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28/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
28 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
Another day wrecking today. Only three lads showed up this morning but I went to sea anyway. The day started slowly due to a fresh breeze behind the tide pushing us along at a fair old rate of knots! We managed a few fish until the tide eased, but nothing spectacular.
Once the tide eased though it was a different story, I got the lads on bait and they were instantly into the Ling, with the odd Cod thown in for good measure.
we had a couple of good hours that produced plenty of fish for everyone.
Best angler today was regular lad Dave Nixon. He wont bait fish, he loves shadding, he persevered today despite only catching around half a dozen fish. The fish he did catch though were all stonkers! Not to mention the one he lost back into the wreck which I would imagine would have been into the 20's. his four best cod were 14lb 8oz, 12lb, 10lb and 8lb, Dave was delighted with his fish and also setting himself a new PB.
pictured is Dave with his two best fish of the day -
27/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
27 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
Glorious sunshine today from the start! Plenty of suntan lotion required!
We still have small tides at the minute so wrecking was the order of the day.
A stop at the Bell Buoy on the way out produced some mackerel bait for us so we set off on our way. The first wreck we got to, some of the lads were still in mackerel mode so down went feathers and found even more mackerel, some were only joeys so we popped them on as live baits and got instant results with Ling and Cod.
We carried on fishing the wrecks all day, we had a few tussels with a dastardly seal that kept stealing fish (yes there were a few choice words muttered!)
but all in all we had a fantastic day everyone had at least a box of fish to take home with them, the lads were returning fish through the day as they had caught enough.
We had many fish onboard over 10lb today, the biggest Ling was 16lb, biggest Cod was 12lb.
Local lad and regular aboard Mistress, Faron Trueman with the best Ling of the day -
26/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
26 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
Another fantastic day afloat today. The water seems to have cleared a bit over night so straight on the offensive with shads this morning, First few drifts saw every rod into fish. The fishing slowed down to a couple of fish a drift in the end but it stayed steady like that all day.
Around slack water we bait fished again, best Ling went 13lb today, but during the flood tide this morning we saw a nice cod of 12lb fall to a blue 4" shad!
Also we had Whiting to 2lb.
We experienced a Sunfish today which I can honestly say I have never seen off this coast. We popped it back in after a photo and it shot off like a Gazelle!
All in all a great day at sea with plenty of fish for everyone.
Heres Tim With the Sunfish -
25/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
Today was a bit of an experimental trip. We had a go at fishing tight inshore with the view to bagging some pollock on our spinning outfits. Unfortunately when we got out, there was a bit of northerly swell in the water, colouring it inside.
S,o not to be deterred we had a go at something else instead, we used our spinning rods to collect some mackerel for bait and decided to anchor up in the soft to see if we could catch any rays.
They arent usually fished for here at Whitby, but to cut a long story short, we managed only one, a Spotted Ray around 2lb in weight, along with Dabs, Plaice, Tub Gurnard, Whitng and Lesser Weavers.
All in all a successful day -
24/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
24 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
Another fantastic day to be at sea again, quite getting used to this summer weather!
We started the morning shad fishing around a wreck mark today, the tide was still belting through giving us a drift speed of around 1.8 knots. but we were still picking up codlings each drift.
As the tide eased we changed tactics to bait, full fillets of mackerel on heavy traces for Ling and any other big fish lurking down there!
The ling played ball, with us boating quite a few around the 7lb-10lb mark.
The biggest Ling went 15lb for 15 year old Ryan.
Mistress Regular Mark baited up with a Mackerel Flapper just as the tide got away and bagged a belting 18lb Cod.
Everyone onboard had a great day bagging plenty of fish for the table.
Pictured is Mark with his 18lb cod -
17/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
17 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
What a lovely day to be at sea today! only a light breeze and sun shine all day, it actually felt like summer!
We're still on neap tides, so a bit of wrecking was in order today!
