglers. There is currently a shortage of frozen Black Lugworm in Whitby, so six of the eight anglers didn’t have any to use.

    By contrast Ian Purdom brings his bait with him from Lowestoft. He’s an incredibly experienced angler so knows exactly what he’s doing, but his Fresh Worm and Squid baits saw him catch almost as much as the rest of the boat put together! He had twenty Codling in size plus another half a dozen to chuck back, plus Doggies and a couple of Pouting. He caught everywhere we stopped.

    On every trip this winter Ian’s been on, he’s been “Top Rod”. He spends the money on fresh bait, because he knows it’s worth it. Well done Ian….fantastic angling.

    Credit to the other lads, they stuck at it and everyone had fish to take home. I’d have liked to see a few better fish, but it was a day spent in great company and literally flew by. Thanks lads.

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    2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.50m Steve Lawton - x 1 Jim Lister - x 1 Neil Swallow - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1 Nick Gray - x 1
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    Sat 13/09/2025
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    Sun 28/09/2025
    3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.81m Ben Cope x 4 Greg Ince - x 1 Steve & Ryan - x 2
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    Sat 18/10/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.10m Rob Waterworth x 1 Jamie Britton x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Oliver Venus - x 1
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    Mon 20/10/2025
    12 hr Offshore Trip - Baymans Hole £75 per Angler 7 Spaces Available Rough Ground Trip - 5.36m Derek Coulson - x 3
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    Sun 26/10/2025
    1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4 Jason Shields - x 1 Matt Dowsett - x 1 Matt Gray - x 3
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    Tue 28/10/2025
    3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.56m Dave & Del - x 2 Paul Marsh - x 5
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    Fri 31/10/2025
    4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.40m Iga Krawczenko - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 Chris Sayer - x 2
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    Sat 01/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Paweł Rojek - x 3 Tom Allen - x 1
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    Tue 04/11/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Ian Scrivens - x 1
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