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  • 08/02/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    8 Feb 2023 by Andy Savage

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    As "The Clash" once sang......."Should I stay or should I go now".......that was the dilemma we were faced with last night looking at the weather forecast.

    I gave the lads (all very experienced anglers) the option and they were all keen to get out; even if the forecasted, building winds meant we had to cut the day a bit short. We followed a similar pattern as yesterday, running North whilst watching a stunning sunrise in flat clam conditions.

    First stop, we waited for the Ebb tide to get going. Pleasingly, a few Codling were knocking around and the four lads on board all got themselves off the mark in fairly short order. Chris "Office Waller" Wells picked up a nice Codling of 5lb, but the average size were more in the 2-3lb range. A couple of Lobsters also decided to jump on the Squid hookbaits!

    The wind started to freshen after a couple of hours, but bites kept coming from the Codling and the boat held steady in the tide. Dave Sharp had a couple of surprises in store. Firstly, he managed to catch himself a Sea Urchin.......fishing on Sea Urchin! Secondly he caught a Codling which when he gutted it, had a chicken bone in its stomach. It was from the same area we fished yesterday when Tony Barret had dropped two chicken bones in the water after he'd eaten his dinner. Cod are voracious feeders when they're hungry!!

    The rest of the day pased by quickly with a couple of better Codling falling to Dave Sharp and Jim Bailey amongst the smaller stamp for the rest of us. The wind fell away on the turn of tide (in complete contrast to the weather forecast) so the afternoon was spent in glorious weather.

    Not for lack of trying....but there doesn't seem to be many better sized fish around at the moment. The last three days we've topped out at 5lb, but hopefully some bigger fish will push through soon enough. We'll certainly keep on trying. Thanks again lads for an enjoyable day out.

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