Charter Boat: Skylark
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Bait & Tackle
Boat and Skipper Details
Skylark is a spacious 35ft Vessel, Powered by a 6 cylinder Diesel engine. which cruises comfortably at 8 Knots. made from wood, she is of sturdy design able to cope with all weather conditions.
Skylark Has a code of Practice for 12 anglers and 2 crew and can travel 20 miles from any Port.
Skylark is equipped with a Many chart Plotters one on two large screen, GPS, Sonar, Side Scan sonar, and Stucture scan sonar (Giving pin-point accuracy when locating wrecks or prominent fish holding features) DSC radio with AIS, Radar, and full safety equipment.
THE FISHING
Renowned worldwide for it's quality sea fishing heritage, Scarborough on the beautiful Yorkshire coast is the ideal port to charter a boat for an angling trip.
Luckily for Scarborough there is many places to fish, most of these places we fish are Natural scars of rock, kelp beads, And generally really rough ground ideal for Cod and Pollock Fishing. there are many marks we fish some are only a few minutes away from the harbour and others can span up to filey brigg or ravenscar again two very good Cod and Pollock grounds.
Also close to Scarborough are many old ship wrecks, mainly ships that were sunk in the war, and some old trawlers. these wrecks can produce good Cod, Ling, Pollock, and Many other fish.
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If you wish to hire the boat for Diving, Filming, Survey, Scattering Ashes and Sightseeing please feel free to give us a call and I am sure we could be of service to you.
WE ARE THE ONLY CHARTER BOAT THAT OPERATES ALL YEAR AROUND FROM SCARBOROUGH.
Nick is a keen match angler fishing from the boat and the shore. Over many years he has fished in several Scarborough Clubs that he has gathered many trophies and prizes. As well as fishing Nick also enjoys gathering and digging his own bait to ensure he has the best possible bait.
Nick has worked aboard Skylark since 2012 taking passengers out, before then Nick fished on private angling vessels out of Scarborough harbour starting with his uncles boat the " Clare Louise a tremlett 21"
Whether you are a beginner or an expert, Nick with his lifelong knowledge of the area will take you to the best spots for a successful day’s fishing.
First and foremost Nick is an angler and admits to having a passion for bait fishing from the shore and the boat for Cod. During the summer Nick feels there is not any type of better fishing than catching Pollock on light tackle using lures. Obviously cod is the main target species of all the charter boats and we have had some excellent fish with both quality and quantity coming aboard
In 2015 Nick also started Skylark Tackle expanding the buissness into tackle and bait sales and also fabricating fishing equipment.
June 2025
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N.B. Not all Skippers keep this dairy up-to-date. Always check with skippers before making any plans. Last calendar update: 20-Jun-2025 |
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Sun 1st Jun
08:00-16:00 |
Mon 2nd Jun
Wrecking tide if winds allow |
Tue 3rd Jun
Wrecking tide if winds allow |
Wed 4th Jun
10:00-16:00
17:00-19:00 |
Thu 5th Jun
Wrecking tide if winds allow |
Fri 6th Jun
09:00-17:00 |
Sat 7th Jun
08:00-14:00
14:00-20:00 |
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Sun 8th Jun Fully Booked |
Mon 9th Jun
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Tue 10th Jun Unavailable |
Wed 11th Jun
8 hour Rough ground |
Thu 12th Jun
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Fri 13th Jun
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Sat 14th Jun
Skipper Duty Mechanic |
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Sun 15th Jun
Skipper Duty Mechanic |
Mon 16th Jun Unavailable |
Tue 17th Jun
8hr - 9 till 5 |
Wed 18th Jun
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Thu 19th Jun
Inshore fishing |
Fri 20th Jun
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Sat 21st Jun
08:00-16:00
16:00-19:00 |
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Sun 22nd Jun
Wrecking tide if winds allow |
Mon 23rd Jun
08:00-16:00 |
Tue 24th Jun
8am-4pm Inshore rough ground |
Wed 25th Jun
8hr 8am-4pm |
Thu 26th Jun Whole Boat Available |
Fri 27th Jun
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Sat 28th Jun
Armed Forces Day - No parking |
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Sun 29th Jun
8 hour, 8 till 4 |
Mon 30th Jun
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Skylark
| Sat 05/07/2025 | 6 Spaces |
16:00-20:00 |
4hr trip.
