Latest Fishing Reports: Sea Urchin IIl
Back to Main Charter Page-
30/12/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
30 Dec 2010 by Pete Rose
Here is a short report on our wrecking trip Wednesday and Thursday. As I said in my previous post the tides and weather were perfect for some winter wrecking.
As the water was reasonably clear around 5 miles into our journey I decided to try a few favorites 8 and 10 mile to the east of Whitby.
This tuned out to be a bad choice, the first wreck produced nothing and I should have changed my plan. Looking back now it's easy to say that.
Still I pressed on further east to another favorite which can often produce some good pollock after plenty of drifts and only one pollock (albeit a cracker) we had to admit defeat and made the long journey back north west to the 9 mile ground and this was absolute rubbish as well.
There are a couple of wrecks in that vicinity but my good Friend killer was sat on the best one most of the day and after a call on the radio I realised any fish that were in the area were probably on that one wreck.
I tried all the others with just the odd ling and the usual poutings we covered lots of miles that day for nothing and I really felt for the lads as the other two boats had done really well we discovered when we got back.
so I decided the next day I would push off to the distant wrecks around 20 miles from Whitby. With only two anglers showing interest both forum members (woody and Arkle) two did ring late on Wednesday but never showed what a mistake they made.
Woody invited his dad to join us so now there were four including me and as I don't often get a chance to fish I decided to take the chance and have a days sport myself.
We set off early to gain a bit of help from the tide and we made good time full of anticipation I headed to the first wreck and hoped we could re produce that marvelous day in the Autumn when we badged up on the first wreck.
Just before we arrived around a mile away I heard another boat behind us I knew this was Paul Eddon's boat (trot-on) as we spoke the night before and discussed our plans he got to the wreck first by one drift as I set the boat up he called me on the radio and said all the rods were in.
Brilliant stuff our first drift all four of us were into cod as well and this went on drift after drift we caught every time.
The only time we missed was the odd time we got stuck in the wreck most of the cod were caught on squid around 4lb to 6lb with a good sprinkling of 8lb to 10lbers. I think the best one went 12lb.
What a cracking day and by the time I decided to headed back I was totally knackered we hadn't stopped for three hours solid no time for tea or food when the fishing is that good!
I put the auto pilot on and just sat back for 15mins before contemplating all that filleting enough fish for the family now until spring -
12/12/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
12 Dec 2010 by Pete Rose
Congratulations to Dan Green from Loftus nr Whitby who recently won the W.C.S.A. winter angling festival and John Dixon from Middlesbrough who took second place along with Garry Arkle from Newcastle -upon-tyne who took the heaviest other species prize ALL THREE fishing from Sea Urchin II and bagging a total of over £1000.00 between the three of them,
apart from third place anglers on Sea Urchin II would have swept the board in this years competition which proved very hard work to even find fish last week and the horrendous snow falls on land made it difficult for anglers to even reach Whitby but hardy anglers once again travelled from all across the north of England to enter what is now becoming a regular event in W.C.S.A. calendar sponsorship has already been pledged for next year lets hope the weather is kinder
here are the weeks results…………….
