Charter Boat: Skylark

Boat and Skipper Details

Licensed For: up to 12 passengers
Code Of Practice: 20 Miles From Any Port in the UK
Hours: 3hr / 4hr / 5hr / 6hr / 7hr / 8hr / 9hr / 10hr / 12hr / Multiple Days Trips
Type of Fishing: Rough Ground inshore/ offshore , Wreck ,and Uptide fishing available.
Tackle Available: Yes - Contact Skipper
Bait Available: Yes - Contact Skipper
Boat Specification: code of Practice for 12 anglers and 2 crew and can travel 20 miles from any Port in fair weather and daylight.
Facilities: Skylark is fitted with plenty of seating. Rods, Reels Tackle and Bait can be provided. Hot Drinks are Available, Anglers staying multiiple days or staying in hotels can use our warehouse freezers to store their catch overnight and their tackle then collect them the following day.
Additional Description:

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.

Skylark Skipper Nick Gough's Photo
About the Skipper:

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.

August 2019

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N.B. Not all Skippers keep this dairy up-to-date. Always check with skippers before making any plans. Last calendar update: 31-Oct-2024

Thu 1st Aug

8hr trip 8am til 4pam - 1 space

3hr trip 4pm til 7pm fully booked
Individual Spaces 8 Hours.
1 Space
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Fri 2nd Aug

6 hour - 8 till 2 - 1 space

6 hour 2pm til 8pm - 3 Spaces
Individual Spaces 6 Hours.
4 Spaces
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Sat 3rd Aug

8 hour - 8 till 4 - fully booked

3 hour 4pm til 7pm - fully booked
Fully Booked More Details

Sun 4th Aug

8hr trip fully booked

3hr trip 4pm til 7pm fully booked
Fully Booked
Cod / Mackerel / Pollock. More Details

Mon 5th Aug

3hr fishing trip 9am - 2 spaces

4hr fishing trip 12pm - 1 space

3hr fishing trip 4.30 pm - fully booked
Individual Spaces 3 Hours.
2 Spaces More Details

Tue 6th Aug

8 Hour 9am til 5pm - fully booked

3 hour 5pm til 8pm - fully booked
Fully Booked
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Wed 7th Aug

6 hour 9am til 3pm fully booked

3 hour 3pm til 6pm
1 space
Individual Spaces
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Thu 8th Aug

6hr 8am til 2pm - fully booked

3hr 2pm til 5pm - 3 spaces

3hr evening trip
5pm til 8pm fully booked
Individual Spaces More Details

Fri 9th Aug

6hr 9 till 3 - 2 spaces

3hr 3 til 6 - 1 space
Individual Spaces 6 Hours.
2 Spaces
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Sat 10th Aug

8 hr - 8 till 4 - fully booked

3hr - 4pm til 7pm - 1 space
Individual Spaces
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Sun 11th Aug

10hr trip 8am til 6pm
Fully Booked More Details

Mon 12th Aug

3hr fishing trips

9am til 12pm - 10 spaces

12pm til 3pm - 2 spaces

Available after 3pm


Whole Boat Available
Up to 12 people. 3 Hours.
Cod / Mackerel / Pollock. More Details

Tue 13th Aug

8hr trip 8am til 4pm - 5 spaces

Wrecking tide ( if wind allows)
Individual Spaces
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Wed 14th Aug

6hr trip 9am til 3pm

3hr trip 3pm til 6pm.
Fully Booked More Details

Thu 15th Aug

8hr 9 til 5 - 6 spaces

3hr 5pm til 8pm
Individual Spaces 8 Hours.
6 Spaces More Details

Fri 16th Aug

6hr 9am til 3pm - 4 spaces

3hr 3pm til 6pm - fully booked
Individual Spaces 6 Hours.
4 Spaces More Details

Sat 17th Aug

3hr 5am til 8am Fully booked

6hr - 8 till 2 - Fully Booked

3hr - 2 till 5 - fully booked

3hr. 5pm til 8pm. - fully booked
Fully Booked
Cod / Mackerel / Pollock. More Details

Sun 18th Aug

6hr 8 till 2 - 8 spaces

6hr 2pm til 8pm- fully booked
Individual Spaces 6 Hours.
8 Spaces
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Mon 19th Aug

6hr trip 9am til 3pm - Fully Booked

3hr trip 3pm til 6pm - fully booked
Fully Booked More Details

Tue 20th Aug

6hr trip 9.30am til 3.30pm fully booked

3hr trip 3.30pm til 6.30pm 10 spaces
Individual Spaces 3 Hours.
10 Spaces More Details