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| Tue 08/07/2025 | 8 Spaces |
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| Sat 12/07/2025 | 1 Space |
08:00-16:00 |
8hr.
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| Sat 12/07/2025 | 1 Space |
16:00-19:00 |
3hr.
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| Thu 17/07/2025 | 9 Spaces | 8 Hours |
9am-5pm Rough ground.
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| Sat 19/07/2025 | 1 Space |
16:00-19:00 |
3hr.
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| Mon 21/07/2025 | 6 Spaces |
Wrecking tide if winds allow.
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| Sat 26/07/2025 | 4 Spaces |
14:00-17:00 |
3hr.
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| Sat 02/08/2025 | 2 Spaces |
08:00-16:00 |
8hr.
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| Sun 03/08/2025 | 8 Spaces |
08:00-16:00 |
8hr.
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| Mon 04/08/2025 | 4 Spaces | 8 Hours |
Wrecking tide if winds allow.
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| Thu 07/08/2025 | 9 Spaces |
08:00-16:00 |
8hr Wrecking tide if winds allow.
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| Sun 10/08/2025 | 5 Spaces |
08:00-14:00 |
6hr.
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| Sun 10/08/2025 | 10 Spaces |
14:00-17:00 |
3hr.
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| Mon 11/08/2025 | 7 Spaces |
08:00-16:00 |
8hr rough ground.
Cod / Pollock.
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| Thu 14/08/2025 | 8 Spaces |
08:30-16:30 |
8hr.
Cod / Pollock.
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| Wed 20/08/2025 | 6 Spaces |
08:00-14:00 |
6hr Wrecking tide if winds allow.
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| Wed 20/08/2025 | 4 Spaces |
14:00-17:00 |
3hr.
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| Sun 24/08/2025 | 8 Spaces | 8 Hours |
8am-4pm Inshore rough ground.
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| Thu 28/08/2025 | 5 Spaces |
09:00-15:00 |
6hr.
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Reviews
Summary:
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Tom Villias (11/06/2025)
After loosing faith with fishing from Scarborough I should have followed previous reviews what a trip to be on. Friendly knowledgeable skipper who volunteers for his local RNLI and has a very high standard onboard. The booking was professional with all the information, terms and conditions sent across. The night before as promised we had the confirmation call, when onboard Nick gave a safety brief explaining all the situations making us feel really safe. Not the newest boats but it's really looked after and the skippers knowledge of the boat and area shows. I must of caught 45+ fish mainly 3 to 5lb cod.
I definitely will be coming back soon and thank you Nick for all the hard work you do. I nearly abandoned fishing from Scarborough after using 2 other companies.Skippers Reponse: Thank you for your review Tom, as you have seen we have been working hard to promote fishing in Scarborough. Fishing has it's good days and bad days, We always try our best no matter what! Hope you enjoyed the fillets and we look forward to seeing you again hopefully it's another productive day. Regards Nick
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Wojnowska Wojnowska (27/05/2025)
Had a fantastic 6 hour trip today with my dad on board the skylark i caught 4 cod and a couple of wrasse and sand eels the captain filleted the for us and he even let me drive the boat on the way back me and my dad had a brilliant day would definitely recommend going again
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The G (04/06/2025)
Fantastic experience from start to finish, went our wrecking on Monday and enjoyed it so much went back out on the Wednesday. Nick the skipper always put us on the fish, has a great selection of tackle/lures/rods & reels on board.
Great atmosphere and Nick incredibly knowledgeable with great watercraft. Can't recommend enough, from the experienced angler with all their own gear all the way to those with no gear who have never fished before.
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The G (02/06/2025)
Fantastic experience I enjoyed it that much I have already booked to go again this week.
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Jason Carter (28/05/2025)
What a great day we had! Memories made for me, my boy and his grandad. Thanks Nick for giving us plenty of sport and keeping us on fish all day. We'll be back for another trip, hopefully some time soon.
