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09/11/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
9 Nov 2024 by Rich Ward
A great day at sea yesterday with a mixed group of regulars.
Starting the day off on a bit of scrap 3 miles East of the harbour the lads took just 3 fish from it, so we wreck hopped for an hour or so up the 5 mile area.
Nothing fancy from the next 3 wrecks with maybe another half dozen or so fish to keep.
The breeze was against the tide and the boat was barely drifting which isn’t really that good for ground fishing but I chose to give a couple of ridges a shot and it worked well for the guys.
The fish were feeding pretty good to be fair, with a couple of better fish amongst them too.
Glen Stocks taking a nice Cod an ounce or 2 under 10lbs and Nige Steer taking Ling to a similar stamp.
A few nice Haddock boated there too.
Tally for the trip would be a good 50 or so fish to keep with the usual “chuck backs”
A nice surprise at the end of the day when Sam landed a couple of belting Mackerel. These must be the last of the species for the year? Who knows, with the waters warming, we could see a few more yet.
Most of the fish were coming up on the bait but a few also taken on the shads.
A really enjoyable day out yesterday with some good humour. Just a shame we didn’t see much sun but hey-ho, you have it all.
Cheers lads
Rich.
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Don’t forget the Shy-Torque “Xmas Cheer”
Uptiding comp starts on the 15th of next month and runs for a week.
Come and have a go!! -
31/10/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
31 Oct 2024 by Rich Ward
Dan, Lawrence, Jacob and Andy, all from Doncaster, joined us on the boat yesterday for our second Uptiding trip of the season.
We ran to where we had a good result a week last Tuesday and found nothing but Pouting and the odd Dog fish. Not the best of starts!
Slack water was upon us around 9.30am so we decided to steam across it and try a completely different spot.
The flood tide was just bending through when we arrived and an odd Codling was coming aboard from the off.
As the tide strengthened the Codling were starting to feed a little better and the rods were twitching steadily.
I commented to the lads that this was a lot better and as soon as I’d spoken it went quiet!! Commentators curse!!
Another short move of just 3/4 of a mile and the lads were taking slightly better Codling. Nothing of any great size but fish to around the 5lb mark.
We stuck with that spot until the end and we counted around 25 fish to keep with a good number of undersized to go back too.
The usual Uptiding baits were used. Black lug, squid and crab.
A lovely day weather wise, some good chitchatting and a few fish each for the guys making for another good day at sea.
Cheers lads and see you all again soon.
The tides are making fairly heavy for the next few days so fingers crossed for some even better inshore fishing.
Rich.
07733 233352
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26/10/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
26 Oct 2024 by Rich Ward
A mixed group of regular anglers joined the boat yesterday for some mixed rough ground and wreck fishing.
First stop was a small wreck just 4 miles North from the harbour where the lads took a half dozen fish. Small Codling and Ling on the baited rigs.
A short move of just a mile next, to another bit of scrap which produced a similar amount of fish. Again, nothing of any size.
We moved on again then to another wreck which fished a little better where the group took a dozen or so from it.
Everything so far falling to the baited rigs. Squid bait being the best.
Alan Sutcliffe did try a pink Shad on this wreck and clicked a couple of Codling fair and square which was good to see.
When the fish slowed up we decided to drop on a strip of ground which has a tiny bit of scrap at the North end and the fish started coming aboard much better.
3 doubles boated here and around 25 fish in total. Much better sport for half an hour or so.
We steamed down to our last wreck of the day next, around 5 miles South of our last stop.
Again, nothing startling but we did take fish again. Just half a dozen or so and still, nothing big to shout about.
One last stop on the ground on the 3 mile to finish off, where on one drift the lads took 10 fish in about 2 minutes! A proper mad moment.
A good finish to a pretty good day.
A rough guesstimate, I’d say 60-70 fish for the day which is well satisfactory.
Best Codling today nudging 7lb with Ling to a similar size.
Everyone going off home with happy faces and plenty of fillets for the table.
Cheers lads,
Really appreciate your support as ever.
Rich.
07733 233352
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22/10/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Oct 2024 by Rich Ward
We took to sea yesterday for the first time in a couple of weeks, after a family break abroad.
The tides had been huge over the last weekend, but were starting to recede a bit to around the 5.2m mark.
With us only having the three lads booked onboard I chose to try Uptiding for the first time since it finished back in March. The tide was still strong enough for it.
The lads were happy to try it and were armed up with squid and black lug worm.
We ran just 3 miles from the harbour to start the day. Slack water was on us when we started and the lads picked just a couple of Pouting and an odd Codling to begin, but as the tide swung round on the ebb they started clicking fish steadily away.