4th-12th December Boat name
Day 1 1st Dan Green Cod 5lb 11.5 oz Sea Urchin II
2nd John Dixon Cod 3lb.14 oz Sea Urchin II
3rd Adam Greaves Cod 3lb.1 oz Misstress
Day 2 Cancelled due to weather
Day 3 1st Taffy cod 2lb.10 oz sea otter 2
2nd Colin rutland cod 1lb.14 oz shy-torque
3rd Taffy cod 1lb.13 oz sea otter 2
Day 4 1st Taffy cod 3lb.5 oz sea otter 2
2nd Dave Crawford cod 2lb.3.5 oz Sea Urchin II
3rd woody cod 1lb.12 oz Sea Urchin II
Day 5 Cancelled due to weather
Day 6 Cancelled
Day 7 1st Garry Arkle cod 2lb 12 oz sea otter 2
2nd Garry Arkle cod 2lb 12 oz sea otter 2
3rd Garry Arkle cod 2lb 2 oz sea otter 2
Day 8 Cancelled
Day 9 Cancelled
FINAL RESULT 1st Dan Green Cod 5lb 11.5 oz Sea Urchin II
2nd John Dixon Cod 3lb.14 oz Sea Urchin II
3rd Taffy cod 3lb.5 oz sea otter 2
Heaviest other species…………
1st Garry Arkle Ling 13lb. 6.5 oz Sea Urchin II -
20/11/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
20 Nov 2010 by Pete Rose
The whitbyseaanglers forum lads were gifted a £500 sponsorship in cash from our kind and regular sponsor Glenn Stocks the event was to be fished on Saturday the 20th November the rules were simple anchor fishing only and heaviest cod takes first prize with other prizes down to fourth and a prize for the angler with the largest bag on the day.
The weather was poor on the Saturday with a big swell rain wind you name it still with recent catch report the prospect of fish was high.
forum members fished off two association boats sea otter 2 and sea urchin II there were plenty of fish caught on the day.
here the top rods of the day.
first prize fell to Ben Laws with a cod of just over 7lb on sea otter
second Rich Deadman cod 6lb 13oz on sea otter
third Garry Arkle cod 6lb 7oz from sea urchin II
fourth Dan Green cod 6lb 2oz off sea otter 2
The heaviest total bag of over 50lb going to Garry Arkle fishing off sea urchin II
A big thankyou to all involved also I would like to thank our kind sponsor Glenn Stocks, as well as all who took part on the day who gave £5 each to the Whitby life boats thank you for your generosity.
Please remember the uptide festival starts on the 4th to 12th of December and runs for a week with£1000 in cash prizes book your places now Sunday the 5th is totally empty up to press. -
13/10/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
13 Oct 2010 by Pete Rose
Had a fantastic day out on the distant wrecks yesterday with a group of regular lads from Manchester who wanted to target cod as apposed to ling which was forming forming the biggest part of the inshore fishing of late so I decided to steam off with the forecast half decent and a 2.5 hour journey either way this is always a gamble but the lads knew the pitfalls and were happy to sacrifice fishing time in the hope of a jackpot,
the anticipation was evident with all the lads having just traveled on a two hour trip from Manchester then another two hours plus on top I was really hoping there journey was going to be worth the wait, as the wrecks grew closer land was only just visible and the sea was threatening a change with fresh northerlies getting fresher this was either going to be sh*;;”t or bust,
as I run over the wreck I could see a huge feed mark which can be a good sign but alas not always the only way we would know if I had made the right choice was to get the lines down to the bottom first drift the lads were taken completely by surprise all the rods were in before they hit the bottom some had shads some were on the jigger some on hokias didn’t matter there were so many fish down there every hook was taken on every drop, after the first three drifts I asked the lads on the hokias to change on to a single hook it was taking an age to pull fish up with huge cod on every hook, they agreed and all switched to mainly shads of different colours drift after drift saw a fantastic stamp of cod mostly in the 8 to 10lb range with the best at 16lb with enough fish for the table we decided enough was enough and left what must have been hundreds of cod below us for another day and headed home on the long journey with a stiff northerly breeze behind us the trip was slightly faster by 10 minuets and we were back in town by 4pm,
a day to remember and all the lads agreed they had not witnessed cod fishing like that ever and a few p.b. were broken in the process
this proved to be a jackpot day which could just as easily been a disaster Whitby will continue to produce the goods for anglers prepared to try alternative trips in my opinion
the uptide season is just around the corner with heaps of juvenile cod showing this summer the prospects of a good season look promising -
27/07/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
27 Jul 2010 by Pete Rose
Congratulations to Shaun Pickles winner of the recent whitbyseaanglers boat fishing match with a fine ling of 15lb 08oz see full report from the link below
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16531.0 -
07/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
Jul 2010 by Pete Rose
NEW RECORD FOR SEA URCHIN
This week I had a group of lads on from Helmsley mostly novices who were fishing a big tide of around 5.4m, still there was no wind and the water was clear as a bell, Robin Molesworth was fishing baited Muppet’s on my hire tackle when he hit into a huge fish on some ground close to Whitby.
