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  • 25/08/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    25 Aug 2023 by Andy Savage

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    What a bunch of Campanologist’s I had on board today……….it was a Ding-a-Ling-Ling type of session!!

    With a group of very experienced anglers on board, I was looking forward to the day. A great wrecking tide and light winds (allegedly) would surely see us get amongst a few fish. We headed out early to make the best use of the tide. We got the fresh Mackerel we needed from the Bell Buoy and as slack water approached, we dropped onto a nearby wreck.

    First run through, there was only one fish landed, but Dave Sharp didn’t complain with it being a 10lb Ling! The remainder of the slack water period saw us get some decent Ling up to 7lb and Bryan Stanton also had a nice clean 6lb Codling. After a great start we had agreed to run south to fish some wrecks in an area which doesn’t see regular pressure. I was optimistic we would find a good stamp of fish and maybe an odd biggun’.

    As we ran down to the first wreck, the wind speed continued to lift. Instead of the forecast SW 6-8mph wind we were up in the 12-14mph zone. As a consequence, the next two hours were purgatory on the four wrecks we fished. We took one strap Ling and that was it….oh dear! The wrecks were marking fish, but instead of us drifting along with the small tide, the fresh SW wind was pushing us straight across the tide. That gave us an unnatural drift and clearly the fish didn’t like it. The only way I could see to improve prospects was to run in a bit closer to land, where there would be more tide.

    We nudged back in a couple of miles and the wreck we stopped on, gave two fish first drift. This coincided with the wind finally backing off a bit. This seemed to be the catalyst to get the fish taking the baits. For the next two hours I struggled to keep up. The net was continually being shouted for and I ran around like a “Tit in a Trance” with mainly Ling up to 8lb coming up in numbers every drift. Ian Kellock sneaked a 10lb 4oz Ling which was the biggest we landed, but it was great sport. Mackerel on muppet bait traces dominated, the Shads didn’t get much of a look in today.

    Thanks to everyone for a brilliant day out. Top, top angling lads

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