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10/08/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
10 Aug 2025 by Andy Savage
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Today we had a great bunch aboard Sea Urchin, for a run out in some beautiful Summer sunshine……
We had a building 5.5m Spring Tide to work with, which would mean that the boat would drift quickly when the tide was up to full strength, making the fishing a bit more challenging. That said; we still had two periods of slack water, which would allow us to try a few wrecks. We started off the day catching a few fresh Mackerel for bait, then with the tide almost being slack, tried a couple of inshore wrecks.
The first one produced nothing in two drifts, so we moved on. It’s essential to maximise slack water on the big tides, as the tide turns so much quicker, giving less time to fish in prime conditions. We fared a bit better on the second wreck, taking 4 or 5 small Codling each drift. We didn’t get anything massive, but Martin Gadomski had a couple of better Codling with the biggest being 6lb.
Once the tide was away we moved out fishing rough ground at 3, 5, 7 & 9 miles. Even though the lines weren’t streaming badly, the ground fishing was hard work today. We fished a mixture of Shads and bait. The shads worked better the further out we got, perhaps suggesting a clarity issue at the bottom. The nine mile ground was definitely the most productive giving a few Codling each drift. Once again Martin Gadomski found the biggest fish of the day with a 9lb Ling on a baited muppet trace.
We planned to run back inshore for the second slack water to fish a couple more wrecks to end the day. Unfortunately it didn’t quite turn out that way as we experienced some engine trouble and had to nurse ourselves back in when (what looks like) the throttle cable snapped.
Thanks to everyone for being so understanding and for being excellent company. Hopefully see you again soon.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 15/08/2025 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.50m Steve Lawton - x 1 Jim Lister - x 1 Neil Swallow - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1 Nick Gray - x 1View details Sat 13/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.49m Chris Roberts - x 1 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Iga Krawczenko - x 3 Ian Smith - x 2 Pawel Perczyński - x 1View details Wed 01/10/2025 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2 Andy Burrell - x 1 Mark Parry - x 1View details Sat 18/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.10m Rob Waterworth x 1 Jamie Britton x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Oliver Venus - x 1 Pawel Perczyński - x 1View details Mon 20/10/2025 12 hr Offshore Trip - Baymans Hole £75 per Angler 7 Spaces Available Rough Ground Trip - 5.36m Derek Coulson - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4 Jason Shields - x 1 Matt Dowsett - x 1 Matt Gray - x 3View details Fri 31/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.40m Iga Krawczenko - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 Chris Sayer - x 2View details Sat 01/11/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Paweł Rojek - x 3 Tom Allen - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Ian Scrivens - x 1View details Sun 09/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1View details -
08/08/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
8 Aug 2025 by Andy Savage
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It's been quite a while since I've put up a catch report. For the last couple of weeks either the weather or the tides have been rubbish. Checking my diary; I did my last trip on the 30th July which wasn't great due to the amount of swell we had to battle with and then today was my next opportunity.
Even today's trip was a 50/50 affair. With a building 5m tide and an offshore breeze, it looked like it was destined to be a difficult day. I'm not one for punishing anglers in poor conditions, so I gave everyone the option of coming or not; explaining that we would probably have to spend a lot of the day fishing hard inside, to get some relief from the wind (fishing hard inside is fantastic, but you need water clarity and feeding fish to make it a good day). Having not been to sea for a week, I didn't know what the clarity levels etc were.
A couple dropped out, but seven lads were still happy to come and have a day out. We had a stop at the Bell Buoy to see if there were any Mackerel kicking about and thankfully we got enough for bait in a couple of drifts. With the tide being fairly slack, I took us to try a nearby wreck as the winds were light and the lines weren't streaming. Over the next hour, we tried a couple of wrecks with squid and mackerel muppet traces. We had an odd fish or two. Mainly small Ling and Codling plus a few Pouting. As the tide began to build and the drift speed increased, we pushed to the three mile ground to try our luck.
