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  • 22/07/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    22 Jul 2023 by Rich Ward

    We sailed yesterday with a mixed group of lads.
    The NW breeze at the back of the tide hindered us somewhat to start the day, so we gathered up the Mackerel for the bait stocks. Millions of them!! (Only kept enough for what we needed though)

    As the tide started to ease back around 9.30am we dropped on a local ground mark. It kept us going for a steady 2-3 hours where the guys picked away at Codling Ling and Haddock.

    The baited rigs probably being the most successful, but the Shads also clicking a good number too.

    My old mate May Spinks showed me a gold and white Shad which he said he had never caught a thing on,ever. Said it was rubbish and I’d have no chance with it. I popped it on a nabbed 8 fish with it! Anglers and “danglers”!

    All in all a great day out with sport for everyone on board.

    Cheers
    Rich
    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 20/07/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    20 Jul 2023 by Rich Ward

    A great day for our mixed team today on the Shy-Torque III yesterday.

    A perfect day for a cruise to escape the fairly heavy running tide on the more inshore marks.

    We chose a run out to the offshore “Hills” for a change of scenery and they were wick with fish. Soon the deck was “alive with the sound of fish flapping!!” Sorry! ��

    With no moves throughout the day, the lads had the chance of a great days sport on the fish and the majority did just that. The team ending up with the thick end of 90 fish to keep.

    No big fish today but some lovely plump Codling to just short of the 7lb mark.
    A fabulous day in the water with everyone taking a nice bag of fish home.

    Crewman Fergus and me really enjoyed the day too.
    Cheers lads and see you all again.

    Rich
    07733 233352
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 17/07/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    17 Jul 2023 by Rich Ward

    Well, that’s yet another Summer angling competition over here at Whitby.

    Firstly I’d like to congratulate my old mate John Wilford, skipper of the charter boat 2 Dogs on his win in this year’s event.

    John’s angler Peter O’Donnell from Hull caught a cracking Ling of 16lb 12oz early in the competition which held out to the end and bagged him the top prize of £1000.00 plus his £50.00 Daily Cash prize.
    Peter also gets a 2 night stay at the Middle Earth Tavern. Well done to him!!

    Our results personally weren’t too bad to be fair.
    Alan Brown from Blackburn took 3rd place overall on the Shy-Torque III which won him £500.00 plus a 2 night stay at the Middle Earth Tavern. His fish also wins him a free trip on our boat for the heaviest fish on the boat in June. Well done to him!

    Edward Davies took the junior prize on the Shy-Torque III with a Codling of 5lb 1/2oz.
    His fish wins him a nice £200.00
    More new tackle being bought there I reckon. Well done to you Ted!!

    All in all a competition with very mixed weather this year which did impede us, with 11 days of cancellations!
    I’m sure a lot more fish would have been taken to the scales had we got out more, but that’s the great British weather for you!

    I’d like to thank all our sponsors in the event this year too, without who, we wouldn’t be able to host these great competitions. Cheers.

    Also, a big thank you to all those who had a go this year. If you weren’t lucky enough to bag a winning fish in this competition, there is always next year’s, or you could have a go in our late Summer competition in September which starts on Saturday 9th September and runs for a fortnight. Some lovely prizes to be had in that one too!

    Cheers for now,
    Rich

    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 13/07/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    13 Jul 2023 by Rich Ward

    The last couple of days haven’t been too bad fish wise. Just a pesky off land breeze making things tricky at times.

    Monday fished the best out of the two days with the weather conditions being the better out of the two, with around 50 fish boated to keep and the usual smaller chuck backs.

    The Summer competition comes to a close this weekend and with the forecasters predicting strong winds for Saturday and Sunday, it might end on Friday. Let’s hope it changes for the better for all the competitors.

    Good luck to one and all.

    Cheers for now,
    Rich

    07733 233352
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 09/07/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    9 Jul 2023 by Rich Ward

    After a week off for poor weather and big tides, it was good to get back on the water again yesterday with our team of East European lads.

    Rich Horobrov (past Summer festival winner with us) and his mates enjoyed a fabulous day weather wise with some steady fishing too.

    The day started out chasing the Mackerel, which to be fair were a bit elusive at the beginning but they did show in great numbers a bit further out.

    Ground fishing started the day off with three or four good drifts on the Codling and Haddock. 25-30 fish taken there with some bonny Haddock too!

    We then chose to run to a couple of wrecks offshore to work over the slack water period.
    No great shakes from those to be honest with just a couple of dozen fish boated.
    Tony taking the best fish on the boat, a Ling, an ounce or so under 9lbs.
    Not a big fish by any stretch but it did however take first overall in the daily’s and won him £50.00.
    Well done to him!

    The Summer competition has just 7 days to go and with the tides falling off to the neap range we are hoping to drag something a little bigger out to challenge the current leading fish.

    Cheers for now,
    Rich

    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 30/06/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    30 Jun 2023 by Rich Ward

    The Summer Competition started here at Whitby last Saturday.
    We’ve been that busy, that this is the first time we’ve had chance to report.

