Latest Fishing Reports: Yorkshire and the Humber
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29/10/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
29 Oct 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
We ran our second Uptiding trip of the year yesterday.
Our mixed team of 7 lads enjoyed some steady (at times) fishing.
No great shakes numbers wise with around 30 fish again. No big fish to count either. The best being one I caught at a shade under 5lbs.
I fancied that the day would have produced a little better than the last trip as the tides are running nice and strong in the high 5.0 meter range. Yesterday’s being a 5.7m.
We are wondering whether storm “Babet” might still be playing a part and even the inshore marks need a bit longer to settle.
Anyway, still another very enjoyable day out on the water.
The usual squid and black lugworm working, but the cart helping a lot yesterday too.
Cheers for now,
Rich
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
Uptiding Competition starting the last weekend in November and runs for 9 days inc.
£1000.00 top prize!!
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 2 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Pete T 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. Cliff A 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 10 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 10 anglers. 5.0m. Reasonable tide. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 13/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 8 anglers. 4.8m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 14/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. 4.5m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave G 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Chris Siddle 1. John Webb 2. John Wysoczanski 2. Will Bird 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 16/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 4.4m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Bil B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 17/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide! Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 26/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 6 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 28/05/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 6 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Ben H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
25/10/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
25 Oct 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
After Monday’s offshore trip to wrecks out on the 20 mile stream and further off out to the “Wall” we chose to work the Uptiding marks yesterday.
Basically (and sadly) storm Babet has smashed our offshore marks to bits leaving the water like soup and the fishing was rubbish out there!!!
A marked improvement however yesterday with around 30 Codling boated (around 18 keepers) and the rest of the undersized safely returned.
I reckon if the tide had been running stronger than 4.6m we would have had much greater numbers.
The gentle Easterly swell not helping us with the fishing either with the boat laying slightly off square and after lunch the four lads decided to go for the 2.30pm bridge after a couple of them started feeling a little queasy.
All in all though a really nice start to our Uptiding season and we’re really looking forward to seeing you all over the next few months.
Things are looking very healthy indeed.
Cheers for now,
Rich
07733 233352
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 2 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Pete T 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. Cliff A 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 10 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 10 anglers. 5.0m. Reasonable tide. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 13/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 8 anglers. 4.8m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 14/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. 4.5m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave G 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Chris Siddle 1. John Webb 2. John Wysoczanski 2. Will Bird 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 16/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 4.4m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Bil B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 17/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide! Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 26/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 6 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 28/05/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 6 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Ben H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
13/10/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
13 Oct 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
Sorry I haven’t posted much in the last week or so.
Prior to the last trip out last Monday, the previous couple of trips out have been a bit slow with a relatively poor catch rate.
Last Monday was our last run off before our lass and me came away for a short break.
The day fished slowly to start with but after a move to a little wreck 12 miles North, we managed a nice few fish to save the day.
Nothing flash to report size wise but enough fish boated to keep young Fergus busy filleting for the lads all the way home!
A gorgeous day weather wise too with some lovely warm October sunshine.
Cheers and see you all after we get back.
Rich
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
N.B.
From Saturday 25th November, the winter Uptiding Competition starts and runs through to Sunday 3rd December.
Our association is giving away a very nice £1000.00 for the heaviest fish landed, along with a daily prize of £50.00 for the heaviest fish on the day.
Give me a call, text or email me if you fancy a go. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 2 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Pete T 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. Cliff A 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 10 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 10 anglers. 5.0m. Reasonable tide. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 13/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 8 anglers. 4.8m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 14/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. 4.5m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave G 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Chris Siddle 1. John Webb 2. John Wysoczanski 2. Will Bird 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 16/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 4.4m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Bil B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 17/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide! Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 26/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 6 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 28/05/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 6 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Ben H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
12/10/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
12 Oct 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
The weather forecast for today, had looked ok for a few days and pleasingly that turned out to be the case. A group of mixed experiences on board today, from brand new, to “Salty Sea-Dog” and all points in between.