The westerly wind was increasing in strength giving white water all around us, but the Ebb tide matched it well and meant that the lines weren't streaming at all. We had the lines fairly straight up and down which was good. Each drift on the ground we picked up a couple of fish, but sport wasn't prolific by any stretch. Mainly small Codling, with just a few to keep.After an hour, with the lines still fairly vertical, I gambled on a push out to the five mile ground to see if we could find a better stamp of fish. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. We had similar results to the three mile ground. An odd small Codling and a few strap Ling.
With the wind due to build and the tide to turn, there was no way I was going any further out, so I pointed us inshore and ran back in to try another patch of ground (for nothing at all as it turned out). Plan B was definitely required, so with a freshening wind, we ran back in towards Robin Hoods Bay to try the ground hard inside.The tide was almost slack when we arrived, but we picked up a few Codling over the next half an hour on baited Hokkai's, plus some Kamikaze Mackerel. We then dropped tight inside to get the first of the Flood Tide and for half an hour we got a few more fish, including four Pollack which all came with fifteen minutes of each other while the Flood Tide was building. Annoyingly, the Pollack all came to baited traces, despite two of us working hard with the Shads....the fish clearly didn't read the rule book!!
Unfortunately, once the tide got up to speed, the fish pretty much stopped feeding and sport dried up. We worked our way back up towards Hawsker, but to almost nothing other than Mackerel. We agreed to call it a day an hour earlier than usual, as it seemed futile just drifting for nothing.
All the lads were great company and stuck at it all day. I couldn't deliver the trip I had hoped to, but the company and chat made the day pass quickly. Thanks lads, really appreciate you coming for the day out. See you next time.... View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 15/08/2025 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.50m Steve Lawton - x 1 Jim Lister - x 1 Neil Swallow - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1 Nick Gray - x 1View details Sat 13/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.49m Chris Roberts - x 1 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Iga Krawczenko - x 3 Ian Smith - x 2 Pawel Perczyński - x 1View details Wed 01/10/2025 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2 Andy Burrell - x 1 Mark Parry - x 1View details Sat 18/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.10m Rob Waterworth x 1 Jamie Britton x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Oliver Venus - x 1 Pawel Perczyński - x 1View details Mon 20/10/2025 12 hr Offshore Trip - Baymans Hole £75 per Angler 7 Spaces Available Rough Ground Trip - 5.36m Derek Coulson - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4 Jason Shields - x 1 Matt Dowsett - x 1 Matt Gray - x 3View details Fri 31/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.40m Iga Krawczenko - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 Chris Sayer - x 2View details Sat 01/11/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Paweł Rojek - x 3 Tom Allen - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Ian Scrivens - x 1View details Sun 09/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1View details -
07/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
7 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
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First we had a 8hr trip starting at 8am
Winds were quite fresh off land but sea was finally flat after having quite alot of days ashore.
Headed out strait away found a good patch of mackerel with a mix of smallish Pollock showing.
First drift this morning on the Mackerel
As slack water approach we kept moving to try and get back on the fish again.
Best fish today and also taking the lead on the heaviest fish of August Competition was a Pollock weighing 7lb 1oz which is a good start.
Everybody caught something to keep with plenty to put back to fight another day.
On the trip plenty of seals and porpoise sighted.
3 hour trip leaving at 4pm
Was productive from the start with mackerel and Pollock been boated.
Overall everyone caught something to keep with majority of the anglers been new anglers.
Species caught over the two trips
Cod, Pollock, coalfish, ballen wrasse, pouting, whiting, and a weaver, View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 15/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-16:00
8hr. Cod / Pollock.View details Fri 15/08/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Tue 19/08/2025 8 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Wed 20/08/2025 7 Spaces 17:00-20:00
3hr. Cod.View details Thu 21/08/2025 2 Spaces 14:00-20:00
View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr.View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-14:00
6hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 14:00-20:00
6hr.View details Tue 26/08/2025 4 Spaces 08:00-16:00
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27/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
27 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
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First trip was a 8 hour leaving at 8am
Fishing was straight away with plenty of plump mackerel coming over the rails.
While fishing we had a small pod of bottle nose dolphins passing by.
Amongst the mackerel we saw a nice selection of cod and pollock also boated with loads returned retaining only the better fish.
3 hour trip leaving at 4pm
As soon as we arrived at the fishing location we had a Minke whale feeding close by.
