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  • 03/03/2024 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    3 Mar 2024 by Andy Savage

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    It’s been great to get a few trips in recently, and today we had lovely weather conditions once again. With all the poor weather and the countless trips I’ve had to cancel, it was frustrating when a group of four people didn’t bother turning up today. I’m sure there were plenty of anglers who would have jumped at the chance to have a run out..…..

    That left plenty of room on deck for the other anglers, and we set about running South for a days Uptiding. Only a 4.5m tide today, so we targeted the areas where we get the most tide. Bait was a bit of a compromise, as the shop in Whitby didn’t have any Black Lugworm, so we had Squid, Mussels and Mackerel. We arrived at the first stop with about two hours or so of the Flood tide remaining.

    Once we got everyone fishing properly a few bites started coming. Mainly small Codling and a few Dogfish, but they were fairly consistent and it didn’t take long for everyone to get off the mark. Just as we began to lose the tide Sergejs hooked something a bit better and dragged up a 7lb 4oz Codling which was nice to see and turned out to be the biggest fish of the day. Slack water wasn’t too bad today. The boat held pretty steady and a selection of Whiting, Pouting, Doggie’s and a couple of Codling came up to much smaller baits and hooks.

    The Ebb Tide in the afternoon saw much the same as the morning. Andy Townend had a much better “second half” and caught consistently for the rest of the day. He took the only Pollock of the day as well as a token Lobster (which went straight back), plus some nice Codling which he gave away to the other lads.

    The bites dried up a bit in the last hour, but I think that was mainly down to everyone running out of bait. I can’t emphasise enough how crucial good bait in quantity is for Uptiding. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day for me, spent in good company.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin III
    Sat 08/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.85m Dan Evans - x 2 Si West - x 1 Kevin Flynn - x 2
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    Mon 17/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.09m Arthur French - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1 John Cross - x 1 Graham Christie - x 2
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    Tue 18/11/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.19m Arthur French - x 3 John Cross - x 1
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    Wed 19/11/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.26m Arthur French - x 3 Ray Malik - x 1 Bod - x 1 Tony Barrett - x 2
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    Thu 20/11/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.28m Jeff Turner - x 1 Arthur French - x 3 Ian Scrivens - x 1
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    Mon 01/12/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.90m Geoff Smith - x 3 Ian Purdom - x 1
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    Tue 02/12/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.18m Will sail with 4 anglers. Steve Whitaker - x 3
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    Mon 08/12/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.51m Joe Clough - x 3 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Dan Simes - x 1
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    Tue 09/12/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.27m Ian Purdom - x 6 Martin Novo - x 1
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    Thu 11/12/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.75m Peter Burton - x 1 Dave Whitehouse - x 3
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