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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.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.27m Joe Clough - x 3 Laurence Byrne - x 1 Ian Hardy - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Malcolm Gee - x 2View details Wed 08/05/2024 8 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.55m Constantine Borhane - x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1View details Mon 13/05/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.73m Peter Burton - x 2 Volker - x 3 Nik Khan - x 2 John Armstrong - 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 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Mike Mellors - x 3 Shane Brooks - x 3View 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 -
05/10/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
5 Oct 2023 by Andy Savage
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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 AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.27m Joe Clough - x 3 Laurence Byrne - x 1 Ian Hardy - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Malcolm Gee - x 2View details Wed 08/05/2024 8 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.55m Constantine Borhane - x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1View details Mon 13/05/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.73m Peter Burton - x 2 Volker - x 3 Nik Khan - x 2 John Armstrong - 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 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Mike Mellors - x 3 Shane Brooks - x 3View 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 -
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
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 10/05/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 3 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 5 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. 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 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 25/05/2024 1 Space 9 Hours Room for 1 angle. 5.2m. Ok tide. Phil Shaw 1. Eric Davison 2. Ray Carmichael 5. 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
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.27m Joe Clough - x 3 Laurence Byrne - x 1 Ian Hardy - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Malcolm Gee - x 2View details Wed 08/05/2024 8 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.55m Constantine Borhane - x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1View details Mon 13/05/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.73m Peter Burton - x 2 Volker - x 3 Nik Khan - x 2 John Armstrong - 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 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Mike Mellors - x 3 Shane Brooks - x 3View 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 -
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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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 10/05/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 3 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 5 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. 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 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 25/05/2024 1 Space 9 Hours Room for 1 angle. 5.2m. Ok tide. Phil Shaw 1. Eric Davison 2. Ray Carmichael 5. 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.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 10/05/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 3 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 5 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. 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 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 25/05/2024 1 Space 9 Hours Room for 1 angle. 5.2m. Ok tide. Phil Shaw 1. Eric Davison 2. Ray Carmichael 5. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
10/09/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
10 Sep 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
A much tougher day on the wrecks today, but still with some fantastic weather.
A full boat of mixed angling abilities, some having never fished before and a few that have fished since God was a lad! We struggled with the Mackerel today, and it took us far longer to get them, than I would have liked. We had a stop on a wreck half way to our intended destination to try and get a few more, then ended up staying for an hour picking away with two or three Ling each drift. Nothing huge, with fish to around 8lb.
The Ebb tide eased right off and it was the first hour of the Flood Tide which saw an increase in bites and fish. Unfortunately, the average stamp of the fish wasn’t what it has been recently. A lot of the Ling (we only got two or three Codling all day again) were in the 3-5lb range with an odd better one. Mackerel on Muppet bait traces dominated, but Squid accounted for a fair few for Ian Kellock.
The last move of the day to a big old piece of scrap finally gave us what we had come for……..a “Super-Drift”!! First rod to slam over was Michael Townend’s, followed a few seconds later by Ben Cope. Both lads took their time and played their fish steadily. Michael got his 13lb Ling in the net first and then Ben “Top Trumped” him with a 16lb 4oz Ling. It was a great result for some solid angling.
The weather and company were fantastic once again. Thanks very much lads. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.27m Joe Clough - x 3 Laurence Byrne - x 1 Ian Hardy - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Malcolm Gee - x 2View details Wed 08/05/2024 8 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.55m Constantine Borhane - x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1View details Mon 13/05/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.73m Peter Burton - x 2 Volker - x 3 Nik Khan - x 2 John Armstrong - 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 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Mike Mellors - x 3 Shane Brooks - x 3View 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 -
09/09/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
9 Sep 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
Another cracking day out today. With almost perfect weather and sea/tide conditions the lads from the Keel Inn Fishing Club in Barnsley were “chomping at the bit” to get started.
We ran back to the six mile stream wrecks and “en route” I spotted my first Tuna at Whitby breaching about 100yds in front of me, which a couple of the lads spotted as well….awesome.
We arrived just as the small 4.3m Ebb tide began to ease off, so the boat was fairly static, with little drift. First drop down and Tog Edwards was instantly into his first fish, which turned out to be a nice Ling to get things underway.
We fished the wreck for the next 45 minutes or so, taking two or three fish each drift. The biggest fish were around the 9lb mark with “Chips” having a brace of them. I chose to move us on just before the Flood tide came through, to see if we could pick up a bonus big Ling which have come on slack water the last two days. Alas, we tried two wrecks in the next half an hour for a few strap Ling and Pouting. Still……nothing ventured, nothing gained!
For the remainder of the day, we kept on the move, fishing a further three wrecks. In the main, we picked away a few fish everywhere we went; the sport was steady, but not brilliant. The Codling were pretty much absent again today, so we relied mainly on the Ling to keep the bites coming.
