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20/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
20 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
It’s looking like Summer is trying to make an appearance at last and what a cracking day at sea it was yesterday.
Jamie and his mates joined us along with my mate Derek who’s been staying all week.
The day was far from spectacular fish wise but my, we had some laughs!
Derek fished at the front of the boat as always and managed a half reasonable 15 fish or so for himself again. The rest of the lads probably keeping around 20 fish between them.
It’s really great when we get teams who aren’t “freezer fillers” and just come out for a relaxing break from work and everyday life.
It makes our time out there more relaxing too.
A few more fish falling to the jigs and shads yesterday too, showing the water is clearing nicely now.
A pleasure sailing with you all lads.
Until next time…….
Rich.
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20/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
20 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
After the trips on Monday and Tuesday, we decided to have a complete change in direction and scenery yesterday and we ran North.
The plan was to end up on a bit of scrap towards Tees-Bay which I know doesn’t get touched too often.
We dropped on a couple of wrecks en-route and picked a few fish up, but no real great shakes, probably around a couple of dozen between them.
Fish yesterday were starting to take the artificial lures once more and the shads and jigs were working again which was great to see.
My old mate Derek who always fishes the front of the boat was alternating between the baited rigs and jigs and probably had an equal number with both methods.
He ended up with around a dozen fish for himself off those two wrecks.
The other lads taking fish too with Kev doing ok with a half dozen reasonable Codling. Odd other fish dotted around the boat.
We finished off on a small piece of wreckage 22 miles from the harbour and took another dozen or so there.
Mark, who I hadn’t met before had a good Cod to the surface which looked like a double figure fish. I had the equipment ready to board the fish and at the last second it flicked its head and swam free.
It hadn’t shook the hook out, his main line parted!!
On inspection we saw that his line had been grating in the wreck and had weakened it.
The one that really did “get away!”
A nice day on the water with a great mixed bunch of guys. The weather was also fantastic too and actually started to feel like Summer at last!
Cheers Rich
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18/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
Compared to Saturday and Sunday, it was a much slower day on the fish yesterday for our 3 lads from Coventry.
Paul Burgoine and his mates Gary and Joe chartered the boat for themselves for the day so plenty of space for them!
The day didn’t start out too bad with an odd fish here and there wherever we stopped, but as the day progressed we found the fish didn’t seem too interested wherever we were.
Paul fished the best out of the 3 of them with around 10 fish for himself including a nice double up on one of the wrecks.
Tally for the day was probably around the 30 keepers mark, but the lads didn’t want the Ling we caught and they were safely returned, leaving around 20 Codling to keep.
Certainly not your red letter day but a very enjoyable day out non the less.
Another day where barely any fish were taken on the shads and everything falling to the baited rigs.
Great to meet you lads and hopefully see you again sometime in the future.
Cheers for now
Rich.
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17/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
17 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
It was my full intention to run to a few wrecks inshore to the South yesterday with our mixed team of regular anglers. It didn’t happen!
We kicked the day off looking for a few fresh Mackerel around the 2-3 mile stretch to no avail, so decided to have a go at a bit of scrap just 2 miles from the bouy.
4 Codling the first drift, then 3, then 2 and yes, 1 more!
10 fish to start the day was ok I guess, especially as we were only a stones throw from the harbour!
Next stop was another bit of wreckage a couple of miles East of there.
A poor show from that one with just a couple of fish. I think it had been fished the day before.
I asked Fergus my crewman to toss the coin as to which way next. That way we could all blame him if it went wrong!
He suggested somewhere I hadn’t thought of and off we went.
Good shout young Ferg!
A couple of wrecks located very close to each other just a few miles further on made for some steady sport for the team for the rest of the day, with Ling to 11lb 7oz caught by our most regular angler on the boat, Paul from Brid and Codling to around the 7lb mark by Dave Shay.
Glenn Stocks and his son-in-law Nick enjoying some decent sport between them. Glen having a nice “double up” of Codling on one of the wrecks too.
