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26/07/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
26 Jul 2015 by Rich Cope
Its been a good few days for us on Mistress here at Whitby .
Today sort of stands out a bit really, we caught quite a few different species today, but we managed a handful of really nice fish, both Cod and Ling into double figures, nothing huge topping out at around 11lb but great to see non the less
We had a regular group on from Grimsby, we got off to a flying start then it went quiet for an hour or two then as we moved round the last two marks chucked us some really nice fish out, including, a Wolf Fish for Chris and a Ballan Wrasse to one of the other guys onboard.
Chris the lucky devil manged two double figure cod today, there were plenty of fish for everyone, inlcuding quite a lot of throw back stuff. Most of the fish were caught in bait rigs baited with fresh mackerel and squid.
If you would like to give us a try, give me a call on 07977 436903 or drop me a message on my e-mail seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or on my FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is Chris with his two best cod of the day, well done mate!! -
07/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Jul 2015 by Rich Cope
Its been a while since I posted anything up,with the fishing and maintenance there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day sometimes!
We have had mixed fishing this last few weeks here in Whitby, some great days some not so great days, we ran a Haddock trip recently which fell into one of those not so good days! we worked hard to find a few fish with our last mark throwing out a few fish to take home for the lads with some nice fish lost off!
This week has seen the water begin to clear out properly and with it mackerel in numbers everyday, and along with them the Ling have suddenly woken up too, we have seen a few fish into double figures start appearing on the ground this last few trips.
Yesterday we lost a really good fish, even so, we landed cod to over 12lb and Ling 18lb, all on fresh mackerel. and get this folks, we were only 3 miles offshore!
The next few weeks should see a lift in numbers of Ling with the possibility of a Croc or two, The big baits have also taken a number of double figure cod this last few weeks,
If you fancy a trip with me on Mistress call me on 07977 436903 or drop me a message on my FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is Tom from Doncaster with the best fish yesterday a shade under 18lb -
06/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Jun 2015 by Rich Cope
The Fishing has been a bit up and down since our last report, most days we've managed good bags of fish for our crews,
Saturday we got off to slow start, but we always pick and move trying to find us a cod nest, one mark produced quite well for us in the end, and the rest of the places chucking just a few out we raked up around 60 fish for our anglers, plus a daily winner in the festival and a place in the ladies section.
Sunday though was very testing with the poor conditions we had wind wise, the lads only raking up around 25 for the boat, saying that though, most were pretty good stamp.
The day after we went to sea, feeling a bit beaten by the previous days results and had a red letter day! the job certainly keeps you on your toes and it goes to show, two days are never the same!
we managed to boat around 130 cod, ling and pollock.
Yesterday, 30th June, we knew the weather would be coming away steady through the day, with that in mind i pushed tide knowing the weather would be behind us on the way home, again a good day for us, we worked wrecks all day and tbh had a good bit of drift to start, but maybe 6 or 7 times had the whole boat into fish at the same time,
one lad at the back trying for mackerel and small fish for fresh bait pullled in three cod at a time on quite a few drifts, once the tide eased we hit the scrap, one of our regulars lost a good fish on a pouting flapper - but thats fishing!
I never counted numbers of fish but most of the lads had over 10 fish a piece, some had around 15.
if you fancy a trip with me on Mistress here at Whitby, give me a call on 07977 436903, e-mail: seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or drop me a message on my FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters,
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is Steve Hardwick from Alfreton with one of better fish, he had a few this size! -
25/06/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Jun 2015 by Rich Cope
The awesome Fishing continues here at whitby .
The fishing today has been absolutely spot on again, we started out wrecking this morning with big baits for big fish, we got plenty of fish each drift, but not the size we were looking for!
We moved about and then some of the lads ran out of bait! we moved onto some ground to try and find mackerel in numbers all the lads did was start bringing cod in three at time! so we stayed a while and smashed them with the shads before moving away in search of mackerel.
We went all the way out to the 7 miles but had no drift, in the end we hit the 2nd slack water with pouting, coalies and a few odds and sods for bait! we moved inshore and suddenly found a few mackerel - at last!
The lads carried on bait fishing and i got stuck in getting them some bait, and it did the trick, we took a daily 2nd spot with a Ling 11lb 5oz, the same lad also got a nice cod around 10lb too, we lost a good one just shy of the gaff, we saw it estimated it to be around 15 / 16lb!
Its certainly the best show of mackerel we've had all year up till now, taking two thirds of a gorrilla tub.
With a good forecast tomorrow and small tides we'll be hoping to better our day and see a few better fish as they seem to be poking their noses out at last.
If you fancy a trip with us on mistress here at whitby, give me a call on 07977 436903, E-mail: seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or drop me a message on my FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters,
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is Andy Gregson with his best cod today -
24/06/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
24 Jun 2015 by Rich Cope
First day back at sea, after the latest blow here at whitby . We worked a few wrecks today as the tides are slack.
