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16/08/2015
Fishing Report by karl crossland
16 Aug 2015 by karl crossland
Had a great day Sunday 16th loads of cod caught by all thanks Pete cracking skipper brilliant time had
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24/10/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
24 Oct 2011 by Pete Rose
the competition dates for 2012 are set as spring fest sat april 14th to sat april 28th inc . summer fest sat june 16th to sun july 8th inc autumn fest sat sept 8th to sun sept 23rd inc dont leave it to late to book we fill up quickly
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10/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
Oct 2011 by Pete Rose
The winter uptiding competition dates have now been set, from Sunday 20th to Sunday 27th November inc. Good cash prizes available. This boat had the winning fish for the autumn festival and last years winter uptiding festival.
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19/05/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
19 May 2011 by Pete Rose
£15000 Cash prizes for Summer Festival
May 19th, 2011 | Author: mick | Edit
£15,000 Worth Of Prizes For The Whitby Summer Angling Festival 2011
The Whitby Charter Skippers Association (WCSA) – www.wcsa.co.uk summer boat angling festival at Whitby starts on the 18th June 2011. Once again there are some magnificent prizes on offer including a staggering £5000 for the heaviest single fish over the whole festival. With an overall prize table in excess of £15000 (£12,000 cash and over £3,000 of tackle prizes), boat spaces are going fast.
The Lucky angler who lands the heaviest single fish over the whole event will receive £5,000 in cash. Other prizes are as follows : £2000 For the second heaviest fish, £1000 for the third heaviest fish, £500 for fourth heaviest fish and £500 for the heaviest single cod.
On a daily basis there will be £100 up for grabs with £50 for the heaviest fish, £30 for the second heaviest and £20 for the third heaviest fish.
Talking recently about the festival, WCSA spokesman Paul Kilpatrick said “This year’s summer event looks like being the biggest in the UK in terms of prizes and numbers of competitors. Also the fishing has been exceptional so far this year with good numbers of all fish species now showing. The cod fishing has been awesome and the anglers competing in this years festival should be looking forward to some of the best sea angling available anywhere in the UK”
Where Will The Event Take Place ? – The event will take place each day (weather permitting) from the harbour at Whitby with boats sailing from both east and west sides of the river, please see our website at www.wcsa.co.uk for boat details.
When Will The Event Take Place ? – The festival will run from 18th June 2011 to 10th July 2011 with daily sailing times from 7am (weather permitting). Anglers must fish from a WCSA registered boat and be back through the swing bridge by 5pm each day. The weighing of fish will take place in the Fleece car park on Church street from 4.30pm to 5.30pm -
06/05/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
6 May 2011 by Pete Rose
James raised the bar yesterday in the sea urchin fish of the month comp (free and automatic entry to all sea urchin anglers) with a fantastic cod of 16lb2oz which was also a PB for James his previous weighed 12lb which he caught two years ago on one of my charters, the fishing was brilliant yesterday with fish coming aboard at every stop wrecks ground and all within 5mls of Whitby the algae is almost gone and most of the cod fell to shads although James 16lber fell to a full squid on the ground summer is just around the corner and all anglers gain free entry to my fish of the month even throughout the festivals
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27/03/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
27 Mar 2011 by Pete Rose
Brian and his huge Pollacks
Had Brian Cope on and his partner Sunday along with 9 lads from sheffield the weather was perfect for a run off to the distant wrecks and the long journey proved worth while plenty of cod but the best sport was with the pollack which are showing more and more this time of the year here in Whitby Brian managed a cracking fish of just over 15lbs along with a few more well over 10lb the 15 lber is a new pollack record for sea urchin II over the last few years they seem to be getting bigger our previous best was 13lb last year lets hope this is the future because the sport they offer is absolutely fantastic -
27/03/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
27 Mar 2011 by Pete Rose
After Saturdays poor inshore fishing possibly due to the murky sea and swell combined Sundays trip had to be another long off shore wrecking haul but boy was it worth it for Brian Cope who beat his personal best with a marvelous Pollock of just over 15lb also I might add a Sea Urchin best ever Pollock
the boat was mainly full of novice anglers who also caught plenty of cod on the bait but the pollock were the main sport I think Brian landed four all over 10lb and one around 13lb I managed to land one just over 8lb in between untangling and re rigging the novice boys from Sheffield but a great day and well worth the trip out the festival looks to me like a pollock winner allthough we did see a double figure ling as well on the boat Sunday but my money is on the pollock in this years spring festival lets just hope the weather stays fine -
25/02/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
25 Feb 2011 by Pete Rose
The weather forecast has been irritating of late I cancelled today because of the strong wind forecast in place from a northerly direction and we could have got out after all drat,
However we did get out yesterday (Friday) again a strong wind was forecast but south westerly in direction and our only real option was up tiding not ideal as the tides were perfect for wrecking double drat.
