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12/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
12 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
With the tides on the make towards the huge Springs again, the fishing has certainly taken a knock these last two days.
A fresh South Easterly hampered our efforts on Wednesday and we actually cut the trip down a bit because conditions were so poor!
Yesterday however was the polar opposite, with the sea like a millpond again! Same forecast for both days yet completely different conditions.
Anyway, we did manage a “few” fish each day, with a couple of half decent fish boated over the slack water periods.
Andy Hoick from Hornsea taking a nice Cod yesterday at 9lb and our Charlie landing one 8lb 8oz too.
A couple of days off after tomorrow’s trip to wait for these Springs to ease back.
Cheers and enjoy your weekend!
Rich
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10/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
10 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
Perfect conditions on the pond for yesterday’s team.
More like fishing in the Med than the North Sea!
Another mixed group fishing with us, enjoying a nice days sport.
No big fish for us yesterday with our heaviest going to my old motorbiking mate Mick Jones with a Ling of 8lb 8oz.
Andy Holmes brought his daughter Fran with him on this trip which was her maiden run on a boat.
She loved it and managed a nice few fish for herself too.
Most of the fish falling to the usual fresh Mackerel, squid and Shads with a good few “double ups “ on the Codling too!
All in all, another cracker of a day on the boat.
Let’s hope this weather stays with us all for some time to come!
Cheers and tight lines,
Rich
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09/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
9 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
A nice steady picking of fish for the lads yesterday.
The usual gathering of Mackerel to start the day first, then out to the ground and wrecks for the Cod and Ling.
They picked fish from every stop throughout the day and ended up with a lovely show for their efforts.
Chris Stevenson from Australia ended up with the best catch with 15 fish for himself with Ling to a shade over 9lb.
Fresh Mackerel bait, squid and the artificial lures
Great weather and cracking day for all on board.
Cheers
Rich
07733 233352
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08/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
8 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
Compared to the last few days we had a much slower picking yesterday with our full squad of near novices.
Charlie and me had our work cut out at times, but the lads tried their best and brought a few fish over the side.
Mainly ground work for the best part of the day with just a couple of drops on a wreck or two to finish the day.
Mark Grinney, organiser of the trip taking the best fish of the day, a lovely Cod of 10lb 8oz.
Mark is pictured.
Cheers
Rich
07733 233352
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07/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
7 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
Yesterday’s mixed group of lads enjoyed a nice day at sea working the inshore ground marks to start off as the breeze from the NW was a bit fresh to start.
The fishing was steady to start off but as the breeze eased by lunchtime the fishing picked up and one or two better fish started to poke their heads out.
Nick Ball taking the best of the day, a nice Ling of
12lb 2 oz.
Plenty of Mackerel for bait and the barbecue too!
Cheers
Rich
07733 233352
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04/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
4 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
Stuart Faye, his son James and 5 of their friends from Liverpool chartered the Shy-Torque III yesterday for the day.
3 out of the 7 were experienced course anglers and the other 4 were absolute beginners.
Our Charlie couldn’t make the trip to crew, so a mate of mine Mathew Spinks who had been fishing with me for the last fortnight, joined us to help out and helped me to explain all the “ins and outs” before we started.
We started at the Bouy to try for some Mackerel to start off and they were in abundance. Literally 2 minutes there and we had enough bait for the day!!
We chose to work the rough ground/reefs after that, hoping that we could get a picking going there without having to try any wrecks.
A dozen Codling on the first short drift and 3 Ling was good enough for a start and the lads were buzzing!!
A couple of double-ups on the drift too.
We stayed on the first mark until around 11.30am and gathered a lovely show of Codling and Ling. Nothing big at all but plenty of fish to the 5lb mark.
A short move to another bit of ground after we’d exhausted the first stop, where the lads finished the day with another 10 or so fish.
The breeze then picked up from the NW and was very fresh at times (not forecast!) so the lads decided that a slightly earlier finish was ok and we headed back for port.