With the tides back over 5m it was always going to be a mixed day of wrecks and rough ground. To start with, we clonked a load of fresh Mackerel to accompany the Squid the lads brought for bait. With seven hire rods aboard, we kept everything very standard, which is essential to help reduce tangles. Muppet bait traces with Squid and/or Mackerel and 16oz leads to combat the wind and tide. With there being a chance of a few better sized fish about, we left the Hokkai’s (which also cause more tangles) in the bag.
To start the day, we ran out to the five mile ground for a few drifts. Everyone had got into the routine of controlling the tackle and it wasn’t long before a few fish started to come aboard. We had a mix of Codling, Ling, Haddock and a few Whiting. We had started at the South end of the ground, but the bites became less frequent, the further North we pushed.
I ran us back to the southern end and we had a decent hour. Everyone got off the mark and Adam Maguire started to put together a nice box of fish. Daron Grant took the biggest fish of the morning, a nice 10lb 12oz Ling.
We opted to run out to the nine mile stream for slack water and have a go on a wreck. For a few of the lads it was their first time on a wreck and I thought they did well. The wreck wasn’t too bad, giving a few Codling and Ling. Just as the first sniff of the Flood Tide came through Daron struck again. This time he had a nice plump Cod of 10lb 12oz, which was great to see.
The remainder of the day was spent on rough ground, picking odd fish here and there. A revisit to the five mile ground and the last drift of the day gave Andy Cooper a nice 11lb 4oz Ling to finish with.
A very enjoyable day for me, it was great seeing the lads who haven’t done it before getting a few fish. Thanks everyone, see you next time. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.50m Krystian Strzelczyk - x 4 Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Soran Barber - x 2View details Tue 14/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.69m Alan - 6 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Fri 24/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Joe Clough - x 1 Malcolm Gee - x 6View details Fri 31/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Shane Brooks - x 3 Mario Marczyk - x 2View details Wed 05/06/2024 1 Space Available 12hr Trip Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.24m Tim Little - x 4 Paul Hargreaves - x 6View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.34m Will sail with 5 anglers. Marius - x 4View details Mon 10/06/2024 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Volker - x 3 Martin Novo - x 2View details Thu 20/06/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.88m Marius - x 4 Jamie Britton - x 1 Michael Mcculley - x 1 Dave & Del - x 2 Romas Geringsonas - x 1View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.04m Matus Antalic - x 4 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Smith - x 2View details Tue 25/06/2024 9 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.38m Will sail with 5 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1View details -
09/10/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
9 Oct 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
Today was one of my own fishing days with five friends aboard. Having looked at the forecast, we decided to have a bit of a later start, as there looked to be a fresh breeze against tide first thing.
We all met at 0900hrs and were away shortly after to look for some fresh Mackerel. Unfortunately that didn’t go so well, with us only picking up a handful between us. Everyone had squid to use as well, so we dropped onto the first wreck of the day. I wasn’t too optimistic as the water looked quite green and with nothing much doing after twenty minutes or so, I moved us further out to a wreck in the five mile stream.
Water clarity looked a bit better and we spent the next hour taking two or three fish a drift. Nothing massive; Dave Sharp taking a Ling around 9lb as the biggest. With everyone off the mark, we fished two more wrecks as the tide ran into slack water. The sport was steady, but not amazing.
With having experienced anglers aboard, all the different tactics were tried. On the third wreck, we found the Shads worked well, with a number of nice Codling up to five pound falling prey. Although Tony Firman got a surprise when his Shad was snaffled up by a Squid!!
As is usual, the Muppet bait traces loaded with either Mackerel or Squid provided some nice fish around slack water. Simon West caught consistently and then he got “rumbled” when we noticed he was slipping a Black Lugworm on as well as the usual baits!! Unfortunately he didn’t mange to land the seal which he played for fifteen minutes, while we ripped into him….
It was a really, really enjoyable day and my own fishing days are something which I cherish. The banter was brutal, but hilarious in equal measure.
