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  • 14/01/2025 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    14 Jan 2025 by Andy Savage

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    It’s been awesome to get the last three days out at sea, at what can be a “dodgy” time weather wise. With building tides of 5m plus, I was hopeful that after the last stir up, we’d have some decent results.

    On Saturday, we ran North to try and use the last of the Ebb Tide. Unfortunately the NNW wind didn’t let the boat settle properly so we swung around and caught very little for the first hour. Moving further North to catch the flood tide Simon England started to pick off a fish or two on Crab Cart, Squid, or Black Lug. He’s a vastly experienced angler and had plenty of good bait at his disposal, no surprise he was top rod for the day.

    Simon West is a good angler (who I watch to make my tactical decisions) but hadn’t had much success at all during the morning, but on the Flood tide his Black Lug which he pumps himself started to yield results along with Squid and Crab Cart. Overall, the fish didn’t feed well and from what I saw, it was the anglers with the best bait, changed regularly, fished properly, that came out on top.

    Sunday saw a similar day. It was hard going again, but Jason Shields still managed to find a few fish. Once again, he is experienced at Uptiding and brought plenty of good bait…..a pattern emerges!!

    Today I made sure to let everyone know that having a good quantity and quality of bait would help secure success. Everyone took it on board and we had a much better day. The Ebb wasn’t brilliant, but the boys still managed a few Codling to 4lb or so. The turn of tide brought more consistency and Ian Purdom and Joe Clough maximised it by taking fish regularly, ending with a dozen or so fish each; with a couple over 4lb, but nothing huge. Everyone has been fantastic company and it was good to see a few old friends I’ve cancelled countless times last year.

    The message is quite clear….bring plenty of bait (I’ll happily advise), changed it regularly and don’t defrost it in Harbour Water and wash out all the scent. The scent trail is critical to success when Uptiding.

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    Sun 23/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.18m Andy Warren - x 1 James Daggett - x 2 Toby Plotzitzka - x 1 Diane Lincoln-Price - x 3 Steve Alderson - x 1
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    Mon 24/02/2025
    3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Robin Lever - x 3 Steve Austin - x 2 Piotr Maciarz - x 2
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    Wed 26/02/2025
    Uptiding Trip - 4.94m Nabeel Ismail - x 4
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    Fri 28/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.51m Jeff Turner - x 1 Bod - x 2 Jonathan Stirrup - x 1 Tom Allen - x 1 Charlie Hewitt - x 1
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    Mon 03/03/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.59m Joe Clough - x 4
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    Wed 05/03/2025
    6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.14m Will sail with 4 anglers. Steve Milnes - x 1 Chris Chatham - x 1
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    Thu 06/03/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Howard Thornton - x 1
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    Tue 11/03/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.78m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 1
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    Sun 16/03/2025
    2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.25m Chris Ibbotson - x 1 Dave Johnson - x 5
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    Thu 20/03/2025
    6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.81m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1 Ian Purdom - x 1
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