Latest Fishing Reports: North Yorkshire
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17/06/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
17 Jun 2025 by Andy Savage
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Another really enjoyable day out on Sea Urchin today. The tides are still around 5m so it would be another mixed days fishing of ground and wrecks. I was a little wary of what the weather would be like, as the forecast gave 11-13mph SW winds, which could potentially cause us some problems.
We did the Mackerel bash in about 15 minutes today, it was string after string, then we dropped onto the rough ground at three miles to see how that looked.
Just as we arrived a weather front pushed through and a stiff breeze had us flying along for half an hour with the lines streaming back. Despite that, we still managed to find a few fish. Marek Kawka having the biggest with a 7lb Ling on a speed jig. The wind dropped away and we spent the next hour running different lines and a mixture of Codling, Haddock and Ling came up to mainly baited Hokkai’s.
As the action slowed we ran out to the five mile ground, to hopefully have a go on a wreck or two as the tide eased. Wrong!! Another squall pushed through and the lines streamed again. The three drifts we did produced very little, so with the wind still blowing I took us out another couple of miles, resigned to not getting on a wreck. As we arrived, typically the wind dropped away, so we cracked on to a wreck a couple of miles away.
It was literally slack water when we arrived and thankfully we found a few fish of a better size. Dave Worsfold had the biggest Cod of the day with a plump 8lb 8oz fish. Charlie Hewitt took a Ling of a similar size and there were quite a few 3-4lb Codling which are ideal for the table. Once the Ebb Tide got away, we had an hour on the nine mile ground for some small Haddock and Codling, then ran back into the seven mile ground to finish.
We had a decent drift line and pleasingly had a really good last half hour, with some nice size Codling coming up. Charlie Hewitt definitely deserves a mention as he spent almost all day fishing the Shads and along with catching consistently, he took a lovely brace of five pound Codling to end with. Top angling Charlie.
Thanks to everyone for being such great company, I really enjoyed having you all aboard
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 05/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.82m Jeff Turner - x 1 Juned Islam - x 3 Mark Gilbert - x 5View details Wed 01/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Mon 06/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.58m Volker Bartlau - x 4View details Tue 07/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.86m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Dave Sharp - x 1View details Sun 19/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.31m Aaron Soloman - x 5 Jamie Ping - x 1View details Sat 25/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.21m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dave Pickup - x 3 Calvin Dipper - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4View details Thu 30/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Robin Lever - x 2 Carl Madin - x 1View details Sat 01/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Will sail with 4 anglers Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details -
15/06/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
15 Jun 2025 by Andy Savage
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Weekend catch report aboard Sea Urchin……
We’ve got Spring tides at the moment with both days having just over 5m tides. This would mean that the majority of the days would be spent drifting rough ground and then maybe a chance at a wreck or two at slack water.
Saturday saw Aidy Broddle and a group of mates book the boat. We headed out to try and get a few Mackerel for bait, but failed miserably, with only half a dozen caught. We had plenty of Squid, so it wasn’t an issue.
Starting off on the five mile ground, we picked up a few small fish, then moved to a nearby wreck as the Flood Tide eased. The wrecks were covered in feed and we only managed a handful of fish off the three we tried. Kev Cook taking the biggest with a Ling just over 9lb.
Once the Ebb came through, we ran out to the seven mile ground and there were a fair few fish about to keep the rods going. We had a good drift line allowing us to run along one of the ridges perfectly and we caught a mix of mainly Haddock and Codling. The stamp of Haddock wasn’t bad at all, but the lads sportingly put them all back. Everyone was in great spirits all day, and although the fishing wasn’t amazing, it was a day spent in great company. Look forward to seeing you again next year lads.
Today saw much more challenging weather conditions. The fresh Westerly winds made the first three hours a bit sloppy. We tried for a few Mackerel again and after the first area was devoid, we had a short move and thankfully everyone caught plenty. With the winds making the lines stream, the wrecks were never an option today. Once the drift slowed at slack water (the lines were still streaming, so you can’t fish wrecks properly), we tried a couple of prominent features on the rough ground.