    To be honest, last Saturday wasn’t very good at all with a poor catch rate for Brian Cunningham and his team. Around 20 fish boated that’s all.

    Sunday was a bad weather day which gave us some time to get caught up with a few jobs on the boat.

    Back at it on Monday with Alan Brown and his four mates who chartered the boat for themselves for four days.

    Monday, like yesterday was a very “average” day on the water with a fresh WNW breeze which hindered us somewhat with just a handful of fish for each of the lads.

    Tuesday and Wednesday however dropped perfectly for the lads and Alan, the two Brians, Steve and Pete enjoyed some cracking fishing with perfect conditions too!

    Both days we ran offshore to wrecks out to 28 miles and both days the lads boated well in excess of 70 fish!
    No daily prize winners or festival leaders but some lovely Cod to 9lbs and Ling to 12lbs boated.
    The lads taking enough fillets with them to last them till the next competition!!

    Cheers to everyone who has fished with us so far in this years competition.

    A few windy days ahead of us after today, so might get a chance to grab a well deserved drink or two!!

    Cheers for now,
    Rich

    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 25/06/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    25 Jun 2023 by Rich Ward

    We sailed just Friday and Saturday at the end of this week, after saying our final goodbyes to a great friend and work colleague on Wednesday. Our good friend Pete Rose was a true gent and all round great bloke. R.I.P mate. You will be greatly missed. ❤️

    Both Friday and Saturday fished reasonably well with some nice plump Codling boated.

    The water is properly like gin now and some of the more inshore marks are producing too now which is great to see. Shads working everywhere now too.

    The Summer competition is now underway here at Whitby so we will be trying the wrecks with the fresh baits, trying to lure a big Ling or Cod from one of them.
    Fingers crossed for anyone and everyone who takes part in this year’s event.

    Cheers for now,
    Rich

    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 21/06/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    21 Jun 2023 by Rich Ward

    A proper damp and squibby day today for our two Chinese contingents from Leeds and Scunthorpe yesterday.

    Fortunately there was no wind to speak of which was a blessing on these mid range tides.

    We started the day looking for the Mackerel, to no avail. Birds feeding all over the place on the way out but nothing under the feed at all.

    We decided to try a couple of bits of scrap during the first slack water period between 8.30am and 9.30am and took a dozen or so Codling and Ling from those.
    As the ebb tide pushed through and strengthened and the drift speed increased quickly, we chose to run to a strip of ground 7 miles off.

    Immediately, the lads were pulling strings of Mackerel up on everything that went in the water!!
    Plenty of Haddock there too.

    I personally worked a 4” pink shad for 3 drifts and took a dozen keepers! These will be very welcome on the table over the next few days. Love Haddock!!

    As the tide eased back again for the second slack water of the day, we moved in to another piece of wreckage where the lads took another 8 Cod from it.

    Tally for the day, a very reasonably 100 fish to keep. 30 or 40 of those being (“keeper” Haddock!)

    Tony from Leeds taking the best of the day on his last drop. A lovely Cod of 9lb 15oz.
    This has now gone into the lead for June’s heaviest fish of the month on the Shy-Torque III where the winner gets a free trip for their efforts.

    Cheers for now chaps,
    Rich

    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 18/06/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    18 Jun 2023 by Rich Ward

    The tides are running quite strong inshore at present so we chose the offshore marks to start the day yesterday.

    We ran to a group of four wrecks on the 20 mile stream. Just two of them producing fish for us.
    No big fish to talk about but some real nice chunky Codling for the lads.
    The shad seemed to work better than the baited rigs with the brighter ones doing the damage.

    To finish the day off we ran to some ground marks and picked a further few Codling and Ling up.

    Wind over tide created a drift at the end of the day which was basically unmanageable so home it was.

    On the day, Codling, Ling, Haddock, and a nice sprinkling of Mackerel too which are always welcome.
    The mixed group of lads enjoying a nice nice day at sea with us.

    Cheers lads and see you all again soon.

    Rich
    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

  • 16/06/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward

    16 Jun 2023 by Rich Ward

    Yesterday’s team, Jamie Guttridge and his mates from Posketts of Goole were treat to a “flat calmer” with cracking sunshine all day. Hot too!!

    We started off on a tiny bit of scrap just 3 miles East of Whitby for just 4 fish.
    A slight move in towards shore to a tiny bit of ground produced around a dozen Codling, some of those tids and chuck backs.

    Another move out to more reef/ground marks on the 6-7 mile where the lads had a few half decent drifts with more Codling and Haddock for the boxes.

    At slack water we jumped on to a small wreck for very little. Just four fish fish boated so back to ground if was.

    After the change of tide the lads boated just a half dozen more fish until the alarm rang for home.
    Total tally for the day, around 40 fish. No big fish but lots of sport on the Shad and baited rigs.

    The day started with superb banter and it carried on for 9 hours until we docked!!
    A brilliant day for all of us!

    Cheers lads, it’s been a pleasure. ����

    Rich
    ⁨07733 233352⁩
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

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