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• 09/09/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
  

  9 Sep 2023 by Andy Savage

  Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

  Another cracking day out today. With almost perfect weather and sea/tide conditions the lads from the Keel Inn Fishing Club in Barnsley were “chomping at the bit” to get started.
  
  We ran back to the six mile stream wrecks and “en route” I spotted my first Tuna at Whitby breaching about 100yds in front of me, which a couple of the lads spotted as well….awesome.
  We arrived just as the small 4.3m Ebb tide began to ease off, so the boat was fairly static, with little drift. First drop down and Tog Edwards was instantly into his first fish, which turned out to be a nice Ling to get things underway.
  
  We fished the wreck for the next 45 minutes or so, taking two or three fish each drift. The biggest fish were around the 9lb mark with “Chips” having a brace of them. I chose to move us on just before the Flood tide came through, to see if we could pick up a bonus big Ling which have come on slack water the last two days. Alas, we tried two wrecks in the next half an hour for a few strap Ling and Pouting. Still……nothing ventured, nothing gained!
  
  For the remainder of the day, we kept on the move, fishing a further three wrecks. In the main, we picked away a few fish everywhere we went; the sport was steady, but not brilliant. The Codling were pretty much absent again today, so we relied mainly on the Ling to keep the bites coming.
  
  Kevin Simpson was picking away steadily on the back of the boat, and his playing style meant I couldn’t see him playing the fish from my vantage point, but I noticed him straining quite hard with one particular fish, so I went to investigate. There was a nice bend in the rod and some telltale big fish lunging. Peering down into the crystal clear water I watched the colour coming up and it kept getting bigger and bigger. With about 20ft to go we could see what looked a decent Ling approaching. We shuffled the fish into the net and on the scales, the Ling went 15lb 3oz. A great capture for sure and it kept everyone motivated for the rest of the day.
  
  Fresh Mackerel accounted for the majority of the fish as expected, but Squid and Mackerel also did a few.
  
  A big thanks to the lads for a great day out in great company.

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