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09/08/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
9 Aug 2012 by Rich Cope
Today we had a mixed party of lads, some novices thrown into the group too.
we started out ta the bell bouy jigging mackerel for bait, seeing as we're on neap tides again wrecking was the order of the day. Plenty of mackerel about so two drifts saw us with enough bait to get started.
We were rifting quite quickly to start with so fishing was slow, as soon as the drift slowed a point or two of a knot the fish came on to feed!
The fishing wasnt hectic today, but we saw some nice fish non the less.
the biggest Ling was 15lb, Cod to 10lb. we had a number of Ling over 10lb again today.
We had a young novice, Peter, with us today he caught a couple of really nice fish to take hoem the best being a Ling around 7lb in weight, dad was pleased as punch, its always good to see the youngsters getting amoungst the fish! well done mate.
Peter with his Ling -
08/08/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
8 Aug 2012 by Rich Cope
Another drop in tides again today saw us wrecking all day. We travelled a bit further offshore with the lads from Hull.
The drift was around 1.6 knots to start with, once we had arrived at our mark. We took fish from the off today, with hardly any blank drifts. The fishing remained steady until slack water and it went off a bit.
The lads had already graced the deck with some cracking fish, Ling to 17lb to Steve who also had two others into double figures plus a box of smaller fish to himself.
Craig the organiser, managed half a box of fish with Cod approaching double figures, and Pollock to 8lb or so.
The other lads managed some respectable fish too taking a number of Ling over 10lb.
I wet a line too today and took Pollock and Cod on rhubabrd and custard sidewinders.
Pictured is Steve with his two best fish of the day -
07/08/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
7 Aug 2012 by Rich Cope
Today started out a bit shabby with a north westerly swell, despite that it was a nice sunny day. The tides are just beginning to drop too so hopes were running high for a few fish.
With the breeze at the back of the tide we were drifting quite quickly first thing, but as the tide eased the sea began to flatten and it turned out nice. We took most of our fish from a wreck going into, over and just out of slack water.
The fishing was a bit slow, but everybody caught fish to take home, we had a mixture of Cod, Ling, Pollock, Mackerel, Whiting and Pouting. The biggest fish onboard was probably only around 10lb in weight so nothing big today.
The highlight was experiencing a Minky whale swimming around us for around half an hour, Ive never had one as close to the boat as this one. Please see the film clip in the video section
Pictured is Paul with the best Cod of the day -
30/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
30 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
Yesterday was another successful day aboard Mistress, the best lad got nearly a full box of fish himself, mainly ling today, we caught a few cod on shad early in the day and a few came later to bait off the wrecks. Biggest Cod weighed in at around 10lb caught on mackerel fillet. One of the lads had a bit of a surprise today when he reeled in a dead weight after being tangled in the wreck. Not only did he catch a shad and weight but tangled further down the main line was a lobster nearly 4lb in weight!
Pictured is Paul with his Lobster -
29/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
29 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
RNLI Charity Fishing match
We held a 3 hour fishing competition in aid of the RNLI on the 29th July.
The Whitby boats raised just short of a £1000 for a very worthy cause with cometeition entry fees and charity raffle afterwards.
Heres a picture of local lad Damo with his winning fish caught on Mistress. A 9lb 12oz Cod, well done to Damo and everybody involved. -
29/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
29 Jul 2012 by Rich Cope
Today on Mistress we had a mixed party which consisted of mainly novices, many of whom had never fished before.
We worked ground today with mainly shads, and by the end of the day I was pleasantly surprised to see what we had caught. The rod average on the boat was easily over 10 fish per person, with many fish thrown back too. No big ones today unfortunately but the crew made up for it with numbers of fish.
another great day afloat with a top bunch of people, well done everyone.
Heres a pic of the lads and lasses with a few of their catch. -
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