Thanks for a brilliant day out lads, I needed that. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.50m Krystian Strzelczyk - x 4 Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Soran Barber - x 2View details Tue 14/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.69m Alan - 6 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Fri 24/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Joe Clough - x 1 Malcolm Gee - x 6View details Fri 31/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Shane Brooks - x 3 Mario Marczyk - x 2View details Wed 05/06/2024 1 Space Available 12hr Trip Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.24m Tim Little - x 4 Paul Hargreaves - x 6View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.34m Will sail with 5 anglers. Marius - x 4View details Mon 10/06/2024 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Volker - x 3 Martin Novo - x 2View details Thu 20/06/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.88m Marius - x 4 Jamie Britton - x 1 Michael Mcculley - x 1 Dave & Del - x 2 Romas Geringsonas - x 1View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.04m Matus Antalic - x 4 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Smith - x 2View details Tue 25/06/2024 9 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.38m Will sail with 5 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1View details -
05/10/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
5 Oct 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
After another weeks lay-off with poor weather and big Spring Tides, we took the chance to have a run out today.
I had a mixed group of anglers on, who were all fantastic company and I immediately knew we’d be ok. We ran out to the 3 mile ground to gather up some fresh Mackerel for the day. It took a bit longer than I would have liked, but we got what we needed in the end. With a 5m tide, I knew we wouldn’t be able to spend the day on the wrecks, so we started off drifting some lines on the rough ground.
It wasn’t sensational, but we picked up 3-4 Codling and Ling every drift, so stuck with it. The lads fished with either baited Hokkai’s or a Muppet Bait Trace (as is standard). We did note that the Hokkai’s were being out-fished so everyone went over to fishing a bit bigger bait. Whole Mackerel Fillet being the choice of most. The wind lifted on the run into slack, so we moved closer inshore. With the lines streaming, I (wrongly, as it turned out) took the decision to move closer in to get some shelter off the land. No sooner than we got in, the wind fell away again. We had three drifts for nothing, so we had to move.
The tide was slack, so we dropped on a couple of wrecks. An odd fish came up, but it wasn’t what we were looking for. Michael Adams was aboard for his first trip in many years and chose to use my hire tackle. Just as we drifted off a wreck, his rod went over and I worked out by the steaming run, that he must be into a Tope. He played it like a star and after five minutes or so, we netted a beautiful Tope of at least 40lb. Definitely the highlight of the day. It took a Mackerel Fillet on a regular bait trace that I tie up. It was a close run thing as the line was very badly chafed and once unhooked I could break the doubled-up 100lb line with my hands!
We finished the day off on the rough ground and it wasn’t too bad on the Ebb. Everyone got a few to take home, our biggest Ling was around 6lb and Codling to 4lb. It wasn’t a prolific day by any measure, but the company aboard made it very enjoyable. Thanks everyone. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.50m Krystian Strzelczyk - x 4 Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Soran Barber - x 2View details Tue 14/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.69m Alan - 6 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Fri 24/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Joe Clough - x 1 Malcolm Gee - x 6View details Fri 31/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Shane Brooks - x 3 Mario Marczyk - x 2View details Wed 05/06/2024 1 Space Available 12hr Trip Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.24m Tim Little - x 4 Paul Hargreaves - x 6View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.34m Will sail with 5 anglers. Marius - x 4View details Mon 10/06/2024 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Volker - x 3 Martin Novo - x 2View details Thu 20/06/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.88m Marius - x 4 Jamie Britton - x 1 Michael Mcculley - x 1 Dave & Del - x 2 Romas Geringsonas - x 1View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.04m Matus Antalic - x 4 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Smith - x 2View details Tue 25/06/2024 9 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.38m Will sail with 5 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1View details -
24/09/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
24 Sep 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
The September angling competition came to an end yesterday (should have been today but strong winds stopping us)
The last two or three trips haven’t given us much to report about really with just a picking here and there.
Best day for us was Friday gone, where we picked around 25 fish (all Ling) from a wreck 18 miles East of the harbour.
No big fish landed but with Ling to just under 12lbs on the boat, the lads enjoyed a reasonable few hours angling in nice settled waters.
Yesterday we steamed South East to some wrecks around 16-17 miles for a bare picking of fish.
Our most regular angler Paul Mawson landed a lovely Cod which topped out at 13lb exactly. Well done to him.
His fish now taking the lead in the Shy-Torque III fish of the month where the winner gets a free trip with us (valid for 12 months)
We end the fish of the month competition in October but will start again in April next year.
