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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
15 Jul 2012 by Rich Ward
Since the end of the Summer comp the lads sailing with us on the Shy-Torque have been seeing some good catches.
The ground and wrecks within 5 miles have been producing some lovely cod and ling with the best fish this last week being cod to 12lbs and ling to 13lbs. Our bigger fish all coming off the ground!
Pictured is Stuart Spinks from Beverley East Yorkshire with a lovely Whitby cod for his tea tonight!!! -
09/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
9 Jul 2012 by Rich Ward
Whitby's Summer angling festival came to a close yesterday.
With only 3 days lost for bad weather, it proved to be yet another fantastic event with a lot of quality fish landed over the 3 weeks.
Congratulations to my good mate Pete Rose on this years win with his 22lb cod. Well done mate!!!
Here's looking forward to the late Summer competition in September. 8th - 23rd inc.
We still have a few days left in this one so give me a ring or drop an email to get a place.
Tight lines
Rich -
06/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
6 Jul 2012 by Rich Ward
The 2012 Summer festival is coming to a close now here at Whitby with just 2 days left to grab the 5 grand 1st prize along with various other big cash prizes!!!
Anglers on the Shy Torque have been enjoying some cracking fishing over the last 2 weeks or so ,with good number of daily prize winners thrown in. In fact we currently have more daily prizes on the board than any of the other boats who have entered!!
The big one is still eluding us, however we have had some very big fish on the lines which could have been contenders. Our best to press being a cod just short of 16lbs.
We are currently holding 1st place in the ladies section, 3rd place in the ling section and 1st and 2nd places in the species category.
If the weather for the last 2 days stays kind to us then who knows..........we might still have a chance of finding him!!! (or her )
Pictured is Lee Smith from York with his daily prize winning cod just short of 16lbs.
Tight lines
Rich -
20/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
20 Jun 2012 by Rich Ward
Six good mates joined us on the Shy-Torque yesterday and fished the first of their 4 days with us in the Summer competition.
A proper summers day here at Whitby with a flat calm sea meant we could have a good run out to the "Wall" in search of the big one!
The lads had a good bag of fish each, with the heaviest fish of the day being caught by Big Sam Anderson from Beverley. His cod weighed in at 14lb 5oz and won the boat sweep of £160.00 plus a daily cash prize of £30.00 which we all made a big dent in when we reached the pub at tea time !! Cheers Sam !!
Sadly the weather here today has taken a big turn for the worse and the competition has been cancelled for the day. The lads will be back next Wednesday for their next two days where we will endeavour to find the winner again.
Pictured from the left are Big Sam from Beverley, Gary from Whitby and Mark from Scarborough.
Happy fishing lads and good luck to one and all in Whitby's biggest competition of the year !
Rich. -
15/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
15 Jun 2012 by Rich Ward
Well, it's that time of year again here at Whitby.
Tomorrow is the start of the Summer angling festival and the punters are queuing up for a slice of the massive prize money and rods and reels that are on offer.
The forecast is looking a little more settled than of late for the next few days so lets hope we can get some good fishing in for you all and try and catch you a fish that might be worth a whopping £5000.00 !!!
Good luck to all of you who are entering !!
Pictured is last years Summer competition winner John Wilcock with his 26lb ling caught aboard the Shy-Torque which won the £5000.00 1st prize. John is here again this year for the full 3 weeks hoping he can find the fish to get him his hat trick of £5000.00 wins!!!!!!! Good luck John !!! -
13/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
13 Jun 2012 by Rich Ward
Craig Welford and a few of his mates from Gala Casinos in Teeside joined us on the Shy Torque today.
Sadly the weather wasn't too good this morning, the wind blowing from the North yet again!! The fishing was a little slow to start but as the breeze slowly eased the fishing quickly increased!! The lads only turned up as a 6 team and unfortunately 3 of these fell victims to the old "mal de mer" !! After a couple of hours steady cod fishing the other 3 decided it only fair to return to port. What gentlemen !!!!!!!!
Pictured is Craig Welford with his best cod of 10lbs. -
11/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
11 Jun 2012 by Rich Ward
Yesterday we had our most regular sharking angler on board the boat. Rupert Drury from Terrington nr Malton North Yorkshire.
After doing 6 sharking trips already this year and seeing none, we were actually feeling quite confident yesterday morning as the weather conditions for the job were perfect.
We fished the grounds for 8 hours and only managed 1 run which happened around slack water. We weren't sure whether it was a Porbeagle run as the bait didn't show any signs of teeth marks. Usually the baits come back mutilated! Instead the bait was just to say scratched at the tail. We think maybe a tope had ran with it and spat it. Anyway another no show :-((((((( !!
Rupert decided to have a play around on the bottom for an hour with a speed jig whilst we waited and was rewarded with some cracking cod fishing. 32 cod to 13lb when we counted them. Not bad for a daft hour !!
The sharks will eventually turn up here at Whitby, but at the moment it seems they are still on their holidays!!
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07/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
7 Jun 2012 by Rich Ward
Steve Burrows and some of his mates from part of the Warwickshire Constabulary joined us the other day.
With the weather forecast being slightly against us for the afternoon we decided it would be in our favour to stay relatively close to Whitby and work the ground between the 5 and 7 mile with some great results on the cod!!
Best fish on the day was Steve's cod of 13lb which, unfortunately for my camera he filleted before I had chance to get a picture!! Think his mate got one though so I will post it up afterwards.
The Summer fishing is here lads and is superb at the moment !!
If you are fancying a day on the Shy -Torque III we are fully booked every day through June and only have a couple of days left in July.
In July, apart from ( 25th room for 9 ) and ( 31st room for 7 ) every other day is also fully booked so get your trips organised for August and September a.s.a.p so as to avoid disappointment !!
The September competition is filling quickly now. Dates for this comp are 8th - 23rd. There are big cash prizes on offer so get your places booked for a chance to win up to £1000.00 in cash !!
Wherever you're fishing lads lets hope it's as fruitful as Whitby is at the moment ! ! !
Rich -
02/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
2 Jun 2012 by Rich Ward
Gary Hurling and his team from Boston Unity SAC joined us again the other day and what a day it was !
The cod fishing here at Whitby is as good as it gets whether we are working inshore or distance at the moment.
We decided to start inshore and this is where we stayed for the day ( inshore being 2 miles off !! ) The lads all ending up with enough fish to keep them more than happy.
The mythological stories that the cod stocks in the North Sea are depleted are complete and utter ( excuse the pun ) "codswallop". Over the last 7 or 8 years the fishing here has become as prolific as ever.
Gary and the lads are pictured with just a few of their fish for the day. -
06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
Jun 2012 by Rich Ward
It's COD COD COD galore at the moment here at Whitby!!!
It's like someone has switched everything on at last. Wherever we go we are finding them. The ground is fishing as well as anywhere at the moment from as close in as 4 miles out to the 9 mile areas.
I must admit that as we went a bit further today the fish definitely seemed to be getting bigger with cod on the 8 mile ground reaching a cracking 16lb!
Here's hoping the weather stays ok for us all and we can carry this on for a good while.
Have a great time wherever you fish lads.
Rich.
Pictured is Guy Wrightson ( past festival winner ) with a lovely 16lb cod.
