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29/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
29 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place.
Well, it stuck for the third time in the same place for us yesterday. Unreal!
Saturday gone-Exceptional days fishing.
Sunday-Fantastic days fishing
Yesterday-Another fantastic days fishing.
In fact, the last couple of days were basically a carbon copy of each other.
The only thing that was different was the different faces aboard.
One of those faces being that of Holly Stewart, an old friend from West Yorkshire who now lives in NZ.
She was visiting her parents in Huddersfield for a month and came across for a days fishing.
She’s mad bonkers about angling and spends a lot of her time in NZ on the water.
A few tips from Fergus on how to catch our kinds of fish and she was off and running.
Holly catching on the shads and the baited rigs and ending up with a dozen or more fish for herself. Fabulous!!
The rest of the group which included Glenn and Nick who fished with us on Sunday too, fished their socks off as well.
Nick and Glenn gathering another full box of prime Codling again.
Mark Davenport and his dad Brian who were newbies to us also having a great day with a “slack box” of fish between them.
Paul from Brid who also fished with us over the Bank holiday weekend knocking 16 fish out for himself.
I managed a few drops myself and knocked out a quick dozen too.
Two of our Chinese customers, Henry and Simon also fishing well.
Henry won the July “fish of the month” prize of a free trip on the Shy-Torque III and used that on yesterday’s trip.
Henry landed a lovely Cod of 13lbs to win that.
Poor “decky” Fergus having no time for a go, with all the help needed getting the fish safely aboard!
All in all another fantastic day on the water with superb craic and banter!
Holly joining in with the great humour aboard too. A true sport!!
The majority of the catch today came at the end of the day when the tide eased back on the flood.
Tally for the day today nudging around the 90-100 mark.
Well done to all who fished with us.
A great day!!
Cheers
Rich.
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28/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
28 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Another belting day on the Cod today for our mixed team of lads yesterday.
A nice quick stop at the bouy for the Mackerel again and enough for the full team in 5 minutes. Some big Mackerel again too.
We marched back to a similar area we fished with yesterday’s team and things were a bit slow to start off, with just a few fish here and there.
Fortunately there are an abundance of ground marks where we have been working and the rest of the day saw us hopping from ledge to ledge, peak to peak, picking a few fish up everywhere we stopped.
As the tide eased back towards the end of the working day, we moved to another little spot to finish off and the fishing went mad!
More beautiful fresh run Codling/Cod for the lads with a couple of drifts giving them fish to 9lbs. A few doubles coming up too.
The Shads outfished the bait by a long way today but the baited rigs also taking some nice fish.
The quality of the fish over the last day or two has been great. Really healthy/fit fish giving the lads some fun moments.
Glenn Stocks and his son in law Nick took a good full box of fish between them as did father and son team Jeff and Jim McNeil.
Everyone taking plenty of lovely prime fish home for the table.
Tally for the day today, around 100 fish.
Excellent sport for the lads again and the banter was exceptional again too!
Cheers lads and we’ll see you all again soon.
Rich
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27/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
27 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Regular angler Darryl Machant and his five mates, Mick, Les, Eric, Che and old Stevie chartered the boat today.
Love it when a smaller group charter the boat for themselves.
The baited rigs have been out fishing the artificials of late for our lads so we gathered the Mackerel on the rock top before we headed out.
Whilst we were gathering the bait I noticed a load of birds feeding in a frenzy about a mile South of us, so we decided to give it a go on the inshore shallow marks to start the day. These marks are no deeper than 60ft and often even shallower!!
Straight into fish!
First fish on board taken by Darryl. A nice little Pollack.
Three or four short passes across the ridge giving the lads around 15 fish to keep.
A nice start to the day.
A short move further South next, to an area my crewman Fergus likes to work with his mate Ryan on his little boat in the Summertime.
Again, the lads were hitting the Cod on each drift. A lot of throwbacks, but a steady three or four to keep each pass for four or five drifts.
Then the black monsters arrived and spoilt the party like yesterday and the fishing went dead.
We steamed down a few miles further to a small piece of scrap to try escape the pesky seals.
None to be seen anywhere thank goodness!!
We stayed on this last mark for the rest of the day where the lads took over 70 fish from it!!
Best fish falling to Eric. A lovely Cod of 10lb 8oz. Well done to him! Excellent sport in shallow water!!
Best part about today was, apart from two “Bootlace” Ling and one Pollack, every fish taken was a Codling/Cod.