Last months F.O.M (winners) were Paul Mawson and Bill Barraclough who both landed Ling a smidge under 14lbs. Identical in weight to the ounce, on the same day! We don’t see that very often and we all said we’d probably never see it again. How wrong we were!
The September competition winners are sharing the £1000.00 first prize too!
Both anglers landing Ling of 19lb 1/2oz.
Well done to both of them!
Thanks to everyone who made the competition a success even though we did lose several days to bad weather.
I’m sure everyone enjoyed it.
Also, thanks to Alex at “Mr Chips” fish and chip shop and the Middle Earth Tavern on Church Street for their continued support in sponsoring the events.
Without support like theirs we wouldn’t be able to host these cracking competitions.
On another note, our association is holding an Uptiding competition this year which runs from Saturday 25th November - Sunday 3rd December.
We are giving away a £1000.00 heaviest overall fish plus daily prizes for the heaviest fish of the day.
If you fancy a go at that, give me a ring to sort a day for you.
Individuals are very welcome and we will sail with just 3 anglers on any day.
A nice little prize to have a go at just before Xmas!!
Cheers for now guys and keep the lines tight!
Rich
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 2 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Pete T 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. Cliff A 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 10 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 10 anglers. 5.0m. Reasonable tide. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 13/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 8 anglers. 4.8m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 14/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. 4.5m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave G 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Chris Siddle 1. John Webb 2. John Wysoczanski 2. Will Bird 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 16/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 4.4m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Bil B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 17/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide! Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 26/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 6 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 28/05/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 6 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Ben H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
23/09/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
23 Sep 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
After the recent spell of shabby weather, I hadn’t been to sea for ten days, so it was a bit of a blank canvass on Friday. With a 4.8m tide and a Westerly wind, we were destined to spend most of the day on rough ground and wrecks at slack.
We managed to catch plenty of Mackerel and then started off on the three mile ground. The first three drifts saw us take 5 or 6 fish each drift, which was encouraging. The drift speed increased, so I opted to run out to the five mile ground. Three drifts and one Pouting later I ran back inside to the 3 mile ground!! We fished a couple of wrecks at slack, for a few small fish but nothing special.
Then Nick Gray hooked a fish which ran off haphazardly and then came towards the boat. Just before we could see the fish, the hook pulled…..arrrgh!! On the last drift of the day on the ground, Ian Kellock landed a nice 15lb Ling……which made me think about the plan for the next day.
Armed with that information, I had the pleasure of The Keel Inn Fishing Club today. I’d explained the plan of staying around the 3 mile ground, as I was confident there was an odd decent fish about. There’s always a big element of luck, right drift, right presentation, right state of tide.
The fishing wasn’t easy, but the lads took the advice offered and were fishing either Mackerel flappers or whole fillets. After picking away a few fish here and there, the biggest being a 9lb Ling we just kept on the move, picking up odd fish each drift. Then “it” happened!!
Steve Thornton hooked a good fish which gave a similar “funny” type fight as Nick had the day before. After a good tussle we managed to slip the net under a lovely Tope which we estimated between 35-40lb….awesome.
Whilst I was sorting out the Tope, “Chips” Mallin shouted he had a good fish on. Thankfully Tog Edwards took over netting duty and they dragged a lovely 19lb 0.5oz Ling aboard. What a drift…..total carnage!!
The fishing certainly wasn’t prolific, but we had some nice fish. A massive thanks to everyone for the last two days, you were brilliant company. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.50m Krystian Strzelczyk - x 4 Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Soran Barber - x 2View details Tue 14/05/2024 2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.69m Alan - 6 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Fri 24/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Joe Clough - x 1 Malcolm Gee - x 6View details Fri 31/05/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Shane Brooks - x 3 Mario Marczyk - x 2View details Wed 05/06/2024 1 Space Available 12hr Trip Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.24m Tim Little - x 4 Paul Hargreaves - x 6View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.34m Will sail with 5 anglers. Marius - x 4View details Mon 10/06/2024 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.21m Volker - x 3 Martin Novo - x 2View details Thu 20/06/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.88m Marius - x 4 Jamie Britton - x 1 Michael Mcculley - x 1 Dave & Del - x 2 Romas Geringsonas - x 1View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.04m Matus Antalic - x 4 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Smith - x 2View details Tue 25/06/2024 9 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.38m Will sail with 5 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1View details -
14/09/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
14 Sep 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
Sorry I haven’t done a report over the last three days.