Dave and Joe from Leeds were on board with us for the first time, Joe being on his maiden trip. They had a great day on the fish with Codling to just over 6lb.
Regular Shy-Torque angler Chris from Middlesbrough, taking half a dozen fish home too.
For the first Uptiding trip of the season, I was really pleased with the results, as were the lads. Tally for the 3 lads, around 30 fish with plenty of “chuck backs” too.
The day ended with a big pod of Dolphins passing by and putting on a bit of a show for us for which is always great!
A cracking day all in all.
Cheers
Rich
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
www.shytorqueseafishing.com
( I will sail with just 3 on any Uptiding trips) -
26/09/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
26 Sep 2024 by Rich Ward
We managed to squeeze in a day at sea yesterday in between all this horrible weather.
We also managed to get away a little early at 6.30am as the group were all aboard and ready by then, which is always good.
A little bit of swell was running from the North but there was very little or no wind at all so a fine morning welcomed us.
The Mackerel were still running well and after a couple of drifts the nine lads had enough go or the bait.
After the Mackerel fishing at the start, the bottom fishing wasn’t anything to shout home about at all.
Just an odd fish here and there throughout the day.
One of our anglers however, Dave Oswin, who fishes with us quite regularly, had a really good day and almost filled a box himself!
Dave was working Paul Mason's starboard aft corner and said that’s why he’d had a good day (because Paul wasn’t onboard!)
Dave cracked his PB Ling mid morning with a nice fish tipping the scales at 10.5 lbs.
Just an hour after that, he managed to better that and took one which scaled at 14. 5lbs
Well done to him!
The other lads on board including three newcomers from Lithuania, probably gathered around twenty fish to keep between them.
Every fish taken on the baited rigs of Squid and Mackerel.
A quick stop for some more fresh Mackerel to take home and we were done.
Nice to see some new faces on the boat and nice to get a small window to set out to sea again, after yet another week off for poor weather.
Speaking to my work colleagues here at Whitby earlier in the week and we really can’t remember a year as poor as this, ever!
We are looking forward to the Uptiding season to start already. Maybe the weather will be a bit kinder to us over the winter period!
The Shy-Torque III is running its own Uptiding competition this year, just before Xmas.
Dates are 15th - 22nd December inc. (check the calendar on here or on F.B for availability)
We’ll have a little Xmas music playing, mince pies and a drop of mulled wine if you fancy a drop.
Cash prizes on offer too.
Hopefully see you then if not before.
07733 233352
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18/09/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Sep 2024 by Rich Ward
Cliff Atkinson and his 5 mates chartered the boat on Monday gone.
The forecasts for the day were perfect, which was great as the tides were making quite strongly from the day before.
The Mackerel were scarce at the start, but after a short shift of a quarter of a mile they were in abundance. One short drift and we had the bait stocks.
We started out on the grounds near to the Mackerelling session and only clicked three or four fish.
I decided to move out to the areas we had tried a few days previously and the lads started knocking a few fish out on the baited rigs.
At slack water we dropped on to the wreck on the nine mile ground and they took around a dozen fish from it.
Dave (a newby) took three lovely Codling to 8lbs from it which was great. He was over the moon with his efforts!
A lovely chilled day on the water with great company.
Cheers lads and we’ll see you all soon.
Rich.
07733 233352
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17/09/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
17 Sep 2024 by Rich Ward
I thought I’d leave the reporting from the boat until the end of this year’s Late Summer Competition here at Whitby.
This one should be called “The Ling Competition!!
The competition came to its conclusion on Sunday and it was certainly one of mixed fortunes both fish wise and weather wise.
There were only 7 days taken at sea with 9 days cancelled for bad weather (seems the days of endless weeks of settled weather are well and truly gone)
In general the fishing was anything but easy with some days only producing into the teens of fish boated.
The first week of the 2 week event saw the best weather and the second week (on the best tides) saw some very poor weather with many of the days cancelled. Luckily we managed to get the last 2 days on the last of the neap tides.
No fish worthy of taking to the scales were caught on the Shy-Torque until Sunday’s last run out.
We worked for the Mackerel first off to gather the bait, which were still plentiful.
Once the lads had a few each we headed out to a couple of wrecks which after a slack week off for bad weather hadn’t been touched.
The first wreck threw just 5 fish out. I’m sure there would have been more if it hadn’t been for a seal the size of a bull which joined us and scattered the fish!!
A short move out to the next wreck paid dividends and the lads picked fish from it for a steady 3-4 hours. Some slightly better fish too for them, with a good number of them around the double digits, with the best one falling to David Shay from Doncaster, a fine fish just short of 17lbs.