As the Ebb tide got away we had a nice spell picking up a few better Ling in the 5-6lb range and Adrian took the biggest of the day at 9lb 12oz. We kept on the move for the rest of the day, with a move out to nine miles being a bit slow, we dropped back into seven to end with a couple of better sized Codling.
As expected, it wasn’t easy today, but despite the conditions, we still managed to find a few. Thanks lads. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 05/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.82m Jeff Turner - x 1 Juned Islam - x 3 Mark Gilbert - x 5View details Wed 01/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Mon 06/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.58m Volker Bartlau - x 4View details Tue 07/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.86m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Dave Sharp - x 1View details Sun 19/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.31m Aaron Soloman - x 5 Jamie Ping - x 1View details Sat 25/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.21m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dave Pickup - x 3 Calvin Dipper - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4View details Thu 30/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Robin Lever - x 2 Carl Madin - x 1View details Sat 01/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Will sail with 4 anglers Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details -
15/06/2025
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
15 Jun 2025 by Rich Ward
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After a couple of weeks holiday and poor ish weather, getting back to sea yesterday after nearly a month was a great feeling!
We had a group of 7 lads chartering the boat for the day. Ford from Patrington near Hull and his mates from Batley. They were staying in town the day/night before.
6 of the group were relatively new to the game and required our full assistance at the start, but soon got into the swing of things and were showing decent signs as was the fishing.
Sadly, one by one, the younger ones in the group started flayling and the old mal/de-mere kicked in. A big drinking session the day before and no sleep being the main contributor for it!!
The rest of the lads carrying on with the fishing were doing ok on the Cod and gathered around 30 fish between them before lunchtime. Fish to around 7lb and a couple of double hook ups too.
A few Mackerel showing up for them too was a bonus.
When the Southerly breeze pepped up we were drifting at nearly 2 knots and the organiser Ford decided to play the nice card for the poorly ones and called the day just after 12pm.
A nice few fillets each for the lads and all in all a nice day (morning) out.
Cheers lads and see you all again.
Rich.
07733 233352.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 24/07/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Individuals welcome. Pete T 1. Redhead 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 31/07/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 4.8m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Individuals welcome. Matt Spinks 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Fri 01/08/2025 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 4.6m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Individuals welcome. Matt Spinks 1. Ray M 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 07/08/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 4.8m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Individuals welcome. Matt Spinks 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Fri 08/08/2025 5 Spaces 10 Hours Offshore trip. 5.0m tide. Individuals welcome. Matt Spinks 1. Bernie Z 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 21/08/2025 5 Spaces 10 Hours Offshore trip. 5.0m tide. Individuals welcome. Nick G 3. Dave O 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 28/08/2025 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Individuals welcome. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Mon 01/09/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours LATE SUMMER COMPETITION. Big cash prizes! Excellent 4.2m tide! Room for 4 anglers. Der Coulson 3. Al Sutcliffe 1. Chris Siddle 1. Lawrence B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Fri 05/09/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours LATE SUMMER COMPETITION. Good 4.8m tide. Big cash prizes! Room for 4. anglers. Dave Oswin 2. Eric Davidson 3. Mick J 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Thu 18/09/2025 7 Spaces 10 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 4.8m tide. Room for 7 anglers. Will sail with just 4 anglers. John Webb 2. Dave O 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Mackerel / Pollock.View details -
08/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
8 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
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Well what a day.. two 6 hour trips with plenty of fish on both
First 6 hour trip we saw a good mixture of fish from cod, ling, coalfish, red gurnard, haddock, mackerel, whiting, pouting the majority of the catch was a good amount of cod from what you can see in the video.
Heaviest fish wasn't huge but plenty of fish around the 5lb area and best been 7lb at all but the amount certainly made up for that
2nd 6 hour trip was an absolute cod fest
With most of the fish taken on shads .there was also pouting and a few ling caught as well and similar stamp of fish to the first trip View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 29/06/2025 3 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr trip.View details Thu 03/07/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details Fri 04/07/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details Sat 05/07/2025 6 Spaces 16:00-20:00
4hr trip.View details Tue 08/07/2025 8 Spaces View details Sat 12/07/2025 1 Space 08:00-16:00
8hr.View details Sat 12/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Thu 17/07/2025 9 Spaces 8 Hours 9am-5pm Rough ground.View details Sat 19/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Mon 21/07/2025 6 Spaces Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details -
07/06/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
7 Jun 2025 by Andy Savage
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Today was the first trip of the year for The Keel Inn fishing club from Barnsley. I always look forward to them, they’re a fantastic group of lads who have fished with me since I’ve had Sea Urchin.
