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22/10/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Oct 2018 by Rich Ward
This last weekend fished very well indeed for both Saturdays and Sundays teams.
We had a mixed group aboard the boat on Saturday. All regular anglers from as far afield as Birmingham and Barnsley. We fished a wreck around 17 miles to start the day off where the lads picked around 25 fish from it.
We moved back inshore a bit then, where the lads picked steadily for the rest of the day on the rough ground. Best rod on the day was Simon England from Leeds who ended up with 15 fish with a mixture of Cod, Ling, and Pollack.
Sunday saw a team of 7 taking the boat for the day. Phil Walker and his mates from around the Hornsea area joined us where we fished around the 9 mile ground for the first few hours with a steady picking of Cod and Ling being boated. With the forecast set to increase by mid afternoon we moved to a strip of ground on the 7 mile where we found some much better Cod and Ling. Cod to 11.5 lbs and Ling to 12 lbs were landed along with a good number of Pollack to just over 8 lb. A great days sport for all.
Sadly, the forecast is set to be rubbish all this week so time for a few maintenance jobs on the boat. Hopefully the weather will improve for next weeks anglers.
We do have some spaces left on a couple of the days.
Tuesday 30th October - Room for 4 anglers.
Thursday 1st November - Room for 4 anglers.
Cheers and tight lines as ever!
Rich -
12/10/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
12 Oct 2018 by Rich Ward
To say the weather here at Whitby has been anything but crap for the last 6 weeks would be a lie! Never known anything like it to be honest.
The September comp was a complete washout with just 4 days taken at sea and 12 days cancelled !!
On the days we managed, we did see some decent fish boated on the Shy-Torque III. Mark Konarski boated the heaviest cod in the comp at a shade under 14 lbs and Alan Sutcliffe landed the 3rd overall heaviest fish in the comp, a ling of 14 lb 2 oz. Well done to those two with their fish. Thank you to all those who were booked with us and just so sorry we couldn't get you to sea for a crack at the prize money. Better weather next year hopefully!
Next years (2019) competition dates are now ready and are below :-
Spring :- April 13th - 28th inc.
Summer :- June 22nd - July 14th inc.
Late Summer :- Sept 7th - 22nd inc.
The boat will be, as always, working through the winter months. Just a week or so out of the water for maintenance.
Take a look at the availability calendar on the websites.
www.shytorqueseaangling.com
www.shy-torque2000.com
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
07733 233352
07747 848406
01947 603472
Cheers and tight lines
Rich. -
18/09/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Sep 2018 by Rich Ward
The September competition started here at Whitby last weekend (Saturday)
Darren Bradley and his mates from Derby had the boat booked for the weekend.
We targeted the mackerel at the start of the day which were plentiful. Enough for the bait stocks for the day on the 1st couple of drifts.
We moved out to some ground to start the day as the drift was a bit too quick for the wrecking job and the lads picked around a dozen codling on the bait and the shads. As the tide eased we had a run to a wreck a bit further off to hit it at slack water and into the change of tide. The majority of them were shad fishing with a couple on the bait. They managed around 50 fish between them, the best fish falling to Hadrian with a cod around 7 lbs.
No big fish were boated on the day but all the lads had a really enjoyable day. Sadly we lost the Sunday to bad weather . Our Adam filleted all the fish down for the lads on the way back in.
The lads are pictured inset.
Just 2 days left with any room now in the competition.
They are :-
Thursday 27th. Room for 9.
Friday 28th. Room for 2. -
11/09/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
11 Sep 2018 by Rich Ward
The September competition starts here at Whitby this weekend (15th Sept)
We still have some days with room on the boat.
They are :-
Mon 17th. Room for 3.
Tues 25th. Room for 8.
Wed 26th. Room for 8.
Thurs 27th. Room for 9.
Fri 28th. Room for 6.
Individuals are always very welcome on the boat.
For a chance to win the 1st prize of £1000.00 in the competition give me a ring to book your place on :-
07733 233352 8.0 am - 8.0 pm
07747 848406 8.0 am - 8.0 pm.
01947 603472 6.30 pm - 8.0 pm.
Next years tides tables for Whitby are with me now and the 2019 calendar is fully updated and operational and we are ready to take any bookings you would like to make.
Cheers & tight lines
Rich -
04/09/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
4 Sep 2018 by Rich Ward
The last week here at Whitby has seen very mixed fortunes for our anglers.
Some days we have scratted around for very little indeed. Other days we have found a few. We are reckoning that this is due to the amount of feed in the water at present (millions of mackerel at the moment) The amount of Minke whales feeding is incredible.
On Tuesday last week we counted 30 at one point, all working in a 1 mile square. Hundreds of Gannets were also working the area too. It was like watching a Natural World programme on telly!
We have caught fish every time we have sailed but some days have been poor and others have been ok when we have got clear of the feed areas. (I do like to give a true and honest report of things)
Yesterday, we had one of our sponsors on board. Bob Ellis from "Focus Training"and his friend Richard chartered the boat just for themselves. With fantastic conditions we had a good run offshore for a change to see what things were like out there.
