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16/05/2024
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
16 May 2024 by Andy Savage
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It’s fair to say, that today was the most productive day we’ve had this year! Mark Johnson, Bob Nicholls and Jeff Hoggard had the boat booked for themselves and are great anglers and always fantastic company.
Having looked at the forecast the day before, it appeared that the Northerly wind would begin to lift a bit, late morning which could make for difficult fishing conditions. The lads were all happy to get away early and make the most of the favourable early morning conditions. We departed shortly after 0400hrs just as first light broke, and ran 90 minutes North across a flat, glassy sea…..it was a stunning morning. However, it turned out to be short lived as we ran into a fog bank after 7 miles and spent the rest of the day on the radar!!
On arrival at the first wreck there were feedmarks everywhere; I’ve never seen that wreck “lit up” so much. I set up the first drift and with the small tide and no wind, we barely moved. Within a minute the rods were buckled over and we had a great three hour stint, clumping plenty of fish. The first half prior to slack water, we had mainly Codling, but a good stamp; with Bob taking the biggest at 8lb and Jeff chipping in with a couple of 7’s along with plenty in the 4-5lb class.
As we lost the Ebb Tide, the Ling came on the feed and we had a number of fish in the 6-8lb range, then Jeff took the biggest of the day at a very honest 9lb 15oz winning the “Greatest Angler Trophy” that they always fish for.
Muppet bait traces with Squid or Mackerel dominated, but Bob also did well on a set of Gummimacks.
We chose to run to another wreck six miles away to finish off the day. The wind had just begun to lift a notch as we arrived, but pleasingly all three rods went in again on the first drift. It fished well for about 45 minutes with a nice mix of Codling and Ling and a couple of Pollock, then gradually as the wind increased and the lines started streaming, sport slowed right down. We took only five fish in the last 45 minutes before calling it a day at 1130hrs and steaming back to Whitby.
A fantastic day out, with great fishing and great company….see you in July lads.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 06/08/2024 1 Space Available Sea Urchin - Lure Fishing Competition Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Chris Wells - x 1 Ken Wood - 1 Tony Barrett - x 1 Tony Firman - x 1 Peter Astill - x 1View details Fri 09/08/2024 2 Spaces Available Species Hunt Comp Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Ken Wood - x 1 Tony Barrett - x 1 Neil Fell-Edwards - x 1 Simon West - x 1 Joyce Townley - x 2View details Sun 11/08/2024 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.99m Will Freeman - x 3 Mark Heavey - x 2 Aaron, Andy, Brad - x 3 Brad Martin - x 1View details Thu 05/09/2024 9 Spaces Available Autumn Festival Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.56m Will sail with 5 anglers. Jeff Turner - x 1View details Tue 10/09/2024 2 Spaces Available Autumn Festival Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.79m Peter Burton - x 2 Nic Morris - x 2 Ian Carter - x 1 Stan Matthews - x 1 Paul Andrews - x 2View details Mon 16/09/2024 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.14m Will sail with 5 anglers. Volker - x 3View details Tue 24/09/2024 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.08m David Craine - x 2 Richard Stubbs - x 1 Jane - x 1 Richard Horner - x 1View details Thu 26/09/2024 2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.39m Dave & Del - x 2 Stan Matthews - x 1 Mick Spencer - x 2 Igors Fortuna - x 3View details Fri 27/09/2024 2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.43m Jamie Britton - x 1 Chris Doran - x 7View details Sun 29/09/2024 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.89m Will sail with 5 anglers. Peter Burton - x 2 Neil Fell-Edwards - x 1View details