A long time angler of ours, Chris Wake from Kilnsey Cragg in the Yorkshire Dales and his mate Dave, also doing well with a slack box of fish between them.
Nearly every fish today was tempted by the rigs baited with squid and frozen Mackerel. Very little on the artificial stuff.
Aside the Bangladeshi style cloudbursts throughout the day, it was a great trip with great banter as always!
Cheers lads and see you all soon.
Rich.
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16/06/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
16 Jun 2024 by Rich Ward
After a fantastic two weeks away on the I.O.M at the TT races with our Charlie and our mate Mick Jones, it’s back to work again.
Some lovely calm conditions yesterday although rather wet at times, gave Daryl Machant and his mates a decent chance on the fish.
Nice neap tides too for the lads, making for some easy fishing.
We ran to a couple of wrecks North of the harbour to start the day, using the remaining ebb tide.
First one produced just a handful of fish, but the second one kept us going for a couple of hours. The lads plucking an odd fish or two each drift.
Cod, Ling, Pollock,Coaley and a few Haddock coming off that one. Bono taking a double hook-up of Haddock.
Good to see fish coming up on the artificial lures again, as well as the bait obvs.
After we had picked that wreck clean, we decided to trot back into another small wreck inside and took ten more keepers from that one.
To finish the day off we dropped on a strip of ground and were very pleased to see a large amount of feed on the ledges.
We dropped in full of excitement and expectation but sadly not many bigger fish feeding there yet. Just ten or so more fish off the ground over the last three drifts.
I’m thinking it won’t be long before this area starts fishing really well.
John (Sped) having the best catch on the boat with around a dozen fish with Codling to just over 5lb.
The rest of the team taking half a dozen to ten fish each.
Daryl taking the heaviest fish, a nice Ling just over 11lbs (although Fergus’s picture doesn’t do it justice ��)
Young Fergus filleted the fish for the lads on the way home and reported in that we’d had around sixty fish to keep which wasn’t a bad days work at all for the six of them.
Cheers lads, always a pleasure sailing with you guys.
Looking forward to the next few days where we will be trying some more inshore wrecks. A mate of mine tells me the water is clearing nicely inshore too so fingers crossed.
Cheers
Rich
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28/05/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
28 May 2024 by Rich Ward
Two day report on Shy-Torque III.
Saturday 25th May.
There is a fair amount of Algae Bloom in the water at present making for some quite difficult fishing for the lads n lasses.
On occasion, we do find an odd clear patch and this is when we click a few fish.
What’s been noticeable is that the clarity on the surface few fathoms isn’t too bad at all and we can see the fish some 20-30 ft down. We just need it like that on the bottom again now. Shouldn’t be too long.
A mixed group of 8 anglers on the boat on Saturday gone.
We started off by working the ground on the 5 mile for just a couple of fish and within a couple of hours and half a dozen stops later, found ourselves out on a small wreck just over 12 miles offshore. Just one fish from that.
Fish count by this time was just 5 fish to keep. The usual throw backs too.
We continued the hunt, working some more bits in to the West, where we did start picking a few more fish up, but nothing to make it a top drawer day.
The banter helped make the day go by as usual, with some great conversations and stories about motorcycles, my other great passion!
Thanks to the lads for having robust patience throughout the day and working tirelessly to try and tempt the fish to the hooks.
Monday 27th May.
Yesterday saw another mixed group join us on the boat.
As the forecast was very good for the day, we chose to run a little further out to try and get some clearer water from the start.
We steamed to a wreck 18 miles East of the town to start the day.
First drift was good with around eight fish boated. Three of them (Coalies) falling to Joseph. He had dropped down with a five hook Mackerel trace a clicked a treble!!
Great sport!!
I also managed a nice Codling on a shad, fair and square in the mouth. Clearer water it seemed.
We picked away at the wreck for a couple of hours, taking an odd fish or two each go.
Allen Hallworth, Joseph and their two friends from Manchester filling a “Gorilla” tub to the top between them with Codling, Ling, Coaley and the odd Pouting.
Reasonable fishing for them.
