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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
Thu 01/05/2025 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.41m Tom McGlen - x 6 Eric Swindells - x 1View details Fri 02/05/2025 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.18m Jeff Turner - x 1 Shane Ingram - x 1 Pete Durrant - x 1 Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1View details Sun 04/05/2025 5 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.66m Jamie Britton - x 1 Tony Firman - x 1 Gaz Townend - x 2 Jimmy Yeung - x 1View details Mon 05/05/2025 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.50m Alan - x 3 Gaz Townend - x 2 Andy Burrell - x 1 Keith Eccles - x 2View details Wed 07/05/2025 3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.43m Ian Kellock x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Andy Baxter - x 4 Steve Milnes - x 1View details Thu 08/05/2025 1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.58m Stan Matthews - x 1 Peter Burton - x 2 Dave Coote - x 3 Derek Coulson - x 3View details Sat 10/05/2025 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 4.89m Rob Waterworth - x 1 Ben Cope - x 3 Waldek Myśliwy - x 2View details Tue 13/05/2025 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.17m Dave & Del - x 2 Pete Goddard - x 2 Pawel Galamb - x 2 Steve Scott - x 3View details Wed 21/05/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.60m Ian Kellock x 1 Charlie Hewitt x 2 Dave Sharp - x 1 Dave Guest - x 2View details Mon 26/05/2025 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.37m Luke Staniland - x 2 Alan Lawson - x 3View details