Wed 21st Aug

6hr trip 8am til 2pm fully booked

3hr 2pm til 5pm fully booked

3hr 5pm til 8pm - 1 space
Individual Spaces 3 Hours.
1 Space
Cod / Pollock. More Details

Thu 22nd Aug

6 hour 9am til 3pm - Fully Booked

3 hr trip 3pm til 6pm - Fully booked
Fully Booked More Details

Fri 23rd Aug

6hr 9am til 3pm 1 space

3hr 3pm til 6pm fully booked
Individual Spaces 6 Hours.
1 Space More Details

Sat 24th Aug

8hr trip 8am til 4pm fully booked

3hr trip 4pm til 7pm fully booked

Fully Booked More Details

Sun 25th Aug

Wrecking Tide
10 hour trip 7am til 5pm fully booked

3 hr trip 5pm til 8pm - fully booked
Fully Booked More Details

Mon 26th Aug

8hr trip fully booked

3hr trip 4pm til 7pm - spaces
Individual Spaces 3 Hours.
7 Spaces More Details

Tue 27th Aug

8hr trip
Fully Booked More Details

Wed 28th Aug

6hr trip 8am til 2pm. Fully booked

3hr trip 2pm til 5pm. Fully Booked

3hr trip 5pm til 8pm fully booked
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Thu 29th Aug

6hr 8am til 2pm - fully booked

3hr 2pm til 5pm - 1 space
Individual Spaces More Details

Fri 30th Aug

6hr trip 9am til 3pm - Fully Booked

3hr trip 3pm til 6pm. 10 spaces
Individual Spaces 3 Hours.
10 Spaces More Details

Sat 31st Aug

6hr 9am til 3pm fully booked

3hr 3pm til 6pm fully booked
Fully Booked More Details

Upcoming Individual Spaces on Skylark

Sun 03/11/2024 3 Spaces 8 Hours
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Mon 04/11/2024 7 Spaces 09:00-15:00
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Sun 17/11/2024 9 Spaces 08:00-16:00
8hr.
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Reviews

Summary:

5-star 84
4-star 1
3-star 0
2-star 0
1-star 1
  • 5-star Graham Evans (07/09/2024)

    Had the most amazing 3 hour fishing trip on Wednesday whuch ended up with us catching, Ling, Cod, Mackerel, and a great sized Pollock. Ling over 11lb ��
    Great family time spent with my wife and son and cannot recommend doing anything better for an adventure you'll never forget. All tackle and bait provided with expert tuition that we took to on our first cast. Actually took us wreck fishing 5 miles out and came back to stop Mackerel fishing close to the harbour. We're sure to come back ��

  • 5-star peter Jackson (05/10/2024)

    We had a fantastic time fishing on the skylark, for my sons 18th birthday, he caught a ling, mackerel and herring, he was so chuffed, the skipper even gave us an extra hour so everyone had a chance to catch a fish, really pleasant experience and would highly recommend anyone thinking of going fishing.We will be returning next year for a longer trip.

  • 5-star Adam Little (13/08/2024)

    We booked the 3hr trip for a family of
    4. It was a bit delayed heading out but we weren’t disappointed. We shared the boat with 6 others and Nick kept us all informed. Within 2 mins we caught a fish which was great. It went a little quiet (as is the nature of fishing…no guarantees) so we moved somewhere else. Nick was a great skipper (who is also involved with RNLI), and the time flew by. My eldest caught two and my wife (who has no interest in fishing) caught a cod!!!! Nick shared lots of interesting stories and we stayed out longer to give us more chances to catch stuff as well as letting the kids skipper the boat. We LOVED it. Thanks to Nick!!!

    Skippers Reponse: Many thanks for your time writing a review and hope to see you again

    Many thanks Nick Gough
    www.skylarkfishingtrips.co.uk

  • 5-star Sharon W (31/08/2024)

    Had a great 3hr fishing trip this afternoon. Everyone caught loads of fish and Nick was a great skipper and very friendly and informative. He also filleted all our fish for us and we have just eaten it with some chips from the chip shop! Would definitely recommend this boat trip. Thanks again.