Still the group I had on board had travelled all the way from Dagenham and the sea was flat under the cliffs so we had to give it a go
I called in at Whitby angling supplies to stock up on bait and we departed at 8am the only place to go whare there would be any tide and shelter was robin hoods bay north cheek and to be honest I did not expect much fish with recent poor reports from the long liners and netters angling was going to be hard.
And to be honest it was slow but fish did come aboard in dribs and drabs a good few fell to worm (wish I had bought more in the morning) and squid cocktails.
The best fish was around 8lb another six or so were around 6lb, another six around 5lb and the rest about ten coming in around 3lb in total around 25 fish in around 6 hours fishing.
not bad realy but would have preferred to get on the wrecks but at least we got out -
01/01/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
1 Jan 2011 by Pete Rose
NEW FOR 2011
As an extra bit of fun this season every angler who fishes on the sea urchin II between the 1st April-31st December 2011 will automatically be entered into our
HEAVIEST FISH OF THE MONTH COMPETITION
to which each months winner will receive a free 10 hour boat trip worth £45 plus a Sea urchin fish of the month T shirt to commemorate there win, plus each months winner will have there name in lights on the front page of the sea urchin web site in a week of glory,
enter as many times as you want, each booking will give you another chance the more you fish the more chance you have, a leader board will be on view each and every day in the wheel house window so you can see the previous months winners and see the present months leader
Open throughout all the festivals
the rules are simple…..
All possible contenders will be weighed and photographed with there captors as soon as they come aboard whole and un-gutted, winners will be posted on the front page of the sea urchin web site
all and any species count,
anglers must reel the fish up themselves but may be assisted in netting or gaffing,
foul hookings will stand,
adults ladies and juniors all count as same,
In any disputes the skippers decision will count,
non transferable prize winners only,
so what are you waiting for check out the web calendar now and book yourself some dates fishing on the sea urchin II -
30/12/2010
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
30 Dec 2010 by Pete Rose
Here is a short report on our wrecking trip Wednesday and Thursday. As I said in my previous post the tides and weather were perfect for some winter wrecking.
As the water was reasonably clear around 5 miles into our journey I decided to try a few favorites 8 and 10 mile to the east of Whitby.
This tuned out to be a bad choice, the first wreck produced nothing and I should have changed my plan. Looking back now it's easy to say that.
Still I pressed on further east to another favorite which can often produce some good pollock after plenty of drifts and only one pollock (albeit a cracker) we had to admit defeat and made the long journey back north west to the 9 mile ground and this was absolute rubbish as well.
There are a couple of wrecks in that vicinity but my good Friend killer was sat on the best one most of the day and after a call on the radio I realised any fish that were in the area were probably on that one wreck.
I tried all the others with just the odd ling and the usual poutings we covered lots of miles that day for nothing and I really felt for the lads as the other two boats had done really well we discovered when we got back.
so I decided the next day I would push off to the distant wrecks around 20 miles from Whitby. With only two anglers showing interest both forum members (woody and Arkle) two did ring late on Wednesday but never showed what a mistake they made.
Woody invited his dad to join us so now there were four including me and as I don't often get a chance to fish I decided to take the chance and have a days sport myself.
We set off early to gain a bit of help from the tide and we made good time full of anticipation I headed to the first wreck and hoped we could re produce that marvelous day in the Autumn when we badged up on the first wreck.
Just before we arrived around a mile away I heard another boat behind us I knew this was Paul Eddon's boat (trot-on) as we spoke the night before and discussed our plans he got to the wreck first by one drift as I set the boat up he called me on the radio and said all the rods were in.
Brilliant stuff our first drift all four of us were into cod as well and this went on drift after drift we caught every time.
The only time we missed was the odd time we got stuck in the wreck most of the cod were caught on squid around 4lb to 6lb with a good sprinkling of 8lb to 10lbers. I think the best one went 12lb.
What a cracking day and by the time I decided to headed back I was totally knackered we hadn't stopped for three hours solid no time for tea or food when the fishing is that good!
I put the auto pilot on and just sat back for 15mins before contemplating all that filleting enough fish for the family now until spring