Paul Mawson from Brid did hook into something very big which was peeling his line off the reel but sadly the fish slipped his hook after he’d got it clear of the wreck and never showed any signs of feeding again. It will be there for next time!!
Tally from that wreck was around 35 fish with the usual “chuck backs”
After we landed back in Whitby David took his fish to be weighed and it registered 16lb 12oz on the association scales (just 2 ounces short of the second place fish) and took 3rd place overall in the competition. Well done to him.
He wins the £50.00 daily prize plus a free stay at my lads pub, the Station Inn with a £50.00 drinks voucher included.
Nice to see some better quality fish boated at the weekend with every fish bar one caught on the bait. One Codling was taken on the shad and it was foul hooked. .
I’d like to thank all the lads who joined the boat again this year and look forward to seeing you in the future events if not sooner.
Cheers
Rich.
07733 233352
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18/08/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Aug 2024 by Rich Ward
Yesterday we had Brian Cunningham’s team of 4 on chartering the boat for themselves.
Tomasz joined them too for a run out as they had come short.
As usual we stopped off for a few Mackerel at the bouy which were plentiful for the lads and after just a couple of drops we had enough for the day.
We ran straight back to the grounds we had worked the day before which were showing signs of a decent fishing shaping up.
All change again!
We worked it for an hour or so and only managed a dozen or so fish there.
Slack water was around 11.0am so we dropped into the West a couple of miles and had a go at a small piece of wreckage.
It fished quite well for an hour and the lads took around 25 fish from it with Cod to just under 7lb.
It’s great when we are running with a light team as it gives young Fergus and me a chance to have a go too.
I was working a blue and white 4” shad and took a couple of nice Ling from it.
Love a Ling curry!
We finished the day off on another strip of ground just 7 miles from port and took another dozen fish there. The day finished off well really and the lads were all well pleased with the results.
A few fresh Mackerel at the bouy to take for the BBQ’s before finishing and the day was done.
Thanks to Les, Eric, Sped, Mick and Tomasz for your great company as ever.
Cheers
Rich
07733 233352
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17/08/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
17 Aug 2024 by Rich Ward
After gathering the Mackerel yesterday morning (which were a little scarce at first) we decided to have a change in direction and used the Ebb tide and headed out North.
First wreck was just over an hour away and after being left alone (to my knowledge) for a week or so I thought we would have done better than just 4 Codling boated.
We skipped out Eastbound then to a bigger wreck.
The conditions were absolutely perfect for it, and with a nice neap tide falling away to slack water for 11.0am, I was confident we would see a few fish there.
Again, I reckoned this wreck too had been left alone for a good while.
My confidence was soon shattered and after a half dozen drifts across it we had only taken half a dozen fish!
I’d been chatting to a fellow skipper on the VHF who was working a few miles North of us and he said he thought he water looked very green and cloudy.
It was the same where we were, so move number three was in order directly!
We slithered back into some ground for a change of scenery and the marks on the sounder were very encouraging indeed.
Plenty of feed marking and even a couple of Whales in the area too.
The lads dropped in, and the first drift over a 2m ledge produced a couple of fish straight away.
A nice Codling and a Ling of around 7lb too.
The Codling clean and fair on a Shad too.
We picked away on the ground marks for the rest of the day and the lads gathered around 30 fish there, which kind of saved the day for us.
Nice to see more fish falling to the Shads again too. Some clearer water there for sure.
A really great day out with great customers.
Cheers
Rich.
07733 233352
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14/08/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
14 Aug 2024 by Rich Ward
Great to get back out there yesterday after a few days off work with the “Springs”
Forecasts and conditions were perfect and the tides are ideal now for a few days of inshore wreck hopping.
The Mackerel are still in full swing at the bouy and after two short drifts we had ample for the days bait supply.
We headed South using the bit of flood tide that was running and dropped on our first wreck which lays in two pieces.
The lads picked away on those bits until turned midday which resulted in a decent show of fish.
Ling to just over 10lb for rookie first timer Jack Wright who was on his first ever trip sea angling with his Dad Dan.
He showed his old man how to go on properly!!
No bigger fish to mention but around 50 fish off those two bits.
On the change of tide into the Ebb the fishing slowed up considerably and we probably only took another 10 fish from the next three wrecks, so we headed on back to the bouy to try and gather some fresh Mackerel for the lads to take home with them.
Plenty there still so we rounded the day off nicely.
A blood bath for young Ferg and me to clean down, but after a cracking days sport and banter, washing down in the sun and prepping for the next day was a pleasure.
Cheers lads and thanks for a great day aboard. A real pleasure.
Rich
07733 233352
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
