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02/06/2024
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
2 Jun 2024 by Andy Savage
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Today was a “Tick Over” type of day…..We didn’t smash it out of the park, but equally, it wasn’t a complete wash out!
I had a great bunch of lads on, and with everyone being aboard for 0615hrs, we had a nice early hop. After a couple of days of moderate Northerly winds, I thought the inshore grounds might still be a bit green, so opted to run out to try a few wrecks. First stop at 12 miles was a wreck we filled up on a couple of weeks ago; but today the water resembled a “Kermit the Frog Smoothie” with the May-Bloom. After only three drifts and three Pouting, we pressed on for another eight miles.
Next stop was a bit more encouraging as I drifted over the small wreck, it was lit up nicely on the echo sounder, so clearly some fish in residence. The boys went over with a mix of muppet bait traces and Hokkai’s baited with Squid or Mackerel and we started to pick off a fish or two each drift. Paul Mawson took a nice Ling just under double figures and we had a reasonable stamp of Codling 3-4lb, plus Haddock and a couple of Coalie’s. We persevered through slack water and waited for the flood tide to come through, before eventually moving on another five miles to what turned out to be, our last wreck of the day.
The drift line allowed us to run along the substantial wreck and we spent the next couple of hours taking 2-3 fish a drift. As mentioned, the sport wasn’t electric, but it was consistent. Everyone managed a few fish and Joe Fender took a nice new Pb Codling of 6lb 12oz, which was great to see. Just towards the end of the day we were joined by “Sammy the Seal” and after stripping off a couple of fish, sport dried up. We agreed to have one more drift and pleasingly, Will Freeman connected with a nice Pollock which he wound as fast as he could, while we all laughed and waited for the seal to nick it. Thankfully he managed to land the fish and we headed back into Whitby.
As alluded to earlier; it was far from a Red Letter Day, but the lads all fished well and kept at it consistently. Thanks for coming everyoneView 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