Without a doubt, the best day of the year so far with over 120 fish boated!
Oh, just to say that, because we had seasoned anglers on today, young Fergus and me also had chance to work the rods ourselves too, which is always a bonus.
I had 15 fish to keep myself, my best going around 8.5lbs.
Fergus however fished like a handcuffed crab today! Hope you’re reading this Paul Mawson!! ��
Excellent banter with these lads as always and an extremely pleasurable day with perfect conditions and brilliant sport.
Cheers lads and see you all soon.
Rich
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26/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
26 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Yesterday’s crew consisted of mainly regular Shy-Torque anglers who always take advantage of the easier neap tides.
As always we started out on the hunt for the Mackerel which were in good supply at the bouy for the lads. One drift did the job.
I decided to try a few marks further out for a change as I reckoned on nobody being out there for some time. Also a nice change of scenery!!
We started on a small piece of scrap just over 8 miles from port and the lads picked around 20 fish from that. A nice start to the day.
Once the wreck dried up on us we dropped on to one of my favourite little marks. A small ledge rising just a couple of metres which runs West to East around 50 yards.
A great little mark as you can often pick away at it in different parts.
The lads were really on the cod, bringing some nice fish up, when 4 huge seals decided to gate crash and spoilt the party instantly!
Another move then.
We steamed a bit further out to try and escape from the seals and tried what is normally a good wreck to us but today it proved fruitless with just a handful of fish coming aboard.
We still had time to run to a couple more bits of ironwork so we ran back in towards a small wreck split into two pieces.
It fished okay where the lads took another couple of dozen fish from it.
Cod coming aboard to just a shade under 10lbs.
My old mate Paul from Bridlington, who normally beats everyone, fished like a handcuffed crab today and lost many more than he landed!!
Chris Siddle on the other hand had a lovely day with a dozen nice fish to take home.
Another great day with the lads with Fergus getting the usual ear bashing from them!!
At least he managed to get out of bed and made it on time!
Cheers for now,
Rich
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25/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
25 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Old customers, new customers, customers who I haven’t seen for 10 years and a
m/cycling mate aboard the boat yesterday.
The weather was certainly on our side today with very light breezes.
The Mackerel were still playing at the Bouy too so we took just enough for what we needed for the group and headed off to start our day.
Rough ground to start off which was rubbish to be fair!
Onwards then to a few bits of scrap which only produced a few fish each.
The fresh Mackerel certainly played its part with the Shads and artificials struggling to attract much at all.
Waldek and his mate Bruce (two of our new customers) fished the best out of the group, taking around a dozen fish between them. Valdek also taking the heaviest of the day with a nice Ling a shade over 10lbs.
Not the best of days for numbers of fish boated but a very pleasant day at sea for one and all.
Tally for the day around 40 fish.
Cheers
Rich
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23/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
23 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Yesterday’s team from Cumbria, organised by Cliff Atkinson, enjoyed a good day on the water with us. The fishing was good until the Westerly breeze freshened after the change of tide at lunchtime.
We struggled to find the Mackerel on the inshore marks but were soon hammering them out on the 3 mile stretch. I think the last set of “booling” tides has spooked them hard ashore. Enough in one drift to keep us in bait for the day.
The drift was just over a knot to start the day so we had a few runs across a strip of ground to start off.
Very few fish there with just a half dozen to keep.
As the tide eased off at 9.30am we dropped the lads on the first wreck of the day where they picked off 15 or so fish. Everything coming up on the baited rigs.
The second wreck we touched produced a few more, around 30 fish.
Some doubles coming off that one too.
Freddie the landlord taking a nice double from it, a Cod of 7lb 5oz and a Ling of 5lbs. A nice drop!
Freddie also taking the best fish of the day (which won the sweep) a lovely Cod at 9lb 8oz. Well done to him.
With the breeze being against the ebb in the afternoon, things were awkward for the team and they only managed another half dozen fish or so.
We called it at 3.30 and returned to the harbour.
99% of the days fish coming up on the baited rigs.
A great day with the lads as ever.
Cheers
Rich
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16/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
16 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Report 15.08.23.
The Mackerel were back on the inshore marks again yesterday and with just one drift next to the bouy we were good to go.
However, it was a very slow start to the day, mainly down to the amount of seals we had on the grounds and after three or four drifts for nothing much at all we decided to run away from the black beasties!
