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17/04/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
17 Apr 2015 by Rich Cope
17/4/15 - Another top days wrecking today here at Wwhitby , I returned to where I'd finished off yesterday, I knew I'd left fish behind so returned for a second installment!
The fishing started much the same as it did yesterday morning, From the first drop, every rod bent into fish, again the quickest lads getting down for a 2nd fish on each drift.
It didn't seem to matter what colour or pattern of shad was offered, the cod were smashing them as soon as they hit bottom, we fished here all morning until the tide eased and the fish went off.
A quick move to wreck nearby for slack water saw us take a steady picking of fish to bait, including a couple of bonus Pollock to lures. Eventually the tide started pushing and we moved a little closer to home working a few ground marks.
The lads were getting a double hook ups of Codlings as we drifted with the start of the new tide, unfortunately as the tide started running full bore, the fishing tailed off and we set of for home, most of the lads manged on average around 20 fish apiece some more, some less, but there were lots of in size fish returned again by the lads.
If you fancy a trip with me, give me a call on 07977 436903, or drop me a message on my FB page, Mistress Sea Angling Charters,
tight lines
Rich
Pictured is Peter with his best cod of the day, belter mate, well done!!! -
16/04/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
16 Apr 2015 by Rich Cope
The spring run of cod this year at whitby has been and continues to be phenomenal!
Today 16/4/15 has been the best day at sea since I started chartering full time in 2012.
We got away to slow start on a couple of wrecks on the way out to where I wanted to be, we were still catching fish but just a slow picking, until I made the move to where i wanted to be.
Drift after drift we got every rod into fish, some lads getting a second go at the fish, we carried on picking away until the tide eased and fishing also eased with it. We fished through slack water dropping big baits into the wreck looking for a festival contender, finally Andy Holmes from Castleton, managed to latch into something a bit better, a nice ling, it looked to be around 8/9lb, then his mate Martin boated a nice cod around 8lb.
The tide got away and we moved to another mark nearby, I could tell as soon as i saw the activity on the sounder we were in for some more fireworks!
As with the previous wreck, drift after drift every rod bent into fish, you could feel the fish fighting each other for the shads, by 2pm we had caught and returned lots of fish and I called lines up for a steady steam in to give the lads plenty of time to sort their catch.
Back at the weigh in Andy's fish managed to take 1st position of the day netting him £50, the Ling went 9lb 12oz making it the 2nd heaviest fish of the competition so far, as the tides ease again next week, we should see a few better fish start coming to the scales.
If you fancy a trip with me on Mistress give me a call on 07977 436903,
Pictured Is Andy with his best fish of the day, one of 27 out his bag! -
13/04/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
13 Apr 2015 by Rich Cope
Another absolutely top day again today.
Matt and the lads from York took the boat today and what a blinder they had! as soon as we arrived at our wreck, the sounder said it all!
I wasn't surprised that drift after drift we had every single rod in on the boat. the fish were going bananas for the shads, no particular colour fishing better than the rest, I got biggest bag of 26 cod on a 3" ghost tiger storm shad.
Unfortunately no festival prize fish, the biggest just shy of 7lb, most were around the 4lb mark and giving the lads their due, they returned a lot of fish too, I seem to be seeing a lot more people returning fish lately, its great to see.
Needless to say the lads were all delighted with their catch today with us amassing between 80 & 90 Cod between the 5 of us.
if you fancy a trip with me give me a call on 07977 436903 or drop me a message on our FB page - Mistress Sea Angling Charters
Tight Lines, Rich
Pictured is Ash with his biggest fish of the day -
10/04/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
10 Apr 2015 by Rich Cope
Its been a day or two since we got away, we a had a bit of a disaster missing the weigh in the other day, so I was looking forward to wrecking staying fairly local for a change.
Conditions fell in place perfect today, and it turned out to be a blinder of a day. I only had six booked on, I told them we would be fishing within the hour and we were, we got off to slow start on our first wreck, so moved to one nearby, our 1st drift took 5 cod for the lads including a double shot of fish for one of the lads. we took a few more fish and I moved further off.
I got the lads on shads and the fishing was steady away with us getting between 3 & 5 fish a drift, before it tailed off a bit. We moved a gain for the start of the ebb, and it came alive! every rod was into fish fish every drift and those fast enough to get back down got another, so some drifts saw 9 or 10 fish.
The forecast was to come fresh so we started making our way back towards home stopping after a few drifts each spot, every time taking a good few.
The wind finally came and we returned just after 4pm, after a count up it apparent the lads had a great day taking well over 100 cod between them, with plenty returned for another day.
If you fancy a trip with us, give me a call on 07977 436903
Pictured is Will with one if his better fish of the day -
25/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Mar 2015 by Rich Cope
We managed our 2nd day of the of the year wrecking yesterday, the weather here at whitby played ball with us giving us very little wind and glorious sunshine all day.
