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05/08/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
5 Aug 2024 by Rich Ward
The fishing has been so slow over the last three trips (2nd, 3rd & 4th) that I’ve decided to combine them all in this one report!
Not much point in going into in-depth detail about each of the days, aside to say that the average catch per day has been between the 15-25 fish in total to keep.
The artificial lures are clicking a few fish, but a good number of those have been foul-hooked, indicating either murky waters or they just aren’t playing.
The bait rigs obviously catching fair and square.
The Mackerel are running ok at the moment and giving some real good sport on the lighter gear. Some fish going nearly two pounds in weight and when that stamp of fish are coming up in 3’s, 4’s and even 5’s, it really is great fun!!!
The Spring tides are on us at the moment so a bit of time for maintenance and relaxing.
Looking forward to the smaller neaps from next weekend, where (weather permitting) we will start seeing a bit better result in the catch rate.
Sun is shining, temperatures are great, so enjoy yourselves guys and we’ll see you all soon.
Cheers
Rich.
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29/07/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
29 Jul 2024 by Rich Ward
It’s been a while since we’ve compiled a report. Primarily because of the big Spring tides recently which thankfully have left us for a while.
Today we had a mixed group on board with some new faces which was good to see.
The Mackerel fishing is well and truly alive now, and with some “clonking” fish around we really don’t need that many in numbers to have enough for the bait stocks for the day.
One drift of just a couple of minutes and we had enough!
First stop offshore this morning was a wreck around an hours steam from the harbour.
The lads picked just half a dozen from that one.
A short 5 minute hop to the next one where they picked up just 2 fish.
We moved into the West a few miles then and tried a few wrecks in close proximity to each other. A poor result from those with just 4 fish off 3 wrecks.
I decided to move to some ground /reefs next and we found a little “nest” of fish where the lads picked around 8 fish up (6 of them being Ling) with one slightly better fish of just under 10lbs.
The last drop of the day was on a tiny piece of wreckage that seldom gets touched, and we rounded the day off with half a dozen from that one.
A request was made to have a stop back at the bouy on the way back to port to try for some fresh Mackerel to take home and, after just a couple of short drifts, the boys were well and truly stocked up with them.
A cracking calm and warm day on the water, which resulted in around 35 keepers for the lads which isn’t great I know, but combined with lovely Summer weather, made for a lovely day.
Cheers
Rich.
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23/07/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
23 Jul 2024 by Rich Ward
The 2024 Summer angling competition effectively came to an early end on Saturday, as we decided as an association to cancel the last day for inclement morning weather.
A NW breeze on the increasing tides would have made it nigh on impossible to fish.
We had a mixed group on on the penultimate day and we didn’t fish very well at all to be fair.
The Mackerel fishing to start the day off for the bait stocks was great but after that we literally picked a few fish up here and there.
First stop was the 9 mile area where we had taken a couple of decent fish the day previous.
We only managed a couple of fish there.
We tossed the coin and voted to run out to a wreck which has historically thrown a few competition winners out over the years.
We took just 8 fish from it and none of them were anywhere close to being contenders.
The next wreck was just a half hours steam away and we hit it at a perfect slack water.
Lines straight up and down for the first few drops and the lads picked a half dozen from it.
As the tide bent through and the boat started to cross it on a more natural drift, we took another half dozen or so and that was it. Again, no contenders for the prize sections.
After another 3 of 4 moves towards end the day off we only saw another couple of fish boated and we called it.
Tally of just 30 fish for the day.
Best fish for us on Saturday, a Ling for Henry of 9lb 10oz.
A lovely day out on the water with great lads and we thank you all for joining us.
I’d like to congratulate my lifelong friend and skipper Kev Marsden on winning this years Summer competition on his boat the Jean-K, with a cracking Ling of 15lbs 11.5oz.
Well done mate!!
Some Seriously big Spring tides now so a few days off for jobs and some motorcycling! ����️��️
Cheers
Rich
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Ivan Davey is pictured inset with our best fish in the competition, a nice Ling of 13lb 11oz. -
20/07/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
20 Jul 2024 by Rich Ward
Paul Hough and his two mates Mark and Andy chartered the boat yesterday for their annual 12 hour trip.
We decided to give them a run out to the “Wall” for the day and play around on the rough ground.