After we had milked the wreck, we moved in towards land a few miles and tried another couple of wrecks, where the group took another dozen or so fish.
The majority of fish were taken on the baited rigs with the usual squid and frozen Mackerel.
We saw a Mackerel on each of the last few trips too!
Nice to see those fellas in the water again and it won’t be too long until young Fergus is washing down a messy boat again!!
Cheers for now and good fishing to you all wherever you wet your lines.
Rich.
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21/05/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
21 May 2024 by Rich Ward
Newcomers to the Shy-Torque Phil Bland and his mates from Bedale joined us yesterday.
We mostly picked away on the rough ground marks as the lads were fairly new to the game, dropping on just two bits of scrap over slack water.
Again, the baited rigs out fishing the artificial gear with squid being the best bait. I’m fair sure the bloom is lurking down there in places.
Tally for the day, around 35 fish to keep which between 10 men isn’t a good show by far, but the lads really enjoyed the day out with us nevertheless.
Cheers lads, nice meeting you and enjoyed your company. See you again soon.
Rich.
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20/05/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
20 May 2024 by Rich Ward
Rob Newcombe and his mates Jimmy, Rob, Shaun and Dave from Nottingham chartered the boat yesterday on their first trip out of Whitby this year.
We played around on a couple of bit of scrap to start the day for a meagre picking of small chuck back fish.
I move the boat out to a few ground marks next and the lads started picking away at the fish there.
Just one or two some drifts and an odd drift with a few more.
Baited rigs were the order of the day again with thin strips of squid on the Hokkai traces doing the best.
The bigger fish were elusive for the lads but at the end of the day they were all very pleased with their tally of 50 fish to keep, along with the juvenile throw backs.
A nice range of species too with Codling, Ling, Haddock, Whiting, Pouting and Wrasse.
A very enjoyable and chilled day on the water with five great blokes.
See you on your next one lads,
Cheers
Rich.
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19/05/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
19 May 2024 by Rich Ward
Alex Choy and his mates joined us yesterday for their third trip of the year.
The group love to fish the “Wall” if the weather allows it, as they love to target the Norwegian Haddock (Acadian Redfish) on the light tackle.
Luckily for them, the weather fell in their favour so we gave it another go.
Plenty of them for the lads!!
Fergus reckoning on 40+, plus other small bits and bobs.
Leo who fishes with the group was telling me that this particular fish is so expensive in Hong Kong.
Around £30.00 per kilo!!
We never saw a fish above 4lb but still a fun filled day for Alex and the boys with good Chinese banter all day!
Cheers
Rich.
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18/05/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 May 2024 by Rich Ward
Two day report on the Shy-Torque III.
Thursday didn’t fish very well at all for the guys on the boat in all honesty.
We re-ran our route we took the day before, as we’d had such a great day, but sadly the little buggers weren’t playing for us.
We finished Thursday’s trip off on a little wreck just 2.3 miles from shore and had our best fishing there to be fair.
We did only take 8 Codling from it but considering what we had before this, it was good!!
Yesterday I chose to run back in the direction we’d finished off the day before and wreck hopped for the first couple of hours.
On the first bit of scrap, I went straight into a fish on the shad and two other lads hooked up straight away too.
20 winds off the bottom and a seal grabbed my fish, taking it clean off the hook in one.
10 seconds after this, Graham Soloman’s fish was attacked by the beastie and his came up with just a head and entrails!
Moving on then!!
The next wreck was just 3/4 mile away to the North.
First drift, one fish boated.
Second drift, 2 fish on and both pinched by a seal!!
Long story short, the same f*****g seal followed us for 2 hours and killed our morning!
I moved the boat to a completely different sector to get away from it, hoping to find a seal free area and luckily for us we managed to find a few nice fish on a strip of ground with no seal harassment.
The lads plucked away nicely for a couple of hours and ended up with some nice Codling to just under 9lb and Ling to just over 10lb.
Around 30 fish from that ground making for an enjoyable bit of fishing to save the day.
A great mixed group of lads who were pleased with the day in the end.
See you again soon lads.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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