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  • 26/03/2025 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    26 Mar 2025 by Andy Savage

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    What a beautiful day out……. With a reasonable weather forecast and a group of Sea Urchin regulars aboard who were happy to have a run offshore; I had a spring in my step as I made my way to the boat this morning.

    We had already agreed in advance to try an area of rough ground that I haven’t fished before, which involved a long run out. I was happy to do it, as all the lads were experienced anglers and knew that we could potentially be running out there for nothing, but….. “He Who Dares Rodders”!!

    We used the Ebb Tide to run North and with everyone having at least a couple of different outfits, most people started off on bait traces with Squid to try and get a fish under their belts, before trying the lures.
    First drift saw half a dozen small Codling and Haddock, which indicated there were a few fish down there. Ian Kellock had a couple on a Shad and most people switched straight over as we all love the lures.

    We ran a few drifts for the next hour, exploring different areas; picking up fish every run, until we lost the tide. A couple of miles away there was a wreck to try, so we headed there for slack water. Everyone was on bait now due to the lack of tide, but we could only muster a couple of Codling each drift and as soon as the tide turned, we went back to the ground marks and Shads. Things kicked in nicely once the Flood got going and we had some solid sport on the Shads for the rest of the day. We found one area that held a few better fish when we covered it and we had a couple of better sized Pollock and Codling.

    Shads probably took 90% of the fish caught today and Ian Kellock was top rod with 25-30 fish on his own. If the average size had been 3-5lb it would have been the best day for ages, but there were alot of throwbacks (they were take-able size), but the lads only take better size fish. There was no best colour on the Shads, everything seemed to work today. Everyone caught plenty and the banter was epic as always. Tony Firman deserves a special mention for persevering with the Slow-Pitch jigs and getting his Pollock in far from ideal conditions for them.

    Thanks lads, brilliant day, really enjoyed your company as always.

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