We had been catching a steady run of mainly cod around 3/6lb and I decided to keep the same drift while fish were coming up. Drift after drift fish every time even by his own admitions Robin was a newbie only ever fished from a boat some 20 years previous.
When he hit the big one he had gained much from the codlings that were coming aboard so did not panic at all he just kept steady pressure on the fish as we all stood by in envy the rod bent almost in half.
I knew from my experience this was a real good fish after around 12Min’s I could see its length beneath the boat this is a big one I said still fifty feet down it looked huge, Finlay it broke the surface at the same moment my gaff hit it under the chin bingo, (believe me I have missed a few in my time but this was unmissable)
What a fish I knew as I lifted it over the hand rail it was the biggest ling I had seen for many years, at that moment another angler local lad (Mike Butler from the endeavour pub) shouted I have a big fish on get the gaff ready please skipper in all the excitement I had not realised he was still fishing another rod bending ling broke the surface only to meet the gaff again another cracker
so up to my electronic scales and we all hazard our own guess at the weights and the first ling weighed a whopping 29lb 10oz a new record for Robin and for the Sea Urchin. The second fish of Mikes was just on 20lb, after all the excitement we had drifted a good half mile off the mark what with the big tide and all so I headed back up the same drift while the lads were taking pictures.
I set the boat up again then one bloke at the back who spent all morning tangling the reel getting stuck and finding it hard to get to grips with the drift trebble hooks and the rough ground, hit another big fish at first I assumed he had the bottom again has he had during every other drift but no he was retrieving line and the rod was showing signs of a nice fish with deep bends as the fish nodded it’s head in an attempt to dive this time a cracking cod which weighed in at 14lb exactly.
What a brilliant day even without the three really big ones there was plenty of cod for everyone to take home, once again just shows small tides don’t mean big fish and you don’t need to be an expert to land a fish of a life time if you have decent tackle and a little guidance. -
06/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
Jun 2010 by Pete Rose
I have decided to add an extra incentive to anglers fishing off my boat sea urchin during this years summer fishing festival, (as if you needed one with a first place prize of £5000)
but for any angler who enters the competition fishing off sea urchin and wins a daily first prize worth £50 I will match it and pay an extra £50 earning daily winners on my boat a total of
£100 in cash for a daily win and paid on the day.
and if anyone is lucky enough to win the first prize in the summer festival off the sea urchin as well as the £5000 first prize and the £50 daily plus the £50 you will receive from me as a daily winner, I will also give you another £200 in cash for your accommodation or travel costs to the presentation night in whitby, if you are local ? same deal you will still receive an extra £200 cash from me on the presentation night,
so if anyone has not booked as yet finds they have a free unexpected day off work mid week I have plenty of room most days and only four booked on Saturday 3rd July ,
as usual good luck to all who enter this year -
05/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
May 2010 by Pete Rose
Here is a report from last week as I said in one earlier post the algal bloom had got worse on some days and only when a clear area was found did we do well, on Thursday last week we had a small group of different anglers Clint and Chris were regulars from Chesterfield another two nice blokes who were hire rods sorry i forgot your names lads and one memorable angler called Ian who was new to me and my boat who turned out to be a treat to watch as he caught fish after fish mainly bait fishing on the back corner he seemed to have a gift for knowing exactly when to strike, I watched him and thought he was very good after the first drift, by the end of the day I was convinced,
Friday was plagued with bloom and everyone struggled to find fish but everyone did take a fry home, Saturday I had a split group John Dixon came with some competent angler mates and I had another seven who had never been to sea before it's always difficult to try and please everyone with mixed abilities especially when the tides were good for working the wrecks and as the ground fishing had not really kicked in we had no other option John and his mates were real helpful with the novices and never lost there rag with the constant tangles and helping with wreck break outs thanks lads,