  • 5-star Dave Lakin (30/08/2024)

    I would just like to say a massive thanks to Nick ive stuck whith him for some years and aways given 100 percent and made me safe . Yesterday was defo a red letter day for me catching the biggest fish aboard skylark and i also had the best brace of fish ive ever had .
    Ive fished with loads of skippers over the years but i recon Nick gough on skylark is one of the best at his job and defo the top skipper in scarborough .all the best for the future Nick

    Skippers Reponse: Many thanks for your time writing a review and hope to see you again

    Many thanks Nick Gough
    www.skylarkfishingtrips.co.uk

Bait & Tackle

Latest Catches 1,224 photos uploaded

9 lb 4 oz Cod

28-Oct-2024

5 lb Cod

28-Oct-2024

6 lb 2 oz Ling (Common)

27-Oct-2024

4 lb 8 oz Cod

27-Oct-2024

5 lb 2 oz Cod

27-Oct-2024

4 lb 4 oz Cod

22-Oct-2024

4 lb Cod

22-Oct-2024

4 lb Cod

22-Oct-2024
Jack Smith

5 lb 8 oz Ling (Common)

22-Oct-2024

4 lb 7 oz Pollock

19-Oct-2024

9 lb 3 oz Pollock

19-Oct-2024

8 lb 3 oz Pollock

19-Oct-2024

4 lb 12 oz Cod

19-Oct-2024

24 lb 9 oz Ling (Common)

16-Sep-2024

33 lb 1 oz Ling (Common)

16-Sep-2024

20 lb 6 oz Ling (Common)

16-Sep-2024

Latest Fishing Reports and News

  • 28/10/2024 Fishing Report by Nick Gough

    28 Oct 2024 by Nick Gough

    What a completely different day today was to yesterday the sea was like glass most of the day with hardly any wind.

    We started off anchoring as the tide was at its strongest and strait away we had the rods bouncing with codling and pouting steadily coming over the rail.
    We didn't see the dogfish at all and had a smaller stamp of cod showing around the 2 to 3lb area with 1 cod about 5lb

    Fishing slowed down halfway through the trip so we ran offside to catch the slacker part of the tide and first few drifts were pretty much blanks just the odd pouting coming up then after a few drifts in we started seeing more codling.

    Best fish of the day was a 9lb 4oz cod.

    Water clarity off at a mile was quite surprising and we also managed to get a few fresh mackerel aswel which is probably the latest I've ever seen them caught.

  • 27/10/2024 Fishing Report by Nick Gough

    27 Oct 2024 by Nick Gough

    8 hour fishing the ground inshore as awe had quite strong winds then when the weather aloud we ran to some inshore wrecks.

    We seamed to catch a lot of dogfish and pouting with the occasional better fished mixed in

    Nothing huge caught but not a bad stamp of cod around the 4lb area and heaviest fish was a 6lb 2oz ling

  • 19/10/2024 Fishing Report by Nick Gough

    19 Oct 2024 by Nick Gough

    It's been a while since our last trip with the run of poor weather and sea conditions

    But we managed to still find some really good fish on the inshore grounds still.

    Best fish today was a 9lb 2oz Pollock with the same angler also catching a nice 8lb Pollock also

    As well as Pollock the customers had a good amount of Cod, pouting, lesser spotted dogfish and Ballen wrasse to keep them busy all day.

    The wildlife the customers had pretty much all day leaving the harbour and passing a pod of 40+ bottle nose dolphins heading south. Then seals, porpoise and the dolphins passed us several times while fishing and on the way back we were greatest with them again in the South Bay.

  • 18/09/2024 Fishing Report by Nick Gough

    18 Sep 2024 by Nick Gough

    As the tides had dramatically built up in the last few days up to 6.4m we decided to give uptide and downtime fishing ago at anchor.

    Withing minutes we the customers started getting bites and a good amount of dogfish and Ballen wrasse made a appearance.

    We did manage to get a few codlings aswel then fishing tried up as the tide slowed down so we relocated and fishing picked back up producing a few more cod.

    As the tide completely slackened off inshore we tried a few inshore wrecks over slack water which produces more pouting a few more codling and a lonely strappy Ling.

  • 17/09/2024 Fishing Report by Nick Gough

    17 Sep 2024 by Nick Gough

    8 hour trip

    We don't normally like wrecking on a ride so big but as the customers really wanted to try for a bigger fish we gave it a go.

    Fishing was very slow from the start with us fishing the strongest part of the tide drifting at a good 2 knots

    The anglers did manage to pick up a few whiting and pouting.

    As the tides eased back fishing improved with the anglers managing to catch a few strappy ling around the 5 to 11lb area.

    Slack water was the most productive time which we expected

    While out fishing we had a lot of gannets diving around us with porpoise surfacing with the odd seal popping it head. We had several minki Whales also passing us.
    As we travelled back to the harbour we managed to find a pod of approximately 60+ bottle nose dolphins passing us.