The next stop was seal free thank goodness and the lads enjoyed two or three decent drifts with some nice Cod and Ling boated. A couple of doubles boated there too which is always good to see. Some nice Cod to just shy of 9.5lbs off that bit of ground.
That strip of ground did dry up on us eventually so we moved to another small ledge on the 8 mile ground.
It fished well too with no seals insight at all.
The baited rigs fished the best without a doubt. The Shads struggling in comparison.
Two of our very regular anglers Bill Barraclough and Paul Mawson fishing the best on the boat.
Before yesterday’s trip Paul was holding the fish of the month for August with a nice Ling of 12lb 2oz.
Bill overtook him at lunchtime with a nice Ling that was nudging 14lbs and went into the lead!
At 1.0pm Paul took hold of a fairly heavy looking fish and when boated, I figured it looked heavier than Bill’s! It was actually longer too.
We had to wait until we returned to harbour for some calm water to verify who’s was the better fish.
At the dockside, Fergus our crewman weighed the pair and they both topped out at 13lb 15oz!
Twins!! Unbelievable!!
I suggested that if no one took a better fish before the end of the month, they could share the free trip to which they both agreed.
Well done lads. Some excellent fishing from you both as ever!!
Fantastic day with constant banter and giggles!
The September competition is creeping up on us fast. 9th - 24th inc.
If you fancy a go at the £1000.00 first prize in that, drop me line via the text, Watsapp or mobile. Email too.
Cheers
Rich
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13/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
13 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Report for yesterday’s trip.
In a word, crap!!
A very similar route to the past 4 days where the fishing has been ok but for some reason the little critters weren’t interested at all.
We even struggled with the Mackerel yesterday with only 25 or so for the bait stocks (which is enough to be fair) but a few more would have been nicer.
The white fish were very lethargic and being finicky, almost like they weren’t in the least bit interested. Nibbling the Shad tails and letting go all the time. The baited rigs being taken and let go too. The mad world of angling!
Nevertheless, the lads had an enjoyable ride out and as always the banter was on top form!!
Thanks to Glenn, Andy and Nick for making my lazy (can’t get out of bed!) crewman’s day, a miserable one! LOL!! Kids eh!!
Tally for the day, around 15 white fish to keep and the chuck backs.
Nick Ball taking the heaviest of the day with a Ling a shade under 7.5lbs.
Cheers
Rich
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12/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
12 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
A proper day of two halves yesterday for the lads and our regular angling lass Lucy.
The day started out with perfect calm conditions which always makes the fishing easier.
Mackerel for the bait stocks first as usual and then out to the grounds we have worked for the last couple of days with reasonable results.
Today it was slow! Ha! The roller coaster fishing continues!
We decided to leave the grounds and dropped on a small piece of scrap towards slack water at 10.0am. Result!
We fished it steadily for a good two and half hours and the lads dragged 40-50 fish off it whilst the conditions were perfect.
When we had picked it clean the wind started freshening from the West so we ran back inshore a bit to try a couple of bits of scrap. No results there with just a few small chuck backs and maybe two Codling to keep.
The lads had said on the morning that they would like some fresher Mackerel to take home so we ended the day back at the ground we started on this morning.
As many as they wanted! One drift to finish the day with strings of the things coming aboard. Fergus’s favourite part of the day! Not!!!! ��
A great day aboard with great company and humour all day long!
Cheers
Rich
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11/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
11 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
Yesterday’s group were a mixed lot of regulars and newcomers to us.
Condition wise, the sea state was great compared to the day previous making the fishing much easier.
The Mackerel were abundant again although the stamp was a few sizes down on Wednesday’s catch. Plenty again in just the one drift.
With nearly all our fish coming off the ground on Wednesday, we chose to do the same run as then. A different day altogether with a mere 15 or so Codling coming aboard in the first couple of hours.
We had a chat and young crew man Fergus and the lads agreed we should have a run off to a couple of wrecks. No the best move ever but we did find a few.
For some reason I thought that the grounds back inside would fish on the change of tide onto the ebb and it did.
We finished the day off nicely there and some nice plump Codling were boated.
Tally for the day, 50-60 keepers with the usual juveniles to throw back.
Regular angler with us Paul Mawson landing the heaviest of the day with a nice Ling of 12lb 02oz. His fish taking the lead in the Shy-Torque III fish of the month competition where the heaviest of the month wins a fee trip. Good luck to him.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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