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23/04/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
23 Apr 2024 by Rich Ward
Yesterday was our first day back at sea since the 2nd April due to all the rubbish weather we are all suffering with at present.
It too was the first day out in our Spring angling competition here at Whitby.
We sailed with just 7 lads aboard so plenty of room for everyone.
I was going to try some wrecks and ground around the 9 mile area, but as we approached, we realised the water clarity was still suspect and so carried on a bit further.
We dropped on a piece of scrap 12 miles North of the harbour and the lads picked around 10 fish from it. No festival weighing fish so we moved out a bit further.
The next wreck we stopped on is one of my favourites as it has thrown a lot of competition winners out in the past.
A steadyish picking for a couple of hours on that one producing around 25 fish.
Again, nothing big, but a couple of doubles coming on board which is always encouraging and good to see.
Paul from Brid taking one of the doubles which, when he was winding up, was hoping it was just the one fish! Unlucky mate!
Every fish bar one boated on the day fell to the baited rigs of Squid and Mackerel.
I managed one Codling, fair and square on the shad which indicated the clarity down there wasn’t too bad.
It was the only one though!
John from Newcastle took our best fish on the boat, a Codling just shy of 6lbs which was pipped at the scales at the end of the day by a Ling of 6.5lbs.
All in all, a nice day at sea with some great company.m and nice calm conditions for a change.
Yet another Northerly hindering us now which we’re waiting to fade.
The association has extended the Spring competition for another week and now runs through until Sunday 5th May.
The £1000.00 first prize is there for anyone to have a go at, so come and join us next week sometime!
All dates available on the Shy-Torque are listed on our calendar on our website and on CBUK or you can give me a ring or text me on :-
07733 233352
Cheers for now
Rich
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
www.shytorqueseafishing.com -
22/04/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Apr 2024 by Rich Ward
Due to such a chronic start in this years Spring competition here at Whitby, our association has taken the vote to extend it for another week to give everyone a sporting chance.
This will mean the competition will now run till Sunday May 5th.
Today’s anglers (22.04.24) who are the first to have a go since it started on Saturday 13th April have been informed.
Give me a shout if you fancy re-booking the day you lost last week due to bad weather.
Next weeks tides also fall in the more favourable neap (small) range.
Dates we have available from Monday 29th April are :-
29.04 - Empty boat.
30.04 - Empty boat.
01.05 - Room for 3 anglers.
02.05 - Empty boat.
03.05 - Room for 5 anglers.
Individuals are welcome as always.
Cheers
Rich.
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk -
22/04/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Apr 2024 by Rich Ward
Due to such a chronic start in this years Spring competition here at Whitby, our association has taken the vote to extend it for another week to give everyone a sporting chance.
This will mean the competition will now run till Sunday May 5th.
Today’s anglers (22.04.24) who are the first to have a go since it started on Saturday 13th April have been informed.
Give me a shout if you fancy re-booking the day you lost last week due to bad weather.
Next weeks tides also fall in the more favourable neap (small) range.
Dates we have available from Monday 29th April are :-
29.04 - Empty boat.
30.04 - Empty boat.
01.05 - Room for 3 anglers.
02.05 - Empty boat.
03.05 - Room for 5 anglers.
Individuals are welcome as always.
Cheers
Rich.
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk -
03/04/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
3 Apr 2024 by Rich Ward
Yesterday’s weather and sea conditions were absolutely perfect for us on the water.
Our mixed group, Bill, Paul, Si, Talon, Paul and Malc and his mate joined us for another run out to the “Hills” where we worked last Sunday.
Not a lot of drift yesterday to be fair with the tides on the neap side at 4.3m, which made coverage of the ground tricky.
With so little movement in the water, we basically had to find the feed marks and pick away at them.
Not the quantity of fish like Sunday, but a good 50+ fish boated with a couple of doubles thrown in too.
The usual juveniles going back safely to fight another day.
One or two slightly better fish yesterday (still not big) at around the 6lb mark.
All in all, a really great day on the water with the lads and I thank you all for your continued custom with us.
Some rubbish weather again now so looking like the boat with be tethered for some considerable time, which is so annoying when we know there’s a few fish out there for us.
Ah well, such is the nature of the game.
To book any trips, give me a call or drop me a text, or email me.
Individuals are always welcome.
Cheers
Rich.
