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  • 08/08/2013 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    8 Aug 2013 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    The shark fishing here at Whitby is without a doubt the best I've seen for a number of years.

    After last years desperate lack of them it would seem that there are more now than ever.

    Todays sharking trip was more of a family trip with just my Brother-in-Law Dave and Nephew Ben on board.

    Sailing at 6am this morning we stopped to gather some fresh mackerel for the chum stocks which we had on board in no time. Some big mackerel too.

    We steamed out to our usual mark and began our fishing at 8.45am. At 11.30am we were joined by a bull seal. Not what we wanted to see! Not 1 minute after he had turned up we got a run on one of the furthest baits. 10 seconds after that take we had another take on the shallow bait closest to the boat. All hell let loose !!

    The closest one luckily dropped the bait which just left us with the one fish on. We sharpish wound the other baits back to the boat and Ben began the fight.

    The clock kept ticking.................................and ticking.........................................and after a 2 hour 45 minute battle we had our first glimpse of it. A korker of a fish to be sure.

    10 minutes later and we had Ben's prize on board. A fantastic fish. Lenghth 88" Girth 54"

    Equation calculated the fish at 320lbs.

    Ben has the bug now and will be trying for another one before the season comes to a close.
    Ben on the right of the picture.

    Super tight lines !!

    Rich

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