Charter Boat: Skylark
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Boat and Skipper Details
Skylark is a spacious 35ft Vessel, Powered by a 6 cylinder Diesel engine. which cruises comfortably at 8 Knots. made from wood, she is of sturdy design able to cope with all weather conditions.
Skylark Has a code of Practice for 12 anglers and 2 crew and can travel 20 miles from any Port.
Skylark is equipped with a Many chart Plotters one on two large screen, GPS, Sonar, Side Scan sonar, and Stucture scan sonar (Giving pin-point accuracy when locating wrecks or prominent fish holding features) DSC radio with AIS, Radar, and full safety equipment.
THE FISHING
Renowned worldwide for it's quality sea fishing heritage, Scarborough on the beautiful Yorkshire coast is the ideal port to charter a boat for an angling trip.
Luckily for Scarborough there is many places to fish, most of these places we fish are Natural scars of rock, kelp beads, And generally really rough ground ideal for Cod and Pollock Fishing. there are many marks we fish some are only a few minutes away from the harbour and others can span up to filey brigg or ravenscar again two very good Cod and Pollock grounds.
Also close to Scarborough are many old ship wrecks, mainly ships that were sunk in the war, and some old trawlers. these wrecks can produce good Cod, Ling, Pollock, and Many other fish.
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If you wish to hire the boat for Diving, Filming, Survey, Scattering Ashes and Sightseeing please feel free to give us a call and I am sure we could be of service to you.
WE ARE THE ONLY CHARTER BOAT THAT OPERATES ALL YEAR AROUND FROM SCARBOROUGH.
Nick is a keen match angler fishing from the boat and the shore. Over many years he has fished in several Scarborough Clubs that he has gathered many trophies and prizes. As well as fishing Nick also enjoys gathering and digging his own bait to ensure he has the best possible bait.
Nick has worked aboard Skylark since 2012 taking passengers out, before then Nick fished on private angling vessels out of Scarborough harbour starting with his uncles boat the " Clare Louise a tremlett 21"
Whether you are a beginner or an expert, Nick with his lifelong knowledge of the area will take you to the best spots for a successful day’s fishing.
First and foremost Nick is an angler and admits to having a passion for bait fishing from the shore and the boat for Cod. During the summer Nick feels there is not any type of better fishing than catching Pollock on light tackle using lures. Obviously cod is the main target species of all the charter boats and we have had some excellent fish with both quality and quantity coming aboard
In 2015 Nick also started Skylark Tackle expanding the buissness into tackle and bait sales and also fabricating fishing equipment.
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Skylark
| Sun 14/09/2025 | 1 Space | 8 Hours |
Cod.
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| Fri 19/09/2025 | 7 Spaces | 8 Hours |
8hr rough ground.
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| Sun 21/09/2025 | 8 Spaces |
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| Sun 28/09/2025 | 3 Spaces |
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| Sat 04/10/2025 | 2 Spaces | 8 Hours |
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| Wed 29/10/2025 | 7 Spaces |
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Reviews
Summary:
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Lucy Kinsey (31/07/2025)
Our 3-hour fishing trip with Skylark fishing trips was absolutely brilliant! The skipper was exceptional - friendly, knowledgeable, and super helpful. He expertly guided my husband and teenage sons to the perfect spot, and they caught a variety of fish. The skipper went above and beyond, taking the time to teach our youngest son how to gut the fish and even giving us extra time to spot dolphins.
The level of service was top-notch, and it was clear the skipper was dedicated to making our experience unforgettable.
We'd 100% recommend Skylark fishing trips to anyone looking for a fishing trip in the Scarborough area. The combination of great fishing, excellent service, and unexpected highlights like the dolphin spotting made for an amazing day out. -
Tom Villias (17/07/2025)
Another amazing day with Skylark. Fishing started as soon as the lines hit the bottom a nice cod weighing just under 5lb.
Plenty of big mackerel all throughout the day with a good amount of pollock and codling.
Loads of other species caught.
What was nice to see was a skipper fishing with us and as soon as someone's rod bent over the skipper was there ready to help net.
This is my 2nd trip with Skylark in the last few months and I will be booking again.Skippers Reponse: Cheers Tomasz
We are always grateful for people's feedback, and hope to see you again soon -
Tom Villias (11/06/2025)
After loosing faith with fishing from Scarborough I should have followed previous reviews what a trip to be on. Friendly knowledgeable skipper who volunteers for his local RNLI and has a very high standard onboard. The booking was professional with all the information, terms and conditions sent across. The night before as promised we had the confirmation call, when onboard Nick gave a safety brief explaining all the situations making us feel really safe. Not the newest boats but it's really looked after and the skippers knowledge of the boat and area shows. I must of caught 45+ fish mainly 3 to 5lb cod.
I definitely will be coming back soon and thank you Nick for all the hard work you do. I nearly abandoned fishing from Scarborough after using 2 other companies.Skippers Reponse: Thank you for your review Tom, as you have seen we have been working hard to promote fishing in Scarborough. Fishing has it's good days and bad days, We always try our best no matter what! Hope you enjoyed the fillets and we look forward to seeing you again hopefully it's another productive day. Regards Nick
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Wojnowska Wojnowska (27/05/2025)
Had a fantastic 6 hour trip today with my dad on board the skylark i caught 4 cod and a couple of wrasse and sand eels the captain filleted the for us and he even let me drive the boat on the way back me and my dad had a brilliant day would definitely recommend going again
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The G (04/06/2025)
Fantastic experience from start to finish, went our wrecking on Monday and enjoyed it so much went back out on the Wednesday. Nick the skipper always put us on the fish, has a great selection of tackle/lures/rods & reels on board.