Still on the Neap Tides, we planned to get some fresh Mackerel and then try a few wrecks. I had a similar plan to the previous day in my mind…..stick with the wrecks through the Ebb Tide and then be prepared to move to rough ground when the Flood came through.
We got the fresh Mackerel from the same three mile ground as yesterday; but with it being a Saturday, there were more boats knocking about and less choice of wrecks to go at. I opted to try one I hadn’t fished for a couple of weeks; (although I’m confident it has been fished by other anglers), which was a decent size and matched the drift line perfectly. The lads are all very adept wreck anglers, so it was no surprise that they got off to a good start. First drift saw four nice plump Codling come up to the mainly Mackerel baited muppet traces, which set the precedence for the next hour or so. We took a few fish each drift with a nice average size; most being 3-4lb and lovely clean fish.
Once sport slowed, we moved on a couple of times during the rest of the Ebb to keep a fish or two coming up. Slack water wasn’t very good for us today, we caught very little at all and I hoped for better as the new Flood tide pushed through. We had an hour on the wrecks on the new tide, but it wasn’t productive at all. Once we got to drifting at nearly 1 Knot, I took us back to the rough ground that fished well yesterday. Over the next three drifts some small Codling and Ling came up which the lads chucked back.
We had the last hour on a couple of wrecks which gave a few more quality Codling. We didn’t get anything huge today, the boat sweep was drawn with two 5lb 11oz Ling.
That said, everyone got a few and the banter was relentless as always. Thanks lads, great to catch up again. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 05/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.82m Jeff Turner - x 1 Juned Islam - x 3 Mark Gilbert - x 5View details Wed 01/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Mon 06/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.58m Volker Bartlau - x 4View details Tue 07/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.86m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Dave Sharp - x 1View details Sun 19/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.31m Aaron Soloman - x 5 Jamie Ping - x 1View details Sat 25/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.21m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dave Pickup - x 3 Calvin Dipper - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4View details Thu 30/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Robin Lever - x 2 Carl Madin - x 1View details Sat 01/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Will sail with 4 anglers Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details -
06/06/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
6 Jun 2025 by Andy Savage
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Two Day Report Aboard Sea Urchin
Thursday 5th June.........A lovely day out with the “Driffield Farmers” today, who have fished regularly with me since I’ve had the boat. With a dinky 4.3m Neap Tide we were destined to spend the day wreck hopping unless the wind got up and spoilt things. For the third trip in a row we ran out to some ground at three miles and gathered plenty of fresh Mackerel for bait.
I fancied running south and having a go on some of the plentiful wrecks in the area. With slack water around 0900-0930hrs we had a couple of hours of the Ebb left to fish.
After a short steam, the first wreck produced one solitary Codling in three drifts, which was disappointing; so we pressed on to the next. This was a bit better and we picked off two or three mainly Codling each run over, but nothing sensational. Gary Grantham took the biggest Codling at a smidge over 6lb and a Ling of 8lb. Once the action eased, we just moved on again.
Slack water threw up a few a few strap Ling and tonnes of Pouting, which wasn’t what I’d hoped for. A move to a big wreck for the start of the Flood Tide did the trick for an hour, with some consistent sport. The wind was holding up the boat on the drift now, so the boys got more time to catch. After a slow start, Norman Taylor got in the groove and took a fish or two most drifts; amongst them was the biggest Cod of the day at 9lb 4oz. All the fish fell for standard bait tactics, nobody had a go with the Shads today. Squid and Mackerel cocktails on muppet traces was the go to method.
As the afternoon progressed, the lads fancied a few fresh Mackerel to take home, so we dropped on the three mile ground again and got plenty of sport. Norman and Gary both fish really well today. They’re masters at controlling the tackle and I know that if the fish are feeding, they’ll catch them.