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk -
01/04/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
1 Apr 2024 by Rich Ward
We managed to get to sea both days over this last weekend.
Mixed fortunes for the guys on board.
On Saturday, Shamick, his wife Eveline and their two friends had chartered the boat for themselves and we struggled with the fishing all day to be fair.
Conditions weren’t ideal at the start of the day either with a fresh SSW blowing, lifting the lines at angles unsuitable for the job.
The fresher breezes always hindering the fishing on the drift.
At the end of the day we had boated just 7 Codling, a few Pouting and a couple of Whiting.
Nevertheless, even with the poor fishing, we maintained the good banter and the four of them really enjoyed the day with some good sunshine and mild temperatures for a change!
Yesterday’s team were welcomed with some good clear skies and very light winds.
Whilst we waited for the 7.0am bridge to open, we chatted about the previous days fishing and the options for the day.
I said that the offshore marks didn’t really fish too well either the last time out there which was over a week ago, but if they fancied it, we could go investigate those areas again.
They were all up for it so off we went.
We marched out to a strip of ground 20 miles East of the harbour which my Dad and me used to fish, know as the “Hills”
A good long strip which is around 1 mile long on the ebb tide.
On the first drift across it (not the full 1 mile) we had boated over a dozen fish (all small) but nevertheless, a dozen!
After the previous day this was great, with the rods twitching all the time!!
Up and down the drift produced fish every time, some more than others granted, and by the end of the day Gary Jones and me reckoned the count must be nudging 100 fish.
A good few “doubles” coming aboard too.
The usual undersized fish being safely returned.
We didn’t see a fish much over 4lb but the numbers made up for the lack in sizes.
Nice to hit a mark where you can sit and pick away all day without moving.
A distinct contrast on Saturdays efforts!
Like we always say, never 2 days alike in this game.
We are now looking forward to getting back to that area on our next trip out on Wednesday hopefully if the weather permits.
Cheers for now everyone and keep a tight line wherever you’re fishing.
Rich
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk -
04/03/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
4 Mar 2024 by Rich Ward
We are pinching just an odd day at sea at the moment in between days of windy weather.
Yesterday, we decided to be the Guinea pigs and run offshore to a few wrecks to see if there was any improvement from our last trip out there some 3-4 weeks ago.
A perfect forecast and perfect conditions should have allowed for some decent fishing but sadly they weren’t playing for us.
Our first stop was on a bit of scrap on the 9 mile ground resulting in nothing!
Two or three drops on the ground and we saw just a handful of chuck backs.
Decisions, decisions, which way to go.
We’d been watching what looked like a rig some distance to the North of us and in the direction of a bit of wreckage I was thinking of trying. We were talking about how far away it was from us.
Four, five, six miles were guessed, but when I put the radar on, it sounded at a shade over 8 miles. Exactly where the wreck was so we decided on a couple of different ones in a slightly different direction.
These produced just a handful of fish and things were looking a bit desperate!
I looked on my shipping A.I.S and found out the name of the vessel out at the back of us.
It was a “Jack-up” rig called “Voltaire”
A colossal ship just short of 200 meters in length.
I radioed the skipper and asked him for his intentions and was told that they were on trials and we were welcome to fish the wreck they were close to.
On arrival, the Voltaire was just 500 meters from us and this generated a lot of interest for the lads.
A good thing as the fishing here wasn’t very interesting!! Around 10 fish from this piece of wreckage.
At the end of the day we had managed to boat a meagre 15-20 fish with a couple of those going back over the side.
Because the weather was on our side, morale was held at a fairly high point all day with the usual Shy-Torque craic and banter helping us along!!
Thanks to everyone for joing us and we look forward to seeing you again soon, hopefully with some better fishing.
Cheers for now,
Rich & Fergus.
07733 233352
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26/02/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
26 Feb 2024 by Rich Ward
Our last trip out was the 3rd of this month so when the welcome window of great weather this weekend came along, it was great to be getting back out there!
Ben Axworthy and his mate Steve joined us on Saturday along with regular angler John Wysoczanski and three new lads to the Shy-Torque, Clint,Terry and Pete from the London area.
The tides were running around the 5.3m range so we played around on the inshore Uptiding marks.
The fishing was far from easy to be fair with around 20 fish in total boated for the day.
A number of those undersized fish were returned, so all in all a bit of a struggle.