A slow start at first, but as the morning progressed the fishing came on really strong. By midday the lads had a couple of boxes of cod on board and at the end of the day they had over 200 lbs of fish!!
No big cod landed. The best fish falling to Richard at around 7 lbs.
A great days sport, great company and lovely weather too.
Bob & Richard inset.
The September competition is fast approaching and starts on the 15th September. £1000.00 1st prize!!!!
We still have some availability on the boat.
Dates with room are :-
Monday 17th. Room for 1.
Wednesday 19th. Room for 7 (after cancellation)
Tuesday 25th. Room for 9.
Wednesday 28th. Room for 8.
Thursday 27th. Room for 10.
Friday 28th. Room for 8.
As ever, individuals are always very welcome on the boat.
Cheers and tight lines
Rich -
23/08/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
23 Aug 2018 by Rich Ward
23.062018.
The fishing continues to be really good this week here at Whitby.
Sadly, the next few days are looking like being cancelled due to inclement weather.
Tony Porter and his mates joined us the other day along with some other lads and they had a cracker of a day working the grounds 3 or 4 miles off. A good number of doubles coming to the boat too.
Top rod for the day was Sean with 15 cod, a pollack and a couple of ling. A nice days work!
Best fish of the day, a lovely cod of 12 lb 8 oz by Jim Arthur from Blackburn.
All their fish nicely filleted at the end of the day by our Adam who will gladly do any of your fish for the price of a pint or 2 !!!!
Cheers and tight lines wherever your fishing
Rich
Places available next week are :-
Tuesday 28th ------- Room for 6 rods.
Wednesday 29th ----Room for 10 rods (Empty boat)
Friday 31st -----------Room for 4 rods. -
22/08/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Aug 2018 by Rich Ward
22.08.2018.
A mixed group on today regular lads fishing with us including Chris Stevenson all the way from Sydney, Australia! He's not quite as regular as the others!!
A lovely days fishing with plenty of cod and ling for the table. Most of the fish coming up on the bait today. Baited Hokkais working. Baited jigs too and a good few fish to the shads as well.
Top rod on the day was Bill Barraclough from Barnsley who managed a very impressive 20 cod himself. No big ones to shout about though. Best fish, a ling around the 9 lb mark.
Room for 3 rods on the boat tomorrow. 23rd August. Individuals very welcome.
Room for 6 rods on Sunday too after a last minute cancellation. Individuals very welcome.
Tight lines
Rich. -
19/08/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
19 Aug 2018 by Rich Ward
19.08.2018.
1st day back at work today after the break with a mixed group of lads joining us.
The forecast wasn't brilliant but with the breeze blowing off land we were able to work some stretches of ground close to shore.
We worked the same strip of ground South of the harbour until around 11.30 am where the lads gathered some 40 or so cod to around 7 lbs. Great sport in 60 ft of water!!
Sadly, when the wind swung to the North West it did spoil things as we lost the drift.
Working our way back towards Whitby we stopped on several more marks for just a handful of codlings. Mackerel fishing was our last stop at the bell bouy where the lads were "dipping and filling" with them!
All in all, a good day for the lads who will be returning in September for their next trip.
Paul Edwards and his mates are pictured with some of their catch.
Cheers and tight lines,
Rich
07733 233352
01947 603472. -
18/08/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Aug 2018 by Rich Ward
Been away for a couple of weeks doing some surfing in Newquay, Cornwall, hence no reports for a while!
Had a great break and now we are back to the grind again.
Room for 1 angler tomorrow if anyone is interested. Had a last minute cancellation.
Room for 1 angler on Monday.
Room for 3 anglers on Tuesday.
Room for 3 anglers on Thursday.
Tides are all good neaps next week and the forecast is looking favourable too.
Tight lines as ever.
Rich
07733 233352
07747 848406
01947 603472 -
08/2018
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
Aug 2018 by Rich Ward
COD GALORE!!!!!!
Yesterdays team was made up with a mixed group of lads from Middlesborough, Blackburn, East Cowton and Bedale in North Yorkshire.
We started the day gathering the bait on the Whitby rock where the lads were straight in to strings of good size mackerel. After just a couple of minutes we had enough on the boat for the day.
We then started work for the white fish on the ground on the 5 mile which was steady to say the least with just a half dozen taken although they were a reasonable stamp of cod and ling. Cod to around the 4 to 6 lb mark and a ling of 9 lb.
This wasn't quick enough so we moved a little further to the 8 mile ground where the lads started picking away straight from the off. For the rest of the day we hardly moved at all as the cod was coming to the boat in really good numbers. At one point just after slack water it really was like winding the clock back 25 years!!
At the end of the day the 7 of them had a good 30 stone of fish between them. The better fish were taken on the fresh mackerel and squid bait but the majority of the catch were taken on the shads.
A bonus for Jim Arthur from Blackburn was a belting lobster of 5 lb 8 oz!!! Jim was snagged in the bottom and when his line came free he hauled him up on the old braid which it was tangled up in. Get your lottery ticket bought mate!!!
The lads are pictured with a few of their fish.
Tight lines as ever,
Rich
07733 233352
07747 848406
01947 603472
www.shy-torque2000.com
richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