First drop and nearly all the customers we strait into the mackerel and cod.
We watched the whale move further south across the North Bay we were shortly treated with 4 or 5 bottle nose dolphins heading north at speed.
On all the trips everyone caught a fish. The 3 hour trip is the first one we've ever had were we had whales, dolphins and a huge selection of sea birds flying around. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Skylark
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 15/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-16:00
8hr. Cod / Pollock.View details Fri 15/08/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Tue 19/08/2025 8 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Wed 20/08/2025 7 Spaces 17:00-20:00
3hr. Cod.View details Thu 21/08/2025 2 Spaces 14:00-20:00
View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr.View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-14:00
6hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 14:00-20:00
6hr.View details Tue 26/08/2025 4 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr. Cod.View details -
26/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
26 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
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A very long day for us today 3 trips back to back and lots of smiley faces.
Most of the customers today were new too angling and we managed to get them all a few fish.
Nothing huge but a few better size Cod and pollock.
Mackerel were quite patchy today probably the knock on effect of the recent northerly as some areas were quite coloured but we managed to find a few spots which were clear enough for the lures to work
Today felt like it should have been a species hunt as we had 11 different species.
Cod, Pollock, coalfish, mackerel, ballen wrasse, whiting, horse mackerel, weaver, whiting. Red gurnard,
As well as the fishing all 3 trips managed to see harbour porpoises pass by. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 15/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-16:00
8hr. Cod / Pollock.View details Fri 15/08/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Tue 19/08/2025 8 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Wed 20/08/2025 7 Spaces 17:00-20:00
3hr. Cod.View details Thu 21/08/2025 2 Spaces 14:00-20:00
View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr.View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-14:00
6hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 14:00-20:00
6hr.View details Tue 26/08/2025 4 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr. Cod.View details -
18/07/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
18 Jul 2025 by Andy Savage
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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. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 15/08/2025 2 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.50m Steve Lawton - x 1 Jim Lister - x 1 Neil Swallow - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1 Nick Gray - x 1View details Sat 13/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.49m Chris Roberts - x 1 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Iga Krawczenko - x 3 Ian Smith - x 2 Pawel Perczyński - x 1View details Wed 01/10/2025 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2 Andy Burrell - x 1 Mark Parry - x 1View details Sat 18/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.10m Rob Waterworth x 1 Jamie Britton x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Oliver Venus - x 1 Pawel Perczyński - x 1View details Mon 20/10/2025 12 hr Offshore Trip - Baymans Hole £75 per Angler 7 Spaces Available Rough Ground Trip - 5.36m Derek Coulson - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4 Jason Shields - x 1 Matt Dowsett - x 1 Matt Gray - x 3View details Fri 31/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.40m Iga Krawczenko - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 Chris Sayer - x 2View details Sat 01/11/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Paweł Rojek - x 3 Tom Allen - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Ian Scrivens - x 1View details Sun 09/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1View details -
17/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
17 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
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Some of the fish caught on today's 8hr trip
Unfortunately we've been tied up most of this week plagued with strong winds and lumpy sea.
Today wasn't perfect with thick fog this morning which cleared then ran in from south for an hour then went. We also had quite a bit of swell still running.
This wasn't a deterrent for today's anglers who still found loads of plump mackerel, some good size pollock and cod.
Also caught was ballen wrasse, coalfish, whiting, pouting and a weaver. Totaling 9 different species for the day.
As well as the fishing we had loads of wildlife throughout the day with bottle nose dolphins passing by for the majority of the morning, loads of playful seals.
Throughout the trip we also had many species of sea birds buzzing about. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Skylark
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 15/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-16:00
8hr. Cod / Pollock.View details Fri 15/08/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Tue 19/08/2025 8 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Wed 20/08/2025 7 Spaces 17:00-20:00
3hr. Cod.View details Thu 21/08/2025 2 Spaces 14:00-20:00
View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr.View details Fri 22/08/2025 2 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 08:00-14:00
6hr. Cod.View details Sat 23/08/2025 1 Space 14:00-20:00
6hr.View details Tue 26/08/2025 4 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr. Cod.View details
