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01/05/2024
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
1 May 2024 by Andy Savage
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Today we had good weather conditions (for a change), good sea conditions and a small neap tide; which were ideal for spending a day on the wrecks.
We ran North a few miles to try a couple of inshore wrecks. It was the first time I’d tried the area this year, as they seem to hold very few fish in the winter, due to the coloured water. First stop on the flood tide and after three drifts with only one Haddock to show for our efforts, we moved on.
As I set the drift on the second wreck, I noticed there were quite a few feed-marks around it so hoped for a better result. Thankfully that’s exactly what we got. We had a good couple of hours fishing taking a good few fish each drift, consisting of mainly Codling and Haddock, an odd strap Ling, plus the obligatory Pouting!!
Either baited Hokkai’s or muppet bait traces both using Squid did the majority of the bites as usual. Dave Sharp was crowned “King Pouting” when he had a “3-Up” on his Hokkai’s!! He redeemed himself by taking three fish in one drift on a Shad. Good angling Dave.
Ian Kellock led the way today, clumping a Codling a drift early on, on bait, then switched to a White Sandeel Shad and had a Codling hooked fair and square. We took half a dozen on the Shads today, which shows that the water has definitely got some clarity at last. Rich Guyatt also had a great morning, taking a fish or sometimes two each drift and put together a nice box of fish using mainly baited Hokkai’s. We fished another two wrecks until the Ebb tide came through. They both produced well, but whilst we had the quantity, we didn’t get much in the way of quality. Our biggest fish of the day being around 4lb.
The fishing on the afternoon Ebb wasn’t brilliant, but at least the sun came out to compensate! A big thanks to everyone for being great company and bringing me back some sanity after such a poor winter. Look forward to seeing you again soonView Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Tue 04/11/2025 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Dave & Del - x 2 Ian Scrivens - x 1 Andy Lammas - x 1 Dave Fowls - x 1View details Sun 09/11/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1 Liam Dawson - x 3View details Tue 11/11/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.93m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1View details Wed 12/11/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.66m Peter Burton - x 1 John Cross - x 1 Steve Mason - x 1 Annie - x 3View details Thu 13/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.54m Dave & Del - x 2 John Cross - x 1 John Weetman - x 1View details Fri 14/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.58m John Cross - x 1 Steve Mason - x 1 John Atkinson - x 2View details Sun 16/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.96m Will sail with 4 anglers. Arthur French - x 3View details Mon 17/11/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.09m Arthur French - x 3 Sam Robinson - x 1View details Tue 18/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.19m Will sail with 4 anglers. Arthur French - x 3View details Wed 19/11/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.26m Arthur French - x 3 Ray Malik - x 1View details