The picking was only steady to be fair but rather than chasing around all day we chose to stick and pick.
A couple of fish a go and up to 4 some drifts gave the lads a reasonable show at the end of the day.
Fergus’s filleting skills were required on the return back home and he reckons they’d had a couple of full boxes between them so around 150lb of fish.
A nice few different species too yesterday with Codling, Coaley, Haddock, Acadia redfish, Ling and of course the usual pest fish in Whiting and Pouting.
The majority of the fish falling to the artificials with the 4” shads and sidewinder lures doing the business.
Great to see you lads and we’ll see you again next year.
Cheers
Rich
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18/07/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Jul 2024 by Rich Ward
Blimey! Two days on the trot!! ��
Most unusual this year.
Yesterday we had a good mixed group of lads on board, six of them regular Shy-Torque customers and two pairs of newcomers who were made most welcome aboard the boat.
We gathered the bait for the day with a steady 10 minutes Mackerelling and headed out NE to a couple of the more offshore wrecks which, like yesterday’s, hadn’t been touched for over a week.
The first one kept us busy for a nice steady couple of hours or so until at slack water, things slowed up and the fish went off the feed. 30-35 keepers though, which was a decent enough start for the lads.
Everything falling to the fresh Mackerel and squid.
We had a short move then to the next bit of scrap which to be fair, only chucked around 4 fish out.
Back to the first one then for the start of the flood tide and with the breeze holding the boat off it nicely, we picked another 8 fish from it.
By this time the pesky SE breeze was drawing down and we decided to finish off on a couple of inshore marks where, on the second drift, Ivan Davey hooked into something a bit better. A Ling which was nudging around 14lbs which we thought might have had a chance for the daily prize.
It missed by about an ounce at the weigh-in!
Unlucky Ivan!
Another nice day on the water with the lads and a real pleasure meeting Shaun and Wayne from Nottingham and Ed and Adam from Scarborough.
Hopefully see you all again soon.
Cheers for now,
Rich.
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17/07/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
17 Jul 2024 by Rich Ward
Such a great feeling getting back to sea yesterday after a week off for rubbish weather.
Cliff Atkinson and his four mates from Cumbria had the boat booked for the day.
Just love those light crews. Oodles of space!
We stopped off for some Mackerel first where the lads picked around two dozen fish which was plenty for the five of them for the day, along with the squid bait they’d brought.
We then marched out to a nice big wreck North of the harbour to start the work.
After a weeks rest out there I was really hoping for some good results but we only took around a dozen fish there, Shaun taking four of them himself. He was off to a reasonable start.
Cliff took a nice Codling, a shade over 9lbs.
The fish only had half a tail and we wondered if it had escaped the clutches of a seal maybe sometime.
The next wreck we dropped on was in to the West a few miles.
This one produced a similar result for the five.
Shaun managed to a Ling just over 7lbs from this one along with another couple of fish.
Everything so far on the baited rigs.
We then dropped back South a couple of miles and tried a small wreck which lays in some ground.
Again, just a handful of fish from it and again, Shaun taking the most! He really was on it today!
The last drop we had was just three miles East of the harbour where, yet again, Shaun took the only fish from it! A couple of Pollack. Someone was certainly looking down on him yesterday!
Total tally for the day was around thirty five fish, with the usual returns, of which I reckon good old Shaun would have had fifteen of them. A lovely day for him on the fish.
No big fish to contend with the leader in this year’s Summer competition but a cracking day afloat with great banter and some fabulous sunshine for a change!
Great to see you lads,
Until the next one.
Rich
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08/07/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
8 Jul 2024 by Rich Ward
A couple of reports from us from our last two trips.
Sorry for the late one from 24.06 (the day before we left for Norway)
Must have been a bit giddy and forgot!
Nabeel Ismail, his Dad Zahim and family, joined us for a distance run out to the “Wall”
By no means a top drawer day but not too bad in the end.
Every drift over the grounds producing fish for the boys and enough for each and everyone to take some home for the table.
Young Fergus filleting all their catch on the way home.
A huge thanks to “Nabs” for the home made Biryani with Samosas etc. Absolutely stunning food. Can’t wait till next time mate!
I’m salivating already!!
Yesterday saw our first day back at sea after our epic trip to Norway for a week of the most incredible fishing!
