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  • 17/08/2024 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    17 Aug 2024 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    I had a group of my Saturday regulars on today. It’s always really enjoyable for me to have regular anglers aboard. Firstly, they’re always excellent company and secondly, they’re good anglers, so I can base my angling decisions on whether they’re catching or not.

    Today we had a slightly larger tide (4.7m). The W/SW winds were forecast to be a touch stronger, so all in all, I left Whitby without a real plan for the day.

    We clonked a load of Mackerel at the Bell Buoy in about twenty minutes, then went to a nearby wreck to see how it looked for drifting. The lines were running back a touch with the fresh offshore breeze, but when I checked with the anglers, they said they were paying off very little line which was encouraging. We fished two nearby wrecks for absolutely nothing, then had a couple of drifts on rough ground for one undersized Codling. It was decision time…..

    I spoke with the boys and we chose to run south to try some different wrecks in the same area we fished yesterday. Thankfully, the breeze dropped away as we steamed down and the drift wasn’t bad at all on the first wreck we fished. Unfortunately, we lost more gear than fish we caught. After four drifts, we pressed on.

    It was a day for bait fishing today. Most went with 16oz leads on muppet bait traces, baited with Squid and/or Mackerel #standard We took a few fish off the next wreck and then it died off; and that turned out to be today’s pattern…..catch a few, then move on. One thing that was different from yesterday was the lack of strap Ling we caught. We got pestered by them yesterday, but today we took more Codling than Ling. We wreck hopped for the remainder of the day, taking fish here and there. The average size was much better than yesterday, but the overall quantity was nowhere near as good. Quality not quantity it would be fair to say.

    Steve Martin took the biggest fish of the day. Firstly he snapped a 12” inches off his rod when he got stuck in a wreck. Then, despite the offer of using one of my rods, he cranked up a 13lb 12oz Cod! Well done Steve.

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