From the off the rods were pulled over as the cod smashed the #shads . As the drift slowed we went on to baits to try and coax a croc out, but we only managed a couple between 9lb & 10lb.
We finished on a high note on a wreck, for the last half hour, the cod were still going crazy for shads with every rod every drift getting fish.
Great fishing, if you fancy a trip in our grand summer festival, with a cracking £5k to be won, give me a call on 07977 436903, e-mail: seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or drop me a message on my Fb page Mistress Sea Angling Charters
tight lines - Rich
Pictured is John from liverpool with his best cod of the day -
06/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Jun 2015 by Rich Cope
We've had a good week here at whitby on the Mistress when we could get out between the weather systems, cant believe its June and we're losing as many days as we are for the time of year!
We've seen a few double figure this week, and a few just shy of doubles too, so the bigger ones are starting to poke their noses out!
Our best day this week saw the lads boat well over 200 cod in under 8 hours! absolutely phenomenal fishing, The lads again kept what they wanted and threw lots and lots of fish back, the best lad had 35 cod himself, and a few other lads also boated over 30 cod apiece.
The best Cod went to Tom Toase from Helmsley and it went 11lb 5oz on the boat scales, the best Ling was 10lb 5oz to Rob Bailey from Rotherham,
The Ling got Rob on the leaderboard in our Current WCSA summer festival, he got a daily 2nd and its currently 2nd heaviest fish of the comp,
The festival runs for 3 weeks 20th June - 12th July, and there is a whopping £5000 up for grabs first prize, plus many other cash prizes over the event,
If you fancy your chances there are still a few more places left on the boat, give me a call on 07977 436903,
E-mail:seafishingwhitby@hotmail,co.uk or drop me a message on my FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters,
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is Tom with his best Cod of the day, -
11/06/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
11 Jun 2015 by Rich Cope
A day with a difference!
We hosted the Police force annual knockouts here at Whitby recently, the only difference was they wanted a species hunt instead of a biggest fish comp! we staill took ling into double figure from the wrecks, but we accounted for a fair few species too, infact we had the winner of the event on Mistress too,
Ray Canham who represented the C-Team for Northumbria won, with his team mates also fishing well his team won too, The boat took, cod, ling, pouting, whiting, haddock, plaice, dab, cuckoo wrasse,
The cuckoo wrasse was really striking, I'm sure its probably a port record it weighed in at 1lb 12oz for Dave Croskery.
If you fancy a trip with a difference or would just love to get among the cod with the #shads, give me a call on 07977 436903, e-mail: seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or drop me a message on my FB page: Mistress Sea Angling Charters
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is Dave Croskery with his Cuckoo Wrasse -
09/06/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
9 Jun 2015 by Rich Cope
ts been a while since my last update, we've had a couple of pretty good days here at Whitby now the whether has settled down enough to let us out again!
I had a bit of set back last week when my head gasket failed on my engine but it only took a couple of days to sort it, typical that it was while we got a couple of days good weather too!
We have managed two days on the belt now and prospects are looking promising for the rest of the week,
We are still getting some good sport on the #shads, with the lads catching a most of their fish on them, we also managed a few more strings of mackerel again today too, so there definately on their way now.
I have a few spaces next week still available, its £50 per person for a 10 hour trip, if your'e interested in joining me for days #wreck and #reef fishing,please call me on 07977 436 903, e-mail: seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or drop me a message on my FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is steve from morpheth with one of fish today -
01/06/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
1 Jun 2015 by Rich Cope
We had a new maxsea timezero 3D plotter earlier this year, we are now in a position to show some the ground we have marked since running with it.
its marked out the ground edges and reefs absolutely brilliantly here at whitby, it should come into its own when we start uptiding in october,
It marking our other reef systems well too, giving a birds eye view to all the fish holding nooks and crannies,
fishing remains nothing short of brilliant here at whitby, if you fancy a trip with me, give me a call on 07977 436903 / email: seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or drop me a message on my FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters, where you will see plenty more pics and reports.
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is one of our inshore reefs here at whitby -
31/05/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
31 May 2015 by Rich Cope
Summer is finally here - apparently!
It was a shabby start this morning at whitby as forecast, but it fell away sooner than i imagined - thankfully!
The eager lads took a steady picking through the morning until the weather eased back, then it was like a switch was thrown a quick move and the rods were bucking over to the tune of cod!
We moved around a few marks during afternoon as the sport fell away we moved and found fish everywhere we stopped!
The lads had heard through the grapevine that mackerel may be about, so with a bit of a concerted effort towards the end of the day manged a few strings a piece.
Plenty of nice cod for our anglers again today some really bonny fish landed most in the 4-5lb region.
if you fancy a trip with me on Mistress here at Whitby give me call on 07977 436903 / E-mail: seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or drop me a message on on FB page Mistress Sea Angling Charters
Tight Lines - Rich
Pictured is Ben with one of his Cod, typical stamp of fish today