We had a good steam offshore the wrecks on the 20 mile looking for clearer water, I was absolutely shocked to see that a there looked to be traces of the dreaded algae in the water,
we plucked away at a couple of wrecks until slack water, then moved again, we hit it with virtually no drift on at all, then BANG, every single rod went into fish, we had a great mad half hour with cod after cod smashing our shads, one lad fishing hokais managed a two treble shots of fish, then as quickly as the madness started it finished with the arrival of the ebb tide.
everybody had raked up a good few fish, i was a bit disappointed we hadn't done better, but the lads were all beaming with the result, we had a rod average of 8 or 9 cod per man.
we dropped on an a few marks on the way in for next to nothing, before we finished on a bit of scrap as the next slack approached, we raked another half a dozen fish to squid baits.
A very enjoyable day for us -
23/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
23 Mar 2015 by Rich Cope
We had a fairly steady day yesterday (23/3/15), here on the uptiding grounds at whitby.
With the tides being a bit on the big side we headed to spot where we haven't been in a while in the hope for a few better fish, we found a few too. we moved as we needed to, but were a bit hampered by the wind over the tide,
we still found fish for everyone on board. some doing better than others, a few lads managed over ten fish a piece, returning anything under 40cm, we were surprised by the stamp of the fish though as quite a few were over 4lb the best going around 7lb.
prospects for the next week as the tides drop away look good for wrecking, so if you fancy a trip out to wrecks give us a call on 07977 436903,
tight lines, Rich
Pictured is the best best fish of the day -
19/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
19 Mar 2015 by Rich Cope
With a lift in tides, I decided to play it safe and stay inshore, knowing we would be able to get among a few fish. It can be a bit hit and miss sometimes offshore if the water isnt quite right.
Needless to say, we took a steady picking all day long really, moving if nothing was happening in any one place, a couple of the shots we stopped at saw a good bit of action, with Mistress regular Tony Barret nailing two on the same pennel rig!
The lads managed to boat around 70 codlings today, returning a good few under 40cm, they all left happy,
Plenty of fish in the 2-3lb bracket with the a few bigger ones thrown in, the biggest going 5/6lb for Ken from Malton, well done mate!
Pictured is Ken with his Biggest fish -
17/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
17 Mar 2015 by Rich Cope
Absolute Red Letter Day Wrecking - 17/3/15
We put to sea today with the soul intention of going wrecking, the tides are just starting to lift so today was really the last window until the neaps come round again next time,
As soon as we arrived at my chosen wreck, just looking on the sounder I knew it was going to be one of those days!
I set up the drift and wallop, every rod was into fish, we even got a second drop and second helping of fish, this continued trough slack water until the tide got away, then the fishing slowed a bit as the water clarity wasnt fantastic but clear enough for the shads.
we were still managing a fish a piece a drift.
by 1pm the lads had pretty much had their fill each with a level box of fish a piece, with some really nice fish boated into double figures and we called it a day stopping at a couple more bits of scrap on the way home.
The lads were delighted, The prospects are certainly looking good for the upcoming season, if you fancy a trip give me a call on 07977 436903
Tight Lines, Rich
Pictured is Colin from Nr Burton on Trent with the best cod of the day easily into double figures -
13/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
13 Mar 2015 by Rich Cope
We put to sea yesterday morning as planned, with a view to going wrecking, when we nudged out the pier ends it was a bit shabby to say the least!
so we plodded out to the 4 & 5 mile where we had a few drifts on some wrecks, the drift was a bit too quick tbh BUT we managed to get a few codlings on board upto 5lb, and dropped others off so the signs are there,
We waited and went back inside for the edd tide and got the anchor down. Even on the small tide we managed to take a steady picking of fish, finishing up with 30-40 cod for the boat,
Tony Barret took 15 himself, using the NashBaits big squid attractor aditive, well done mate. The stamp of fish was generally good, most in the 3lb bracket with a few more upto 6lb
Pictured is Martin Hoole, with one of his better fish of the day -
10/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
10 Mar 2015 by Rich Cope
Absolutely Belting Evening Uptiding
We fished yesterday as planned 2pm till 8pm, the weather fell away perfect for us fishing the flood tide,
We got set up on our first spot just as the tide got away, it was steady a hour or so we must have taken a good 20 or so fish there including a double hook up on my pennel rig!,
I moved again and it was slow in this spot we lost a few and bagged a few,
So I picked up for the what turned out the be the final move, dusk was just setting in as we settled in, and the fishing went ballistic!
The rods were just nodding non stop, it turned out the best lad,Gary Arkle from Newcastle, had landed the best part of 30 cod himself! giving Gary credit, he returned most of his fish even though they were size, as did the others on board, plenty returned to fight another day,
Tallying up on the way in we had had a belter session taking between 70 & 80 cod in around 5 hours fishing!
Pictured is Charles from Harrogate with one of his fish
