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  • 08/11/2025 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    8 Nov 2025 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin III

    After a three week lay off for poor weather, I was really looking forward to getting back to sea.

    I had a mixed group aboard today; some of whom have fished with me many times and a few who were new customers. We headed North at first light on a still, warm morning to catch the start of the Ebb Tide.

    With it being a big Spring tide, fishing at anchor on the rough ground was the plan for the day. Only a short hop of a couple of miles and we were fishing. The lads went in with 6oz grip leads and flowing traces baited with mainly dirty squid and black lugworm. This is the standard go-to at Whitby for Uptiding. It didn’t take long before a few rods started showing signs of life.

    Barry Allcock got off to a good start taking a fish almost every cast for the first hour. Unfortunately they were all small Codling or Pouting so were put back to fight another day. Dan Evans did find one slightly better Codling, but it was clear to me that the fish were not dialled in and feeding with any gusto. We had a couple of moves during the morning, trying areas of different depth and tide strengths etc, but we didn’t unlock the code and just picked up odd fish here and there.

    The Flood tide was through just after dinner and it was noticeable that as the tide built, there were definitely a few more bites to be had from the Codling. Simon West took the biggest of the day at 6lb 12oz and Dan Evans had a six pounder as well. It was far from a red letter day, but everyone was superb company and I am just grateful for the support and the chance to get back to sea.

    I would advise anyone coming Uptiding to try and secure some good bait (Dirty Squid, Black Lugworm and Crab Cart), it really does make a huge difference. Unfortunately you won’t be able to get any from the shop in Whitby on the day, as they don’t open until later in the day. If you’re fishing with me, feel free to contact me for any bait needs and I’ll do my best to help.

    Tight Lines, Andy

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin III
    Mon 17/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.09m Arthur French - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 John Cross - x 1 Graham Christie - x 2
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    Tue 18/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.19m Arthur French - x 3 John Cross - x 1 Alan Sutcliffe - x 1
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    Wed 19/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.26m Arthur French - x 3 Ray Malik - x 1 Bod - x 1 Tony Barrett - x 2
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    Thu 20/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.28m Jeff Turner - x 1 Arthur French - x 3 Ian Scrivens - x 1
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    Thu 27/11/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.56m Steve Mason - x 1 Dave Guest - x 2 Mike Lee - x 1 Fran Schaap - x 2 Iga Krawczenko - x 2
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    Mon 01/12/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.90m Geoff Smith - x 3 Ian Purdom - x 1 Ben Mallock - x 1
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    Tue 02/12/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.18m Will sail with 4 anglers. Steve Whitaker - x 3
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    Mon 08/12/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.51m Joe Clough - x 3 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Dan Simes - x 1
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    Tue 09/12/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.27m Ian Purdom - x 6 Martin Novo - x 1
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    Thu 11/12/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.75m Peter Burton - x 1 Dave Whitehouse - x 3
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