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03/11/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
3 Nov 2012 by Rich Ward
After a very blustery last few days the lads dropped on a great window in the weather today.
Simon Keech and his family and friends from Stockport joined us and enjoyed a great days cod fishing.
The first stop was on the 9 mile ground where the lads managed a couple of codling around the 4lb mark. Both fish came up on the baited hokkai traces and nothing showed on the artificials, indicating the water clarity wasn't that good. After an hour or so trying different marks on the ground with nothing much coming on board we decided to have a tramp offshore to a couple of wrecks.
We steamed to a wreck 19 miles offshore and picked away at it for around 3 hours until home time.
Some lovely cod coming on board, the best being just under 15lbs. The lads amassing around 50 cod in total. Nearly all the fish came on the artificials showing the water clarity to be fine offshore.
Next weeks tides are very good so keep an eye on the weather throughout the week and give me a ring for a trip.
Pictured (inset) is Mike Upton with the best cod on board today at 14lb 10oz.
Tight lines
Rich. -
27/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
27 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
The weather here at the moment is diabolical to say the least !!
A howling Northerly which I guess even the lifeboat crew would be a little reluctant to sail in. Gusts last night reached 70mph in some areas across the North East causing some storm damage.
The forecast for next week isn't a lot better to be honest, although the forecasters have predicted the wind to swing more into an offshore direction, but still very strong all week.
We have decided to take a short break whilst the kids half term holidays are running, so our next availability will be from November 5th. The tides from the 5th are very good so if you fancy a go give me a ring ( I have taken the work number with me ) This will also give it a good chance to settle down again. We will sail with a minimum of 4 anglers. You don't have to book the whole boat !
Happy fishing lads
Rich. -
23/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
23 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Regulars on the boat are the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue unit from Barnsley.
They joined us again today on their last trip of the year. Sadly Paul Deardon, their organiser couldn't make this trip after falling and smashing his wrist. Get well soon mate.
The others who came however enjoyed a great mornings sport but a rather slow finish to the day after being plagued by seals on the last 2 spots!!
We steamed off to a couple of wrecks South East of "Baymans Hole" some 25 miles for a change of scenery today, as the fishing on the inside marks is still proving very difficult indeed.
The first wreck produced the best of all with a nice selection of fish coming on board until around noon.
Kev Raikes enjoyed some nice Haddock fishing on the bait with fish to just over 2lb. Several other Haddock came in as well in the morning.
Chris Mee finishing the day with the most fish.
Thanks for the on-going custom lads and look forward to seeing you all on your trips next year.
Chris is pictured inset.
Cheers
Rich. -
22/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Sadly no fishing today here at Whitby with a fresh and very wet front over us.
The lads yesterday however enjoyed another great day aboard the boat with fish to 20lb.
A mixed group from Chorley, Boston and Nottingham.
We are having to steam to distant grounds at the moment to get the better results as the inshore marks are still a little slow to produce. The lads were all in agreement on a run out to the "wall"
The lads were quickly in to fish straight from the off and at the end of the day we counted over 100 fish ranging from a short spined sea scorpion at 11oz to a ling which managed to nudge the scales to a smidging over 20lbs!
Plenty of cod showing on the ground as well. All smaller than of late though with nothing much over the 6lb mark.
Weather permitting we will be away again in the morning with one of our regular teams from South Yorks Fire and Rescue.
Regular angler on the boat Kev Gillings is pictured with his P.B ling of 20lb 1oz. Well done mate!!
Tight lines!
Rich. -
20/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
20 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Well, I've just returned from a fantastic weeks fishing on Lake Windemere with my in laws. Great company and great fishing. Batteries are now fully charged again and we're raring to go!!
A group of lads from Wakefield and Hornsea joined us today and dropped on some lovely weather. The fishing wasn't outstanding but the conditions made up for it.