Kevin Simpson was picking away steadily on the back of the boat, and his playing style meant I couldn’t see him playing the fish from my vantage point, but I noticed him straining quite hard with one particular fish, so I went to investigate. There was a nice bend in the rod and some telltale big fish lunging. Peering down into the crystal clear water I watched the colour coming up and it kept getting bigger and bigger. With about 20ft to go we could see what looked a decent Ling approaching. We shuffled the fish into the net and on the scales, the Ling went 15lb 3oz. A great capture for sure and it kept everyone motivated for the rest of the day.
Fresh Mackerel accounted for the majority of the fish as expected, but Squid and Mackerel also did a few.
A big thanks to the lads for a great day out in great company. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.27m Joe Clough - x 3 Laurence Byrne - x 1 Ian Hardy - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Malcolm Gee - x 2View details Wed 08/05/2024 8 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.55m Constantine Borhane - x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1View details Mon 13/05/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.73m Peter Burton - x 2 Volker - x 3 Nik Khan - x 2 John Armstrong - 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 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Mike Mellors - x 3 Shane Brooks - x 3View 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 -
09/09/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
9 Sep 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
We had a mixed bunch of regular lads plus two newbie’s on board the boat yesterday.
We were welcomed by thick fog as soon as we cleared the piers and unfortunately it didn’t lift for us all day. A shame because a bit of sun on another flat calm sea would’ve been nice.
Anyway, unlike Fridays fishing, yesterday’s was a marked improvement with one of our stops providing most of our catch for the day.
A small wreck some 9 miles North of the harbour.
Codling, Ling and a few small Haddock boated.
Bryan Stanton taking the best of the day, a nice Ling of 11lb 3.5oz.
His fish is now leading the Shy-Torque “Fish of the month” which can get the winner a free trip if they have the heaviest fish at the end of the month.
Good luck to him, although with the September competition starting today, we really are hoping for something a bit heavier to stand any chance of winning it!!
Let’s see what happens.
Tally for yesterdays trip, around 50 fish to keep.
Tight lines everyone,
Rich
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richardward384@yahoo.co.uk View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 10/05/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. Room for 3 anglers. Steve Knott 1. Mark Errington 2. Craig W 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 11/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 5 anglers. 5.3m. Individuals very welcome. Barry M 3. Jamie S 1. 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 2 Spaces 10 Hours Room for 2 anglers. 4.3m. Excellent tide. Individuals very welcome. Dave Oswin 2. Jason Conaghan 2. Rob Moore 3. Graham Soloman 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 25/05/2024 1 Space 9 Hours Room for 1 angle. 5.2m. Ok tide. Phil Shaw 1. Eric Davison 2. Ray Carmichael 5. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
08/09/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
8 Sep 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
The settled weather conditions continue, so we were back at it again today. With the Autumn Festival starting tomorrow, I took the opportunity to have a days fishing with seven of my regular anglers. Irrespective of the fishing, I knew it would be a brilliant day, with loads of banter.
After yesterdays excellent results, we headed back to the six mile stream to try a few more wrecks. It was a real “pea souper” today, the fog never lifted, but the drift on the wrecks with the light winds was ideal. We gathered the Mackerel we needed for the day from the Bell Buoy, then headed to our first wreck.
On arrival, everyone dropped over and before I could even get my own bait down; one, two, three, four then five rods were all into decent fish at once!! I ended up playing gillie and netted a succession of decent Ling to 10lb. What a great start!
That wreck kept us entertained for a couple hours producing plenty of Ling for everyone between 6-10lb and then it was time for the Rob Waterworth show to start…. in the space of about 30 minutes Rob helped himself to a brace of Ling totalling 31lb 8oz!!
First up was a real scrapper which tested his brand new Daiwa Super Kenzaki to the limit, pushing the scales round to 18lb 4oz and he followed it up with a 13lb 4oz fish shortly after. Both fell for muppet bait traces with a fresh Mackerel fillet on the hooks.
I don’t actually recall a single drift all day where we didn’t catch. Like yesterday, the Codling were pretty scarce and we only took half a dozen or so for the day, but the Ling sport more than made up for it.
The time simply flew by, which is always a sign of a great day in great company. A massive thanks to the boys for one of my most enjoyable days….. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 06/05/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.27m Joe Clough - x 3 Laurence Byrne - x 1 Ian Hardy - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Malcolm Gee - x 2View details Wed 08/05/2024 8 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.55m Constantine Borhane - x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1View details Mon 13/05/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.73m Peter Burton - x 2 Volker - x 3 Nik Khan - x 2 John Armstrong - 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 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.81m Nick Gray - x 2 Mike Mellors - x 3 Shane Brooks - x 3View 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
