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06/06/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
6 Jun 2025 by Andy Savage
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Two Day Report Aboard Sea Urchin
Thursday 5th June.........A lovely day out with the “Driffield Farmers” today, who have fished regularly with me since I’ve had the boat. With a dinky 4.3m Neap Tide we were destined to spend the day wreck hopping unless the wind got up and spoilt things. For the third trip in a row we ran out to some ground at three miles and gathered plenty of fresh Mackerel for bait.
I fancied running south and having a go on some of the plentiful wrecks in the area. With slack water around 0900-0930hrs we had a couple of hours of the Ebb left to fish.
After a short steam, the first wreck produced one solitary Codling in three drifts, which was disappointing; so we pressed on to the next. This was a bit better and we picked off two or three mainly Codling each run over, but nothing sensational. Gary Grantham took the biggest Codling at a smidge over 6lb and a Ling of 8lb. Once the action eased, we just moved on again.
Slack water threw up a few a few strap Ling and tonnes of Pouting, which wasn’t what I’d hoped for. A move to a big wreck for the start of the Flood Tide did the trick for an hour, with some consistent sport. The wind was holding up the boat on the drift now, so the boys got more time to catch. After a slow start, Norman Taylor got in the groove and took a fish or two most drifts; amongst them was the biggest Cod of the day at 9lb 4oz. All the fish fell for standard bait tactics, nobody had a go with the Shads today. Squid and Mackerel cocktails on muppet traces was the go to method.
As the afternoon progressed, the lads fancied a few fresh Mackerel to take home, so we dropped on the three mile ground again and got plenty of sport. Norman and Gary both fish really well today. They’re masters at controlling the tackle and I know that if the fish are feeding, they’ll catch them.
I really enjoyed the day, as always. The fishing wasn’t electric, but everyone got a few fish, which seems to be the way at the moment. Thanks lads.
Friday 6th June
Today was a day of four seasons ……well almost! I had a group of my regular experienced anglers aboard who, were all geared up for a day on the wrecks with it being a 4.4m Neap Tide.
The weather forecast wasn’t looking settled for the whole day, with a front scheduled to push through mid-late morning, but then settling down. With that in mind, I opted to stay fairly close to Whitby and the rough ground, so I had an alternative plan if the wrecks weren’t an option. We started off on the feathers to collect a bit of fresh Mackerel to go with the Squid, then ran south again to a wreck which as far as I knew hadn’t been fished for a week or so. We almost had the wind against the tide which slowed things down nicely.
Pleasingly, the first stop kept us ticking over nicely for an hour, with a few fish every run through. To start with we were inundated with Ling as most lads went down with a bit of fresh Mackerel on. There weren’t any big fish among them, but most were decent eating size. There were a few Codling amongst them and Carl Madin had a plump 5lb fish as the best of the morning.
Sport slowed and we moved on to another wreck; then I could see the snotty weather approaching. Within twenty minutes, the temperature dropped, it had chopped up and the lines were streaming. I thought it futile to stay on the wrecks with streaming lines, so we ran a couple of miles back to some rough ground. We stopped on the ground for the next two hours, right through slack water. The wind kept the boat drifting and although the conditions weren’t easy, the lads fished well and took 8-12 fish most drifts. There were plenty of throwbacks amongst them, but also some beautiful clean Codling. Joe Clough also had a nice 11lb 8oz Ling.
Once the front passed through the wind dropped away and the sun came out, so we spent the rest of the day trying a few more wrecks. With experienced anglers aboard we caught consistently all day and there were plenty for the freezer for those who wanted them.
Conversation and banter was brilliant today and we had a lot of laughs. Brilliant day, thanks lads.
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