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10/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
10 Jul 2013 by Rich Ward
Since the Summer competition started the fishing aboard the Shy-Torque has been steady.
Cod are at last showing in slightly better numbers both inshore and on some of the offshore wrecks.
With the weather still being on our side we haven't had a day off in the last month or so and haven't really had much time to report on the site. Starting at silly o.clock and not getting home till turned 6 doesn't leave much time for anything else than bed!!!
Big Sam Anderson from Beverley fished with us on the 10th July and enjoyed a cracking days sport on one of the wrecks we visited. Sam landed a lovely 14 cod himself with his best going a shade under 11lbs.
Sam is pictured. -
06/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
6 Jul 2013 by Rich Ward
Some improvements in the quantity of fish the last few weeks with the water on the 9 mile and beyond turning a lovely aqua colour ( at last!! )
A regular group on the boat from Barnsley ( Prince of Wales SAC ) dropped on some good cod fishing in the last couple of hours of their trip.
The majority of their fish was taken on the shad and sidewinder, a true sign the water clarity is a lot better than a month back.
The lads are back on the 28th September for a crack at the big one in this years Autumn angling comp.
Pictured is Sam Cosgrove with one of his nice cod. -
17/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
17 Jul 2013 by Rich Ward
Some lovely fishing today aboard the boat. With flat calm seas yet again and hot sun, what better way to spend a July day?
A run out to the wrecks on the 11 mile produced a few cod and ling to the 11 to 12lb mark.
The better fishing came when we arrived at one of my old favourite wrecks on the 17 mile where we grabbed a very nice 60 - 70 cod to 16lb. ( what a shame it wasn't competition week!! )
Tight lines to one and all and lets hope this weather remains until October !!
Rich. -
16/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
16 Jul 2013 by Rich Ward
The weather continues to be extra kind to us here at Whitby ( a bit like the summer of 76!!! )
I can honestly say that I can't remember as many flat calm days here for a number of years. Bonus!!
The Summer competition has come and gone yet again with the Association boats only losing 1 day out of the 23 scheduled, so a massive success. A big thankyou to all who sailed with us on the Shy-Torque III again this year.
No festival winners this time but a good number of daily prize winners again and all anglers leaving with smiles on their faces and some good bags of fish over the 3 weeks.
The next competition here at Whitby is in September. The dates are 14th Sept - 29th inc.
We still have room on the following dates :
Mon 16th Sept ( room for 5 )
Thurs 19th Sept ( room for 7 )
Fri 20th ( room for 3 )
Mon 23rd ( Empty )
The September competition here at Whitby usually give us a big fish and over the years we have had a good number of winners aboard the boat so drop me a line, either phone or computer, and come aboard and try and win yourselves a very nice £1000.00 in cash!!
Pictured is Ken Buckingham with his festival winning cod, a shade over 45lbs!!
Cheers
Rich -
14/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
14 Jul 2013 by Rich Ward
Today is the final day of the 2013 Summer angling competition here at Whitby.
All the boats will be searching for the elusive monster harder than ever today!!
Here's hoping we click the winner ourselves with todays crew.
Pictured is Terry Harrison with one of his festival winning fish of over 31lbs caught on the Shy Torque.
Tight lines as ever lads!
Rich -
11/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
11 Jul 2013 by Rich Ward
The last 3 days of this years Summer angling festival start tomorrow. With good weather forecast for all 3 days we are hoping to have a crack at the leading fish. The lads on board tomorrow are all seasoned anglers and are well up for it.
Today was a no go for us as I had to attend my Aunts funeral but we will be back at it again tomorrow and will probably be heading out over the horizon again, back to where we've had a couple of monsters on in the last couple of trips.
Hopefully we will have more luck and actually manage to boat one of them this time!!
Good luck to one and all who are entering this years comp.
Rich. -
19/06/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
19 Jun 2013 by Rich Ward
19.06.2013.
