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13/05/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
13 May 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
Today I had the pleasure of The Keel Inn Sea Angling Club from Barnsley on board. After cancelling all their trips last year for bad weather, it was good to finally get them out.
The Northerly wind was a little fresh to start with, but we steamed off to some wrecks in the 20 mile steam again, so it had already started to ease when we arrived at the first wreck of the day. First drop with the tide flooding nicely, saw half a dozen fish come up….encouraging signs. We took 2-4 fish a drift for the next ninety minutes. Mainly Codling in the 3-5lb bracket and a few strap Ling, plus the obligatory small Haddock.
We moved on as the bites slowed right down. The next wreck gave us another decent hour, with Paul “Tog” Edwards taking the biggest Codling of the day at 7lb 8oz.
Quite a few of the lads opted to use Hokkai/Daylight traces today, baited with either Squid, Shrimp or Mackerel, which is a bit different from the “norm” when wrecking at Whitby. After the bites dried up on the second wreck, we moved on to try one more. We took a fish or two each drift, but it never really got going. The fishing overall today wasn’t too bad, with everyone having a few fish to take home.
I don’t particularly like running out 20 miles as it reduces the amount of time we spend fishing, but if I think it’s the best option to get a better stamp of fish, that’s what we have to do.
The lads on board were all great company and I’m looking forward to their next trip when hopefully the wrecks inside will have sparked back into life.View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
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 Fri 31/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.40m Will sail with 4 anglers. Iga Krawczenko - x 3View details Sat 01/11/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Paweł Rojek - x 3View details Tue 04/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details Sun 09/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1View details Thu 13/11/2025 8 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.54m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details