On Sunday our three new lads Clint, Steve and Terry had the boat booked out for themselves so plenty of room for them!
We dropped back to the similar area we worked on Saturday trying several more different spots.
Straight away the lads picked a few small Codling but it dried up quickly so I moved the boat a few hundred yards further North.
Again a few more fish were boated straight off but again it went quiet.
We moved a couple of miles further for the end of the ebb tide and didn’t find anything any better but surprisingly, over slack water, the fishing came on a bit better and the lads took around 10 fish there.
I was fairly confident that the fish would come back on the feed on the change of tide but they didn’t and the three lads only took another three or four.
Pete taking the best Codling at just over 4lbs.
The usual baits of black lugworm and squid and on Sunday, Fergus brought some crab cart which to be fair, didn’t really make much difference (it normally does!)
Fergus filleting around 25 fish for the lads on the way back to port, so a few nice fish dinners for the lads.
Another cracking couple of days with great lads, plenty of tea and coffee and excellent banter!
Next day out is on Wednesday this week so if you fancy a run out, drop me a message.
Cheers for now,
Rich
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
www.shytorqueseafishing.com -
08/01/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
8 Jan 2024 by Rich Ward
With the weather being a little kinder to us, we managed to get to sea over the last three days on the Shy-Torque III.
On Friday we decided to give the offshore option a go first and ran out to the 9 mile area where we dropped on a couple of bits of scrap and several ground marks.
After a couple of hours of trying everything we knew, we decided to run back inshore and drop the anchor as only one “bootlace” Ling was boated!
With the tide only running slow on a 4.3m the Uptiding/Downtiding was never going to be at its best, but we had to give it a go and
3 hours later we only managed another 15 or so Codling plus the usual other bits and bobs.
A slow day to be fair but enjoyable nevertheless.
On Saturday we decided to concentrate more on the Uptiding marks after the previous day and at the end of the day we had only managed to boat 20 or so fish.
Still, better to see the the rods twitching with something!
On Sunday we had a team of mixed East Europeans with us and they asked to have a run offshore (even though I’d explained it wasn’t fishing) so we headed out in a different direction and tried a couple of wrecks out to the East of the harbour.
A slightly better day (but still not good) with around 30 fish boated.
Every single fish over the last three trips have been landed on baited rigs, indicating that even further offshore, the water is still very murky after the constant storms we’ve seen over the early winter period.
This coming week we see the tides building back up to the sizes we like for the inshore work, so here’s hoping things pick up a little for us on the Uptiding/Downtiding marks.
Cheers for now,
Rich
07733 233352
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21/12/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
21 Dec 2023 by Rich Ward
A nice day on the water on Tuesday with our three anglers, Steve Hardwick, Karol and Pete.
A short run to the North of the harbour, with only a couple of moves through the day.
In total, the three lads taking around a dozen fish between them (not the best days fishing they’ve had by any stretch) but after Fergus and myself gave the 15 or so that we had to them, each of the lads took a nice bag of fillets home.
The majority of the fish around the 2-3lb mark but a couple of slightly better ones just over 5lb and Fergus managing one at 7lb 2oz as well.
We’d like to wish one and all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
See you all in 2024.
Cheers
Rich & Fergus.
07733 233352
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16/12/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
16 Dec 2023 by Rich Ward
A welcome return back to sea yesterday after yet another lengthy spell off.
My old mate Simon England joined us to try for some Xmas Cod along with Alan Sutcliffe, Barry, Francis and Dave.
The day wasn’t hectic by any stretch, but a few fish were boated wherever we stopped.
No big fish to count, but some really nice plump Codling to just short of 5lbs.
The key to a “hopefully” successful day is always down to the bait quality and Simon always makes sure the best of baits are bought including (when available) crab cart/wings.
He had these with him yesterday and without a shadow of doubt he out-fished everyone on board with around 15 fish boated.
A few of those were returned safely and he left with 9 nice fish to just under 5lbs for the table.
Count for the day, around 25 keepers with the usual juveniles safely returned.
An unusual fish for the hook in these waters too with Dave landing a small Thornback ray. Nice to see for a change!
Young Fergus sadly missed yesterday’s trip as he lost his Grandma a few days ago.
Our thoughts and condolences go to to him and all his family.
Cheers for now,
Rich.
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