Today we had a team of "newbies" on the boat.
James Astle and his team from Doncaster had never fished from Whitby before ( or ever done any sea fishing before )
We had the boat prepped and all their gear ready for their arrival at 7.0a.m. James asked if I could advise and teach them the ropes which, as always, I did for the beginners.
I sharp had them into shape and on the first mark of the day they were knocking cod and ling out for fun!!
Nothing much taking on the artificials this particular day but plenty on the Hokkai rigs which we tipped off with the squid.
James was asking about the shark fishing we do on the boat and is going to book a trip for them, after seeing the dozens of pictures of past fish we've had. Looking forward to teaching them a bit about that too !!!
James and his lads are pictured with some of their catch.
Rich Ward. -
18/06/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Jun 2013 by Rich Ward
18.06.2013
Rich Ward.
Today we had Nigel Hall return to Whitby again after his trip on Saturday. This time he was hunting the sharks.
Nigel was with David Laine, Guy Wrightson and invited guest Derek Wiggins from Leeds.
The chum was running across the ground 27 miles from shore at 08.30.a.m. A nice early start today!!
Slack water passed by 9.0.a.m and at 10.15.a.m we had our first take of the day. Sadly just like yesterday
( 17th ) they seemed to by playing with the baits and not hitting hard like we want and the fish slipped the hook. Guy Wrightson was taking a pee up forward at around 1.0.p.m and the rod next to him suddenly bounced across the hand rails. Another swift snap at the baits but no proper take. Again this was proving to be a frustrating day!!
At 3.0.p.m the closest bait to the boat aft went down, float popped and another fish was on. A mad fish thrashed around on the surface for a few seconds with the bait and within 15 minutes it was boated by Derek Wiggind from Leeds.
This was Dereks first day shark fishing and he was very pleased with his first ever Porbeagle of 60lbs.
Again, small in comprison to last weeks fish, but hey, a sharks a shark!!!!!!! 5 Porbeagle in 3 trips to press!
Derek is pictured.
Tight lines
Rich. -
17/06/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
17 Jun 2013 by Rich Ward
17.06.2013.
by Rich Ward.
Today we had Charlie Woof, Rich and Nathan on board for our second sharking trip of 2013.
We sailed at 6.0a.m and headed for the horizon where all the action was last week!
The chum was over the side by 9.0a.m and at 10.a.m we had our first run of the day which sadly slipped the hook. The next run took place at around 11.a.m and it too slipped the hook!! My god what was happening???
The fish weren't hitting the baits as they normally do but instead were toying with them, chewing them, letting them go and coming back at the boat with them!! They were acting very strange to say the least.
After slack water at 1.0p.m we had yet another run which Charlie managed to hook in to properly
( thank god!! )
A couple of short runs and the fish was visibly within minutes of the hook up. A small Pobeagle coming in at a shade over 60lbs. Not quite the monsters we had last week but Charlie was over the moon as it was his first ever North Sea shark...............a bigger one next trip mate!!
Another enjoyable days fishing on the boat with some top lads.
Charlie is pictured. -
16/06/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
16 Jun 2013 by Rich Ward
16.06.2013
by Rich Ward
This evening we held our annual charity fund raising event in aid of the R.N.L.I.
Several boats sailed back out to sea at 5pm for a 3 hour trip to have a go. Some 50+ anglers joined the boats and each donated their £10.00 towards the cause.
We dropped on a wreck 3 miles North of the harbour and picked steady for just over 2 hours. The lads gathering around 20 fish from it.
At 8pm the boats were all safely back along side their berths and the weighing in began.
James Gilpin from Whitby fishing aboard the Shy-Torque took first place with a nice cod of 8lbs.
The event also ran a raffle in the "Fleece" pub afterwards where we raised another £200.00 or so.
Total donation to the R.NL.I. this year was around £720.00.
A big thank you to all who took part this year!!
James Gilpin is pictured with the heaviest fish.
Rich