I told the lads that I would gladly fillet all their fish when we got back and suggested they nipped for a pint or 2 whilst I processed their fish which they did.
All in all, a fabulous day had by all.
Cheers lads and we’ll see you again next year.
Enjoy the skiing Stuart!!!
All the best,
Rich
07733 233352
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30/07/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
30 Jul 2022 by Rich Ward
Hopefully other skippers will see this post.
RANT time!!
I’d like to thank a certain Mark Roberts, if that’s your real name? (Telephone number 07829889868) if that’s your real number? for not turning up this morning with your 6 associates. You have cost me and my lad our wages for the day.
I have seen and heard some stuff in my 40 years in the charter fishing game, but when I called him this morning at 6.55am to ask where he was, to which he replied, “nearly with you Rich, we are just on the bridge looking at the boats” I did start to worry, as the bridge I was looking at in Whitby had no pedestrians on it at all and just the bridge operators.
I asked him “what bridge are you on?” thinking they may be on the new road bridge further up the river, but oh no, apparently they were stood on a bridge in Jersey!! F*****g Jersey! Really!!!!
Now forgive me for being a little vexed about this but, getting mixed up with Whitby and Whitley Bay is a slight possibility but f*****g Jersey!!
Anyway, his number has now been passed on to all the other skippers here who will also now block him.
This job is hard enough in the first place without this happening. A man with a wooden head couldn’t get a fishing trip this wrong! Could they??????????
Our Charlie is working every chance he gets with me as he is saving like mad for his new motorbike in September and needs his wage more than ever! I hope he meets this lad one day!
Thinking about it now, with a cold beer in hand, I really hope his story was true and it’s cost them a lot of money on flights or a ferry for a completely wasted journey there.
Rant over.
On a brighter note, we did sail with the other 2 lads we had booked on, albeit a shorter trip than normal for obvious reasons and had some lovely Cod to 9lb 8 oz.
Cheers and keep a tight line!
Rich
07733 233352
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30/07/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
30 Jul 2022 by Rich Ward
The first group from Smith Brothers Electrical Engineers from Huddersfield sailed with us yesterday.
6 out of the 7 guys were inexperienced so a little guidance was required at times.
After a 10 minute mackerel session we decided that ground work was the order of the day and started work just 3 miles from land and basically sat there until 2pm until the speed of the drift was too quick.
Neil out fishing everyone and even managed a couple of “double ups” too.
The lads and lass then chose to return to port as they were staying over in Whitby and fancied a bite to eat and a beer!
All the fish was filleted down for them on the way back whilst our Charlie brought the boat home.
A fun day out with great company.
Cheers chaps and we’ll see your other team in a couple of weeks.
Rich -
29/07/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
29 Jul 2022 by Rich Ward
The last couple of days have proven quite challenging to be fair with the “devils wind” rearing up from the South East each afternoon.
This direction always making the job difficult with a swift drift speed.
However, the weather was on our side both days and the lads did enjoy some nice fishing over the slack water periods with a good sprinkling of Codling mainly coming from the rough ground marks.
Clear water giving us some nice sport on the Shads whilst the baited rigs also working. A couple of “double ups” boarded yesterday.
May Spinks who’s fishing with us for a fortnight showed us all how to go on on Wednesday with his Shad work and managed a dozen himself.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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27/07/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
27 Jul 2022 by Rich Ward
Local lad Alan Ward (not my Dad) and his mate chartered the boat for just themselves yesterday.
As any charter skipper will tell you, days like this are wonderful with oodles of space!
We started the day on the Mackerel which were playing ball first thing and were plentiful in their numbers.
We decided to have a nice relaxing day on the grounds where the lads picked nice healthy Cod and Ling up.
Best fish fell to Alan, a lovely fish a shade under 9lb.
Cheers and enjoy your fishing!
Rich
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