Great atmosphere and Nick incredibly knowledgeable with great watercraft. Can't recommend enough, from the experienced angler with all their own gear all the way to those with no gear who have never fished before.
Thanks for 2 cracking days fishing on the Skylark!
Location
Bait & Tackle
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SKYLARK TACKLE WAREHOUSE
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
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Anglers Choice
Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 39 Species have been caught onboard Skylark, including: Ballan Wrasse | Bib (Pouting) | Blonde Ray | Brill | Bull Huss | Butterfly Blenny | Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) | Cod | Conger Eel | Cuckoo Ray | Dab | European Squid | Flounder | Grey Gurnard | Haddock | Herring | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Lesser Weever | Ling | Lobster | Mackerel | Octopus | Plaice | Pollock | Poor Cod | Red Gurnard | Sand Eel | Scad | Shore Rockling | Short-spined Sea Scorpion | Smooth-hound | Spotted Ray | Sprat | Thornback Ray | Three bearded rockling | Topknot | Tub Gurnard | Whiting | Wolf Fish
Latest Catches 1,268 photos uploaded
9 lb Pollock
29-Aug-2025
7 lb 3 oz Ling
29-Aug-2025
2 lb 8 oz Pollock
28-Aug-2025
2 lb 6 oz Pollock
27-Aug-2025
14 lb 6 oz Cod
27-Aug-2025
4 lb 8 oz Cod
27-Aug-2025
5 lb 3 oz Pollock
27-Aug-2025
2 lb 4 oz Ballan Wrasse
26-Aug-2025
5 lb 1 oz Cod
26-Aug-2025
4 lb 2 oz Pollock
26-Aug-2025
8 lb Ling
18-Aug-2025
4 lb 3 oz Cod
18-Aug-2025
4 lb 1 oz Pollock
14-Aug-2025
5 lb 2 oz Ling
14-Aug-2025
5 lb 3 oz Pollock
14-Aug-2025Latest Fishing Reports and News
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29/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
29 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
Better fish from today 8 hour trip
Well today started off with two returning anglers who both have held the heaviest fish of the month this year battling it out both have never met, fishing next to each other.
Both fished their socks off today in challenging conditions at times and both managed to get good fish.
Steve beat his previous fish with a cracking 9lb Pollock which is also a specimen fish.
Alan managed to get a respectable 8lb Ling
Unfortunately neither of them beat the current winning fish but gave it a really good go.
Fishing today was patchy at times with flutters of fish throughout the day.
With a few cod and Pollock showing aswel as loads of big pouting, a few whiting, a single mackerel again.
We did see two bottle nose dolphins at the beginning of the trip heading south. -
27/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
27 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
Weather hasn't been kind to us this past week and many trips have been cancelled due to the north easterly winds.
Fishing has been challenging with not many cod and Pollock showing up but every trip we have found a few better fish.
All trips we have found plenty of pouting, a handful of ballen wrasse and dogfish taking the hooks.
Unfortunately we haven't seen a single mackerel in the last week or so. With the inshore grounds becoming quite coloured bait fishing has been key.
All photos are the better fish from the last 2 days.
Our heaviest fish competition for the month has only a few days left now
A 14lb 6oz cod caught on today's trip is leading so far.
Can it be beaten
Competition is in memory of a good friend (Ben Mennell) who actually won this competition back in 2016. -
18/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
18 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
Not the greatest conditions at all today but we took advantage of the neap tides and the anglers had to put up with a good amount of North Easterly swell all-day.
Baited traces seem to take the majority of the fish today with a few taking shads.
Nothing huge today but a good stamp of fish to what we have seen recently. -
14/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
14 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
Started off fishing close to the harbour producing whiting and mackerel
Travelled further afield with the anglers catching a few codling, mackerel, whiting, pouting a tub gurnard (we haven't caught one since 2014).
After fishing for a few hours the tides started to build so we anchored up.
Which produced more cod, a nice 5lb Pollock, a 5lb ling, loads more pouting, mackerel and several lesser spotted dogfish
Wildlife we had several sightings of bottle nose dolphins passing by, the occasional seal and pretty much every sea bird which can be seen this time of year.
Overall today the 8hr trip we turned into a species hunt having a go in the sands aswel which we hardly do.
Overall the customers had 11 different species. The young lad on the trip managed 8 different species himself which is a very good effort.
Overall the customers caught
cod, Pollock, ling, whiting, tub gurnard, mackerel, weaver, pouting, ballen wrasse, lesser spotted dogfish, and a dab
When we returned with the 8hr trip is was a swift swap over and back out again with a 3hr trip
As this pretty much followed on from the first trip catching mackerel, pouting, codling, and a cracking Pollock weighing 5lb 3oz -
13/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
13 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
Today we had a 8hr and 3hr trip
We started off running a few miles and fished on the drift with tides coming onto slack water.
Fishing was steady away catching a few small codling, mackerel and pouting.
As the tide increased we dropped anchor which produced a good selection of better fish.
Best fish today was a cracking 8lb 14oz Pollock caught by Alan.
This fish is the new heaviest fish of the month so far.
3hr trip
We started fishing some rock marks close to the harbour catching a selection of Whiting, mackerel, coalfish, and codling.
Overall everybody caught and had something to take home
