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  • 25/06/2024 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    25 Jun 2024 by Andy Savage

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    I’ve struggled to find time to do a daily report recently, but the last three days fishing has seen a familiar pattern emerge each day for us.

    All three days were spent fishing on Spring tides between 5.1m and 5.3m, not enormous, but certainly a quick enough drift to make for challenging conditions with a bit of breeze. On these size tides, the days are generally spent on a mix of wrecks around slack water and drifting rough ground when the tide was running.

    The way the periods of slack water fell, meant we started each day with a couple of wrecks. It was noticeable, that as soon as the tide dipped, the fish started feeding well and we had a reasonable start each day taking Codling and Ling with a couple around the 7lb mark. Slack water was quiet each day, then as soon as the new tide bent through, there would be another feeding spell until the tide built up to full speed.

    Each day, once the tide was at its peak, sport literally stopped. The fish were there, but clearly just weren’t feeding. Over the three days we’ve fished rough ground at 3, 5, 7 and 20+ miles with very similar results.
    We kept on the move during these periods, trying different areas and lines, but we had meagre pickings, with just an occasional odd fish. Thankfully on Sunday and Monday the second slack periods also delivered a few nice fish to end the day, which was great.

    Tactics wise, it was the “Whitby usual”…Muppet traces baited with Squid and/or Mackerel for the wrecks. Baited Hokkai’s on the rough ground. Shads were tried a couple of times, but not with much consistency. My son William accompanied us on Sunday along with Grandad. He’s caught on rough ground plenty of times, but on Sunday he had his first go at wrecking fishing. He landed (on his own) his first Ling from out of the wreck at 4lb 8oz, so it was a proud Dad moment for me! He’s only 11 and it was a battle royale all the way up.

    A huge thanks to all the anglers who’ve been out with us the last three days. Everyone was fantastic company and I am so grateful for the support.

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    1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.96m Rob Waterworth - x 1 Jamie Britton - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1 Calvin Dipper - x 3 Allan Knaggs - x 1 Iain MacMillan - x 2
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    Mon 26/05/2025
    1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.37m Luke Staniland - x 2 Alan Lawson - x 3 John Hutchinson - x 3
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    5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.09m Ali Clelland-Ball - x 1 Derek Coulson - x 3 Ian Scrivens - x 1
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    3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.93m Ian Kellock x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Dan Evans - x 2 Jamie Britton - x 2 Ray Malik - x 1
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    Fri 20/06/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.94m Stan Matthews - x 1 Jeff Turner - x 1 John Hutchinson - x 2 Derek Hopkinson - x 4
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    Fri 27/06/2025
    4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.51m Toby Plotzitzka - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Dave Kent - x 3
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    Mon 30/06/2025
    4 Spaces Available 12hr Offshore Trip - 5.29m £75 per Angler Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Mal Ruff - x 1 Steve Milnes - x 1 Pete Goddard - x 2
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    Summer Festival 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.11m Andy Burrell - x 1 Alan - x 5
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    Summer Festival 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.92m Ian Kellock x 1 Stan Matthews x 1 Charlie Hewitt x 1 Chris Chatham - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1
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    Summer Festival 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.52m Alan - x 7 Steve Whitaker - x 1
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