I really enjoyed the day, as always. The fishing wasn’t electric, but everyone got a few fish, which seems to be the way at the moment. Thanks lads.
Friday 6th June
Today was a day of four seasons ……well almost! I had a group of my regular experienced anglers aboard who, were all geared up for a day on the wrecks with it being a 4.4m Neap Tide.
The weather forecast wasn’t looking settled for the whole day, with a front scheduled to push through mid-late morning, but then settling down. With that in mind, I opted to stay fairly close to Whitby and the rough ground, so I had an alternative plan if the wrecks weren’t an option. We started off on the feathers to collect a bit of fresh Mackerel to go with the Squid, then ran south again to a wreck which as far as I knew hadn’t been fished for a week or so. We almost had the wind against the tide which slowed things down nicely.
Pleasingly, the first stop kept us ticking over nicely for an hour, with a few fish every run through. To start with we were inundated with Ling as most lads went down with a bit of fresh Mackerel on. There weren’t any big fish among them, but most were decent eating size. There were a few Codling amongst them and Carl Madin had a plump 5lb fish as the best of the morning.
Sport slowed and we moved on to another wreck; then I could see the snotty weather approaching. Within twenty minutes, the temperature dropped, it had chopped up and the lines were streaming. I thought it futile to stay on the wrecks with streaming lines, so we ran a couple of miles back to some rough ground. We stopped on the ground for the next two hours, right through slack water. The wind kept the boat drifting and although the conditions weren’t easy, the lads fished well and took 8-12 fish most drifts. There were plenty of throwbacks amongst them, but also some beautiful clean Codling. Joe Clough also had a nice 11lb 8oz Ling.
Once the front passed through the wind dropped away and the sun came out, so we spent the rest of the day trying a few more wrecks. With experienced anglers aboard we caught consistently all day and there were plenty for the freezer for those who wanted them.
Conversation and banter was brilliant today and we had a lot of laughs. Brilliant day, thanks lads. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 05/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.82m Jeff Turner - x 1 Juned Islam - x 3 Mark Gilbert - x 5View details Wed 01/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Mon 06/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.58m Volker Bartlau - x 4View details Tue 07/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.86m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Dave Sharp - x 1View details Sun 19/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.31m Aaron Soloman - x 5 Jamie Ping - x 1View details Sat 25/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.21m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dave Pickup - x 3 Calvin Dipper - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4View details Thu 30/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Robin Lever - x 2 Carl Madin - x 1View details Sat 01/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Will sail with 4 anglers Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details -
02/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
2 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
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Another great 8 hour trip today
Fishing started off slow for the first few drifts then slowly picked up as the day went on.
A good stamp of clean cod caught today
With a few ling, Pollock, pouting, a Ballen wrasse, mackerel and even a lonely haddock.
Everybody caught a cod to keep which seams to be the norm this week and all the anglers had plenty of fillets to take home
One of our regulars Lorance seemed to be on fire today catching nearly every drift and ended up with a nice tub a Cod.
Dirty squid baited hooks seemed to be the preferred method today.
Shads we're working today but we're catching the odd ling and getting ripped to shreds in the process. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Skylark
View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 29/06/2025 3 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr trip.View details Thu 03/07/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details Fri 04/07/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details Sat 05/07/2025 6 Spaces 16:00-20:00
4hr trip.View details Tue 08/07/2025 8 Spaces View details Sat 12/07/2025 1 Space 08:00-16:00
8hr.View details Sat 12/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Thu 17/07/2025 9 Spaces 8 Hours 9am-5pm Rough ground.View details Sat 19/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Mon 21/07/2025 6 Spaces Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details -
01/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
1 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
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Back out today for a 8hr trip
Two days are never the same but we did still find a good amount of fish overall.
Winds today were a lot stronger up to 25kts at times from the south not really picking the sea up but definitely increasing the drift speed.
Like every other trip this week everyone caught a few Cod to keep which for quite a few anglers was their first time.
Best anglers today were all the younger anglers who just seemed to find a better size fish every time and made sure they made that known. The friendly banter today was brilliant.
