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  • 18/07/2025 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    18 Jul 2025 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin III

    It’s been great to have the last couple of days at sea.

    Quite a lot of regulars aboard, which is always excellent fun and a few new customers. Both days have followed a fairly similar pattern. The tides are now falling away, but at 5m are still too big to spend the whole day on the wrecks. To be honest, I prefer a mixed days fishing anyway and find them more enjoyable. Wrecking all day can be harsh; especially if you’re having a bad day!

    We collected enough fresh Mackerel for the day from just outside the pier ends, then fished either ground or a wreck, depending on the state of tide and drift speed. On Thursday we spent the majority of the day on rough ground as the SE winds were fresher than anticipated. Starting off on the three mile ground we worked our way out to nine miles during the course of the day.

    Most of the lads fished with Hokkai’s baited with Squid or Mackerel and a 16oz lead to give better tackle control. Some areas fished better than others, but there were a few fish here and there. Del Moran took the biggest fish of the day with a nice Ling of 12lb 2oz which also won him £50 in the Summer Competition.

    Today we had much better weather, so I was optimistic of finding a few more fish, as the fishing conditions were much easier. With the Flood Tide still getting away after the Mackerel Bash, I dropped us onto a wreck just a couple of miles out to test the water. With a 0.6 knot drift speed, we got stuck into a few Ling each pass over.

    Unfortunately we got a few tangles as well, and whilst I was sorting one of them out Dave Sharp casually asked for the net as he had a nice Ling. At 13lb 3oz it was the biggest of the day and also won him £50 in the Summer Competition.

    The rest of the day wasn’t as productive unfortunately. There was little interest in the Shads and we just picked up odd fish here and there all day. The company has been fantastic, so a massive thanks from me boys, great having you aboard.

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    Sun 02/11/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.91m Will sail with 4 anglers Eric Curtain - x 1 Keith Pickering - x 1 Oliver Venus - 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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    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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    Wed 19/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.26m Arthur French - x 3 Ray Malik - x 1 Bod - x 1
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    Thu 20/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.28m Jeff Turner - x 1 Arthur French - x 3 Ian Scrivens - x 1
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    Fri 21/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.26m Arthur French - x 3 Stan Matthews - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1
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    Sun 23/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.11m Egidijus Jonytis - x 4 Bod - x 1 Peter Kisby- x 2
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    Thu 27/11/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.56m Will sail with 4 anglers. Steve Mason - x 1 Dave Guest - x 2
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