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  • 30/06/2025 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    30 Jun 2025 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    Double trouble for Steve Milnes today aboard Sea Urchin…..we had a 12hr offshore trip booked with a mixed group of anglers.

    With light winds forecast until after midday, we chose to head out at 0430hrs to get the best of the day in before the SE winds lifted; or at least that was the plan!!! We managed to grab a few fresh Mackerel on the way out, before heading to a wreck in the 20 mile stream. As we arrived at 0730hrs, I could see that there were already flecks of white water appearing as the breeze lifted a little.

    Nevertheless, we were out there so I set up a few drifts on the wreck. With the lines streaming back, I ended up positioning the boat well off the wreck to get the lines in it, but once we had that sussed, a few fish started to come up. It wasn’t frantic, 2-3 each drift of mainly 2-4lb Codling for a couple of hours.

    Steve Milnes had a good run, taking a fish almost every drift. After getting snagged up in the wreck I managed free his gear and could feel a decent fish pulling back. Steady away and Steve bagged his first ever Ling at just over 12lb….nice!Next drop down I jokingly said, “I’d like to see a double figure Cod now please” and blow me, Steve hooked into what looked like another decent fish and after a spirited fight I netted a 12lb Cod for him!! Two drops, two doubles and two Pb’s. Steve very sportingly put back the Cod which swan away strongly after a couple of quick pictures.

    We then moved to try an area of rough ground which was meant to be the main objective of the day. I’m not one for making a load of excuses, but with the wind being so strong the lines were difficult to control. Credit to the lads, they plugged away for the next couple of hours taking a mix of Codling, Haddock, Ling, Whiting, Pollock and a few Blue Mouth Rockfish. Nothing big, but there was always a few fish every drift. The wind continued to build after the turn of tide and the troughs got a bit deeper. I called a halt to proceedings half an hour early as we had a long sloppy run back home.

    Conditions weren’t pleasant at all today and I wouldn’t have been there if the forecast had been correct. Sorry for chucking you around for most of the day lads

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    Wed 01/10/2025
    1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Andy Burrell - x 1 Mark Parry - x 1 Richard Gotts - x 1 Richard Brockwell - x 1
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    Tue 04/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Dave & Del - x 2 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Andy Lammas - x 1 Dave Fowls - x 1
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    Sun 09/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1 Liam Dawson - x 4
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    Tue 11/11/2025
    6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.93m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1 John Cross - x 1
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    Wed 12/11/2025
    1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.66m Peter Burton - x 1 John Cross - x 1 Steve Mason - x 1 Annie - x 3 Craig Isbell - x 3
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    Thu 13/11/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.54m Dave & Del - x 2 John Cross - x 1 John Weetman - x 1
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    Fri 14/11/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.58m John Cross - x 1 Steve Mason - x 1 John Atkinson - x 2
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    Sun 16/11/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.96m Arthur French - x 3 John Cross - x 1
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    Mon 17/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.09m Arthur French - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 John Cross - x 1
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    Tue 18/11/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.19m Arthur French - x 3 John Cross - x 1
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