Location
Bait & Tackle
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SKYLARK TACKLE WAREHOUSE
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
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Anglers Choice
Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 39 Species have been caught onboard Skylark, including: Ballan Wrasse | Bib (Pouting) | Blonde Ray | Brill | Bull Huss | Butterfly Blenny | Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) | Cod | Conger Eel | Cuckoo Ray | Dab | European Squid | Flounder | Grey Gurnard | Haddock | Herring | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Lesser Weever | Ling | Lobster | Mackerel | Octopus | Plaice | Pollock | Poor Cod | Red Gurnard | Sand Eel | Scad | Shore Rockling | Short-spined Sea Scorpion | Smooth-hound | Spotted Ray | Sprat | Thornback Ray | Three bearded rockling | Topknot | Tub Gurnard | Whiting | Wolf Fish
Latest Catches 1,230 photos uploaded
6 lb 8 oz Pollock
17-Jun-2025
5 lb 1 oz Cod
1-Jun-2025
7 lb 1 oz Cod
2-Jun-2025
7 lb 3 oz Pollock
29-May-2025
6 lb 2 oz Cod
29-May-2025
9 lb 4 oz Cod
28-Oct-2024
5 lb Cod
28-Oct-2024
6 lb 2 oz Ling
27-Oct-2024
4 lb 8 oz Cod
27-Oct-2024
5 lb 2 oz Cod
27-Oct-2024
4 lb 4 oz Cod
22-Oct-2024
4 lb Cod
22-Oct-2024
4 lb Cod
22-Oct-2024
4 lb 7 oz Pollock
19-Oct-2024Latest Fishing Reports and News
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08/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
8 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
Well what a day.. two 6 hour trips with plenty of fish on both
First 6 hour trip we saw a good mixture of fish from cod, ling, coalfish, red gurnard, haddock, mackerel, whiting, pouting the majority of the catch was a good amount of cod from what you can see in the video.
Heaviest fish wasn't huge but plenty of fish around the 5lb area and best been 7lb at all but the amount certainly made up for that
2nd 6 hour trip was an absolute cod fest
With most of the fish taken on shads .there was also pouting and a few ling caught as well and similar stamp of fish to the first trip -
02/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
2 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
Another great 8 hour trip today
Fishing started off slow for the first few drifts then slowly picked up as the day went on.
A good stamp of clean cod caught today
With a few ling, Pollock, pouting, a Ballen wrasse, mackerel and even a lonely haddock.
Everybody caught a cod to keep which seams to be the norm this week and all the anglers had plenty of fillets to take home
One of our regulars Lorance seemed to be on fire today catching nearly every drift and ended up with a nice tub a Cod.
Dirty squid baited hooks seemed to be the preferred method today.
Shads we're working today but we're catching the odd ling and getting ripped to shreds in the process. -
01/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
1 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
Back out today for a 8hr trip
Two days are never the same but we did still find a good amount of fish overall.
Winds today were a lot stronger up to 25kts at times from the south not really picking the sea up but definitely increasing the drift speed.
Like every other trip this week everyone caught a few Cod to keep which for quite a few anglers was their first time.
Best anglers today were all the younger anglers who just seemed to find a better size fish every time and made sure they made that known. The friendly banter today was brilliant.
Heaviest fish today was a cod weighing just under 6lb
Plenty of species caught today from Cod, Pollock, ling, whiting, coalfish, ballen wrasse, dogfish, and even a lonely dab.
Overall a brilliant day to be at sea as always -
31/05/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
31 May 2025 by Nick Gough
Well what a 8hr trip we've had today
Non-stop fishing all morning with 4 or 5 rods in at the same time all catching cod.
Then it was steady away for the rest of the day
All Cod were a good stamp and really clean fish between 3 to 5lb with the odd better 6lb been caught.
Overall the lads boarded well over 100 size fish and Sam's dirty squid was certainly doing the business today. Quite a few wrasse and pouting also showing an appearance.
Best fish today was a Ling weighting 7lb 3oz
I definitely believe these customers will be back soon, It was their first time fishing with us today. -
29/05/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
29 May 2025 by Nick Gough
Out today with totally different weather to yesterday showers when the customers arrived on the boat. And a fresh south westerly blowing through not really picking the sea up much but a bit splashy in places
Overall everybody caught something to take home which is always a bonus the stamp of fish was alot better to yesterday's catch
Best fish today was a 7lb 3oz Pollock
Today baited feathers seamed to out fish the lures today possibly due to the conditions and stronger tide.