Sunday I had another group of mostly hire rods and newbies to sea fishing again from Chesterfield a great set of blokes who had a good day with plenty of fish to take back home
the real star of the day was a young lad called Lyndon who listened to every word I said and out fished everyone on the jelly worm, I get so much fun helping yong people catch fish the buzz is written all over there faces and no computer game in the world gives kids the joy of going on a boat to sea catching your first fish taking it home for mum to cook ahhh simple pleasures like this makes me smile inside, you can see Lyndon along with the other anglers on the video compilation at the end of this post
Monday I had Paul from Leeds who organised a corporate day for himself and his co workers apart from Paul all novices the weather was fab when I awoke around 5am by 7am it had turned north easterly with strong wind warnings I explained this and said we would have a look out in the bay and caught mackerel straight from the off then the weather totally changed and by 10am it was flat calm and sunny so off to some inshore wrecks and ground with nothing doing I came back hard in further up the coast and hit plenty of good marks in around 50 foot of water all fresh codling's around 4/5lb great stuff all on baited feathers so with plenty of cod and mackerel collies they were headed back to York and Leeds with a barbie on the cards -
04/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
Apr 2010 by Pete Rose
On Friday and Saturday I decided to steam off to distant grounds as the inshore fishing was poor of late also the weather was perfect flat sea and blue sky both days, Friday I had Karl from Pickering with a small group who chartered the entire boat and I explained the inshore fishing situation they agreed the only realistic chance of getting in the prizes was to try some distant ground and wrecks to the east and at the limit of my licence range, after an epic journey and a few stops at some unknown wrecks which produced the odd fish we arrived and the fishing was much better than recent inshore trips but nothing of any size we had around 15 or 20 fish cod to around 7lb pollock to 4lb and some large whitings around 2lb mark we only had a few hours fishing and had to head for home,
Saturdays anglers Clinton and Chris from chesterfield were told the same story and they also agreed a steam was the sensible option this time I diced ed to work a few wrecks north around 18mls away and this time as soon as we arrived all the rods were in which gave everyone a smile after the long but sunny steam the day produced around the same 20 fish or so with cod the most common after a change of tide the fish stopped feeding so I headed for some wrecks around 12mls off which produced nothing neither did the 9 mile ground so all in all not a bad two days in the present scheme of things roll on summer -
03/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
Mar 2010 by Pete Rose
After so many requests from anglers for half day fishing trips which they could bring along there sons, daughters, and the like, I intend to organise such a day during the summer, this trip is perfect for anyone who is wanting to intraduce friends and families into boat fishing, all tackle will be provided or you may bring your own your choice, the day I have chosen is during the school holidays Sunday the 1st of August 2010 we will depart the harbour at 9am and return around 2pm and hopefully we will return with some fish as well as some new anglers, the trip is long enough to get a taster for the youngsters and to see if the ocean is for them, I used to run many of these trips on the old sea urchin which proved very popular but alas not cost effective , but there are far too many youngsters out there who are denied the experience either because of cost or lack of fishing tackle and concernces about full day charters being too long for them,
the cost will be £25 per person regardless of age or ability and will include rods reels, feathers, shads, hokkias, and all leads, and I will even include some hook bait for everyone, Sorry no discounts if you choose to use your own tackle though, the tides are ok and there should be some mackerel about if the youngsters get tired arms bottom fishing,
I know other boats offer 3hr tourist trips during the summer but I intend to provide something tourist trips do not offer, I want to give youngsters the best possible experience trying different rigs and set ups also we will be trying a couple of the local wrecks as well as working the rough grounds
vist the website to book your place
