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12/06/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
12 Jun 2023 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
Without a shadow of a doubt; the warmest, flattest day of the year so far. A beautiful day spent at sea….
Today’s group were all experienced anglers, so I was looking forward to a days wreck hopping on the inshore wrecks. We initially tried a couple of spots for Mackerel, but after just 3 single fish, we sacked that off and dropped on our first wreck.
The first one gave us a few Codling and small Ling, but the drift line meant we were crossing the wreck, instead of running along it. We opted to move on and pleasingly, the second wreck seemed to have quite a few feeding fish on it. The next two hours provided some consistent sport, right through slack water. A nice stamp of Codling with quite a few in the 3-5lb bracket.
Joe was really on form fishing with a blue Mackerel imitation Shad, taking a Codling or two every drift. The best drift gave six fish, but 2 or 3 fish a time most others. Shads and muppet bait traces both caught well.
Just after slack water, as the Flood tide came through, Alan hooked a much better fish. It took a bit of keeping out of the wreck, but he got it moving. After a slow and steady fight with some heavy thumps, a lovely Cod came up through the now clear water. The fish weighed in at 13lb 4oz and was a brilliant reward for Alan, who has kept me supplied with his fantastic Thai Green Curry for the last couple of years.
We fished another 5 wrecks throughout the day, picking off fish here and there; but nothing came close to matching the second one. It seems that an odd wreck is well stacked at the moment, but it’s a bit of a numbers game.
We got lucky today, finding the productive one.
The lads were all brilliant company and it was a thoroughly enjoyable day out for me. Thanks everyone.View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
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 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4 Jason Shields - x 1View 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 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1View details Thu 13/11/2025 8 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.54m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details Sat 15/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.82m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Sean Coupland - x 2View details Sat 22/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1View details Wed 03/12/2025 2 Spaces Available Christmas Uptiding Competition - Cod - Biggest Bag 1st - £100, 2nd - £50, 3rd - £40 £5 Entry FeeView details