That’s mainly due to the fact that there’s been nothing much to report on really.
We had Ken Fusco and family on board Monday/Tuesday.
Ken, Andy, Declan and Dave book the boat to themselves every year with us in the competitions.
Monday we steamed off North to three or four wrecks North of Whitby out to 29 miles. Rubbish! 10 fish for the day!
Declan did however win the daily prize of £50.00 with a Ling of 9lb 4oz.
Tuesday was such that we had to stay more inshore and work marks closer to home as the breeze was to increase from the North throughout the day.
Rubbish fishing again with just 8 fish to keep!
Declan did get the daily £50.00 prize winner again though, with a whopping 5lb 2oz Ling!
Thanks to Ken and the lads for their patience, understanding and support.
They know the score and that it can’t always be a top drawer day.
Yesterday’s team were a group of my most regular anglers who had decided to book the boat for a long trip.
We weren’t in the competition as we sailed at 5.0am and returned late.
We steamed offshore to some ground marks to start the day. Rubbish again with 15 fish or so boated.
Out to the first wreck of the day it was then.
1 fish! OMG!
The second wreck did produce slightly more fish with 8 boated but still rubbish!!
The third stop was on a tiny bit of scrap 38 miles off.
We were hoping and praying this would come up trumps but it didn’t! Rubbish!!
Just a dozen fish from it.
My crewman Fergus did however pull a nice Ling from it though. Weighing in at 19lb 6oz, a P.B for him. Well done to him!
Shame we weren’t in the competition as that fish would have jumped in to the lead on the board.
Ah well that’s life! LOL!
Thanks to everyone who have fished with us so far in the competition and we’ll see you all again soon.
Cheers and tight lines.
Rich.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 2 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Pete T 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. Cliff A 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 10 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 10 anglers. 5.0m. Reasonable tide. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 13/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 8 anglers. 4.8m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 14/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. 4.5m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave G 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Chris Siddle 1. John Webb 2. John Wysoczanski 2. Will Bird 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 16/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 4.4m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Bil B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 17/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide! Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 26/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 6 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 28/05/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 6 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Ben H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
10/09/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
10 Sep 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
Yesterday was the second day of this year’s September angling competition.
As is fairly often on the Shy-Torque, the team was made with a mixed group of lads.
Ability wise, all the lads were well seasoned so we chose the offshore wrecking option for the day.
Distances yesterday were such that we would only have time to try two, possibly three wrecks over the course of the trip.
First stop was a fairly big lump of scrap and it threw around 25 fish out which wasn’t a bad start.
A couple of better looking fish were hooked, but as is so often the case, slipped the hooks!
Nevertheless some nice fish taken.
We tried the next wreck which is a short hop of two miles and it fished relatively slowly with only ten fish or so boated.
Unusual for that wreck as it normally produces the best out of the two.
We slipped back to the first one and took a further fifteen fish from it to end the day.
No big fish boated as such but the sweep on the boat organised by my mate Andy Davies was taken by our most regular angler Paul Mawson from Bridlington with a Ling at 10lb 8oz.
Well done to him.
All in all, a nice day on the fish and good to see more Codling than Ling!
Two other skippers and myself are organising an “Uptiding” competition which runs from 26.11.23 to 03.12.23.
If you fancy a run out for a go, give me a bell, email, or drop me a text.
Cheers
Rich.
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 10/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 2 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Pete T 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. Cliff A 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 12/05/2024 10 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 10 anglers. 5.0m. Reasonable tide. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 13/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 8 anglers. 4.8m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 14/05/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. 4.5m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave G 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 15/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Chris Siddle 1. John Webb 2. John Wysoczanski 2. Will Bird 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. Mark Gosling 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 16/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 4.4m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Bil B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 17/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Room for 1 angler. 4.3m. Excellent tide! Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 26/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 6 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 28/05/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 6 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Ben H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details