We sailed and got to our first mark as the ebb tide was starting to push, I decided to start on the wreck where we caught a good few cod the day before. Sadly we only took a few Whiting for our efforts, so a quick a move to a reef nearby saw us making a start on the better fish!
First drop saw around 4 Codlings and a couple of Ling. We continued fishing the reef edges taking a steady picking each drift.
As the fishing eased I moved to a small wreck and the lads took a few more Codlings.
The tide started easing at this point to I moved to a wreck which can occasionally throw out a few better fish.
The lads managed a few mackerel for bait on arrival then started dropping the bigger baits for the better fish! Well, we came up trumps today, we managed a couple of cod around the 10lb mark, plenty of Ling then on our second to last drift one of lads struck into something a little better!
He managed to turn the fish as it made for the wreck, and I instructed him to slow down and wind steady, a quick adjustment of his drag saw him wind the fish to the surface with a few lunges from the fish taking line each time! I got the gaff into it and it spun taking the gaff out my hand! after a heart stopping 3 seconds I leaned over side and got it back and boated the fish.
After unhooking and weighing, we had a Ling 27lb on the boat, one very pleased angler and I must admit I was a bit excited too! absolutely typical that the festival ended a week and a half ago had it been caught in the festival Andy would have netted himself a cool £5000! better luck next time.
Pictured is Andy from Liverpool with His new PB and new Ling boat record for Mistress. -
16/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
16 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
We started the day on a wreck a few miles from port today as it was pretty much slack water when we got out. The lads set about taking a steady picking of fish until the tide started pushing. Although the day wasnt hectic the lads took a steady picking of fish all day from each mark we stopped at. Bait fished better today although the shads still accounted for a few nice fish.
We worked a mixture of ground and wrecks today catching quite a few fish into double figures. Finally on a wreck we took an extra 20-30 codlings and pollock to finish the day on high note.
Species taken today include, Ling to 15lb, Cod to 10lb, Pollock to 6lb, thean a mixture of Coalie, Whiting, Pouting, Mackerel and Tub Gurnard.
Pictured is Alan, from Blackburn with the best fish of the day -
12/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
12 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
The tides have fallen away again now, typically the wind and swell has picked up too. We managed to get out today despite a long lazy sea sick swell from the north!.
Starting at a wreck on the 4 mile, we managed a few fish, then steadily working our way off stopping at a few wrecks on the way, all the way out to 18 miles. We manged a good few fish today for our regular lads (and lasses).
Onboard we had quite a number of different species, Cod, Pollock, Ling, Pouting, Whiting, Mackerel, Tub Gurnard, Coalfish, and a solitary Weaver!
We took Cod and Ling into double figures, and plenty of Pollock and coalies upto around 4lb in size.
Pictures is Mistress regualr Andrew Reid with a cod touching Double figures. -
30/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
30 Jun 2012 by Rich Cope
End of June.
We have been experiencing some great fishing here in Whitby through June, most days to sea have seen us returning with some fantastic catches.
Recently we have been catching plebty of Cod into double figures Pollock aproaching double figures and Ling also into double figures. The Pollock and Ling sport should start to get better now we are into July. Popular lures thats are catching most of the fish include shads, sidewinders and powerbait sandeels. Rhubard and custard, white, pink, and blue being the better colours.
Now the water has started clearing out we can start looking at the possibility of planning some specialist evening trips, plugging and using live Sandeels for the Pollock and Bass.
tight lines for now
Rich
Pictured is Deano with a Cod -
18/06/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
18 Jun 2012 by Rich Cope
With only two people booked on today we had a go at the inshore fishing. We found the water still a little coloured, but we had a show of good quality fish. The biggest was pushing double figures. Cod, Ling, Whiting and Pouting were caught on a mixture of bait and shads. The fish dont half fight hard in shallow ater and on light tackle!
Pictured is Mistress regular Steve with the biggest fish of the day