Heaviest fish today was a cod weighing just under 6lb
Plenty of species caught today from Cod, Pollock, ling, whiting, coalfish, ballen wrasse, dogfish, and even a lonely dab.
Overall a brilliant day to be at sea as always View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Skylark
View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 29/06/2025 3 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr trip.View details Thu 03/07/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details Fri 04/07/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details Sat 05/07/2025 6 Spaces 16:00-20:00
4hr trip.View details Tue 08/07/2025 8 Spaces View details Sat 12/07/2025 1 Space 08:00-16:00
8hr.View details Sat 12/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Thu 17/07/2025 9 Spaces 8 Hours 9am-5pm Rough ground.View details Sat 19/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Mon 21/07/2025 6 Spaces Wrecking tide if winds allow.View details -
31/05/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
31 May 2025 by Andy Savage
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The last week aboard Sea Urchin has been primarily aimed at repainting the deck….
The preparation took far longer than I estimated, with the surface needing taking back to the original fibreglass before applying the new Flow Coat.
I got there in the end, but must say a big thanks to Dave Jenkins (Sea Spray Skipper), who gave me a lift with the sanding and my old mate Ian Kellock who measured out the Flow Coat mixes for me to paint. It really is appreciated lads.
Today we got a break in the weather and managed to have a run out. It was a 5.2m Spring tide which would mean a day spent on both wrecks and rough ground. With a group of experienced anglers aboard we planned to start on a patch of rough ground three miles out and then drop onto a couple of wrecks as soon as the tide allowed.
There appears to be a few more Mackerel kicking about now, as a couple of lads went in with feathers whilst most went with bait. After only a few minutes, strings of Mackerel started coming, so everyone had a go to gather a bit of fresh bait to compliment the Dirty Squid.With slack water being around 1030hrs we spent half an hour drifting some ridges and gullies, but the lines weren’t streaming away like I thought they might. That was good enough for me, so I moved to take us to a nearby wreck for a few drifts.
Everyone went down with either baited Hokkai’s or Muppet traces and thankfully there were a few fish at home. We spent the next ninety minutes or so picking up a few fish each drift. Codling were the mainstay with most in the 2-3lb range; a few around 4lb and Jeff Turner took the biggest at a very honest 9lb 12oz along with his first Octopus.
At slack water, a few strap Ling made an appearance along with the usual Pouting and once the Ebb tide got away we pushed out to the 5, 7 & 9 mile ground for the rest of the day. The rough ground didn’t fish anywhere as near as good as the two wrecks we tried. The five mile yielded mainly Haddock and Whiting with a couple of Codling, so we moved out to seven miles. We hit pockets of fish there and had a couple of occasions where five rods went in at once with nice sized Ling and Cod. I gambled with a move out to nine miles, which wasn’t good at all and sadly sport tailed off to end the day.
The weather wasn't bad at all. The company was excellent as always and everyone got a few to take home.
Thanks to everyone for coming along View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 05/09/2025 Autumn Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.82m Jeff Turner - x 1 Juned Islam - x 3 Mark Gilbert - x 5View details Wed 01/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.13m Ben Cope - x 2 Derek Coulson - x 3 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2View details Mon 06/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.58m Volker Bartlau - x 4View details Tue 07/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.86m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Dave Sharp - x 1View details Sun 19/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.31m Aaron Soloman - x 5 Jamie Ping - x 1View details Sat 25/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.21m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dave Pickup - x 3 Calvin Dipper - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4View details Thu 30/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Robin Lever - x 2 Carl Madin - x 1View details Sat 01/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Will sail with 4 anglers Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1View details Tue 04/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details -
31/05/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
31 May 2025 by Nick Gough
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Well what a 8hr trip we've had today
Non-stop fishing all morning with 4 or 5 rods in at the same time all catching cod.
Then it was steady away for the rest of the day
All Cod were a good stamp and really clean fish between 3 to 5lb with the odd better 6lb been caught.
Overall the lads boarded well over 100 size fish and Sam's dirty squid was certainly doing the business today. Quite a few wrasse and pouting also showing an appearance.
Best fish today was a Ling weighting 7lb 3oz
I definitely believe these customers will be back soon, It was their first time fishing with us today. View Boats Page
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