Top rod today was Dean Winfield from Hornsea with 10 fish (quite acceptable!) Heaviest fish today was a ling of 12lb caught by Jeff Naylor from Wakefield. Listening to a lot of the conversations on the radio today it turned out that our day wasn't too bad at all !!!!
The lads all thoroughly enjoyed the trip and will be back again soon.
Cheers for the company lads.
Pictured is Jeff Naylor with his ling.
Tight lines
Rich. -
10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
In my opinion the best months of the year for the big cod offshore are just around the corner here at Whitby.
Once the herring spawn is out of the way we can expect the cod to be feeding properly on the bottom again.
Some cracking fish well in to double figures from this time onwards last year.
Here's hoping for the same again this year!!
Have a look on our availability calendar and get a trip booked soon for some lovely winter cod!!
Tight lines
Rich. -
11/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
11 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Sadly the weather today was forecast to be far too inclement to fetch the lads across from the West coast.
A real shame, as the fishing for the lads aboard the boat yesterday was superb yet again. We steamed back out to the "wall" as intended because of the previous 3 days superb fishing. The big Northerly swell we've been experiencing for the last couple of days had eased, however, it did slow things up a little with the clarity not being quite as clear, so it was time to try some different spots in the deeper water.
The first lump of ground released some 40 or so fish and the second piece of ground we tried giving us another 50 plus fish. Ling to just in to double figures and cod going to over 15lbs.
A 50/50 split so far as what caught best yesterday, with the majority of ling falling to the squid, whilst most of the cod fell to the artificial lures.
Here's hoping the weather patterns recover in our favour soon and we can get back at them again!!
Pictured is Steve Bore from Grimsby with the best cod on the boat at 15lbs 4oz.
Tight lines
Rich. -
09/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
9 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
A mixed group from all over the place on the boat today. From Durham to Derbyshire.
A rather large Northerly swell greeted us this morning with a light breeze from the North West over it. Not the comfiest of runs out or the best of conditions but again the lads produced the goods!!
Cod, ling and the odd pollock falling to the shads and the fresh squid all day long on the exact same mark as yesterday. Bonus again!!
Polish Daz from Nottingham taking the best ling of the day at 16lb with some nice cod to the 10lb mark as well. He ended up with a nice box of fish for himself.
Les Patrick from Driffield also managed a good box of cod to share amongst the family.
The forecast is looking very good indeed again for tomorrow so hopefully we'll provide the goods again for the lads.
Pictured is Polish Daz from Nottingham with his best 2 cod of the day. -
08/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
8 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Today was a complete contrast on yesterdays fishing on the Shy-Torque. After the struggle we endured yesterday working on the inshore marks we decided that a trip to the "wall" was definately in order.
We couldn't have wished for better conditions for the cruise out there. A beautiful calm morning with a cracking sun rise thrown in.
We were greeted by a pair of Minke whales on arrival which was superb for the lads to see!!
The 1st ridge of ground we stopped on was to be the provider of a tremendous amount of fish for the lads. We never had to move from it all day which was a bonus. Everyone on board had 15 cod plus and some of the lads had half a dozen ling to add to them.
Dermot Faye from Bedale had a nice little wolf fish of 4lb for the pot. Nice eating too!
The average size of the cod today were around the 5-6lb mark with a good few fish to the 10lb mark too. A few of the ling managed to nudge the scales to 9lb. Not the monsters of late on the boat but still nice to see.
A very enjoyable day for all today including myself !!
Pictured is Craig Small from Barnsley with a couple of his better fish of the day. -
08/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
8 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
The herring are spawning here at Whitby at the moment making for a very poor day quantity wise yesterday.
Both the cod and ling were very hard to come across indeed. However at the close of play Jim Arthur from Blackburn came across this beauty of 20lb 2oz. A nice way to finish the day after a struggle in the morning.
Jim is a past September festival winner on the Shy-Torque.
Nice one mate!!
Jim Arthur is pictured inset.