We chose the offshore route again as the tides were still running fairly high on a 5.3M
First couple of stops were for Mackerel with poor results. Just a dozen or so, so we headed off.
The first couple of wrecks produced poorly with around 8-10 fish from each of those.
We then had a run South East to some ground where there were a few more fish to be had for the lads, but again, not many.
Baited rigs proved the most effective on the day.
As the heavy rain showers approached we decided to chop the trip and headed back to port to catch the high water bridge opening.
Not a brilliant day on the fish, but as ever on the Shy-Torque, the banter was superb and everyone enjoyed their day on the water.
Kaspar taking the best fish of the day on the boat, which also won him the daily prize of £50.00 in the competition.
Well done to him!
Cheers for now.
Rich
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24/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
24 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
Our regular crew of Chinese lads, Alex Choy and his mates joined us yesterday for their fourth trip of the season.
The lads just love to fish the distant grounds in search of the Acadian redfish.
So far this year they have dropped lucky with the weather and the fish and yesterday was just the same for them. Flat calm and plenty of them.
I would guesstimate around thirty Acadian were boated, coming onboard in two’s at one point.
The light rods and light traces with smaller hooks, tipped off with small pieces of bait, are ideal for this style of fishing.
Alex was targeting them all day and on occasion pulled a few Codling up too and also landed a nice Ling of 8lb 8oz.
I honestly didn’t think he would get it to the surface on such light gear, but fair play to him, he played it well and was rewarded. One hell of a scrap on
Even though we were working back side of twenty miles, the tide was still running harshly and made things a bit tricky on the top of the tide but the boys kept working hard and were rewarded for their efforts.
Baited rigs worked the best today but a few fish also fell to the shads.
I’m away to Norway for a weeks fishing after tomorrow’s trip lads. Hopefully the weather stays like this for you all whilst Fergus and me are away and you have success wherever you’re fishing.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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23/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
23 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
Well, as the tides have lifted, the fishing has become more patchy day on day throughout this week for us.
Yesterday we ran South to try some inshore marks where my mate had had a few the day prior.
We didn’t see a fish!
The tide had started rushing through on the ebb after half an hour on the first mark so we ran out a few miles to try a couple of wrecks to see if we could click a Pollack or two. Just four fish from these and as the drift speed increased to well over a knot things progressively became more difficult.
Rough ground it was then until the tide slowed up a bit for us.
The lads took just a half dozen to keep.
When the tide eased back just after lunch, we dropped on three or four wrecks to finish the day. The baited Hokkai rigs taking a few small Ling and Codling and the Shads taking a few Codling too.
If the weather had been wet and miserable I’d probably have been running for home a bit earlier but as it was a glorious, sunny, Summery day, we stuck it out to the end.
No fish over four pounds for us yesterday but to be fair, I always reckon that Codling around that size are the best eating anyway.
Not much work for young Fergus’s filleting knife, with around 20-25 fish to process.
Cheers lads and hopefully we will see a bit better fishing next time on the smaller tides.
Rich.
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22/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
Yesterday we decided to run to a few wrecks in Tees Bay for a change of scenery.
We stopped a couple of times on the way for a few Mackerel first and gathered around 15 under a flock of feeding birds.
Not many, but nice to have a bit of fresh bait on board.
There is virtually no hard ground offshore up that way so it was wrecking to start the day. A bit less tide up there too.
We dropped on a wreck called “Husky” to start off and on the first drift we took a couple of Codling and a couple of Pollock.
That was it! Nothing else from it!
We tried a couple more bits of scrap in the area for very little and decided to steam back South 4 miles to another one.
First drift, 4 fish, then 3, then 2 and here we were again!! By this time, the devils SE breeze had pepped up and the drift was a bit swift at 1.7 knots.
I guess we did well to get what we did.
Off to some ground then, where we might have a better chance. Just a handful of juvenile throwbacks there.
I’d spoken to a mate earlier and he’d told us that he had clicked a few in the shallow inshore marks so we chose to finish off there. 3 Codling first go and again, that was it! No consistency at all for us today and no bigger fish either.
Tally for the day, a mere 20 fish with the ever present throwbacks. A struggle yes, but as ever, 100% effort given from myself and the anglers.
Rich.
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