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11/03/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
11 Mar 2014 by Rich Cope
What a day we had yesterday on the Wrecks, its the first day we have had a crack at them this year as we have been waiting for the conditions to fall into place.
We steamed just over an hour to our first wreck, its a wreck ive been wanting to get on for a while, my choice payed off for us as we enjoyed some brilliant sport on shads and bait on the last of the ebb tide. with everybody taking plenty of fish
The tide eased as we approached slack water and the fishing slowed down, we picked away steady then and carried on into the flood tide which wasnt pushing very hard. as it approached 2pm we started making tracks towards home, stopping at a couple of wrecks on the way taking more fish for the lads.
we finished up with between 90 & 100 fish today for the lads, the best angler taking 23.
Ash from York who fishes whitby regularly took the heaviest ling and cod of the day both fish touching double figures, well done mate the rest of the catch was made of plenty of cod in the 3lb to 6lb range
Pictured is Ash with the Bets cod of the day -
06/03/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
6 Mar 2014 by Rich Cope
we managed a day at sea again this week on a lull between weather systems!
Tony Elves fished with us the other week, enjoying his trip so much, he booked himself and his friend James on for another Trip Uptiding for the Cod.
we enjoyed steady sport most of the day, the water looked to be clearing a tad which seemed to result in the bites being a bit finicky, non the less, the lads managed about 20 codlings between them for the day all between 2lb and 4lb.
Pictured are Tony & James with a few of their fish for the day, well done men!
We have a few spaces this week, The weather forecast is looking settled and we're looking at having a crack at some early season wrecking, if youre interested drop me a line on 07977 436 903
cheers Rich -
01/03/2014
Fishing Report by Ian Buckingham
1 Mar 2014 by Ian Buckingham
On a slow day for all the Whitby boats Rich gave his all and after much hard work got everyone onto a few fish. The bites were finnicky and the fish were very localised in tight pockets. I had a flurry of activity and got some decent codlings in a frantic period on the flood tide. My wife bagged a couple too so smiles all round.
Cheers Rich...you know we'll be back. -
19/02/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
19 Feb 2014 by Rich Cope
Wednesday we went to sea with two lads as I was let down last minute again by an angler and didnt want to let the others down.
we fished a spot that I knew would be a bit slower than normal but the general stamp of fish is bigger than other areas.
we werent disappointed we took a steady picking all ebb tide moving twice, between the three of us we took 25 cod for the day but we saw many in the 4lb-6lb range, the best topping out at 7lb.
The best angler took a 40lb bag for himself for the day with a dozen fish, the good fishing is still out there for the competent anglers. and it shows there is still good fishing to be had.
Pictured is Tony Elves from Newmarket, with the best fish of the day - a nice plump 7lber! well done Tony! -
02/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Feb 2014 by Rich Cope
Following a successful day charter on Tuesday 18th, and with the weather being settled, we took a night charter too for a five hour trip finishing at 10pm. After our 1st go a couple of weeks ago we were keen to get back out and try a few different marks.
We settled into anchor and again within minutes we were into fish, we picked away steady until we lost the tide, we then moved a couple of miles to our next spot where the tide was just beginning to move, and again we hit into fish pretty much straight away, they seemed a bit bigger in this spot though, with Local lad Faron Trueman taking an 8lber and 6lber in two casts,
The water was beginning to shallow so we moved to a bit deeper water taking a few more fish and losing a few to a seal before the evening was over.
Faron caught the best bag, with an impressive bag weight of 30lb for the 5hr trip. although everyone caught a good few with us finishing up with 25 cod for the evening.
Pictured is Faron with his two best fish -
18/02/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
18 Feb 2014 by Rich Cope
We have had a cracking couple of days fishing here at Whitby, with the two day window that appeared we certainly made the best of it!
Phil from Stratford bought his family along, and we also had Mistress regular John Holder onboard for the day. And what a lovely day at sea it was, with sunshine and flat seas.
Everyone caught plenty of cod to take home with and finished up with between 35 and 40 cod between us, the best angler taking a dozen cod himself, the best fish was a double and caught by John and took the scales round to 10lb 3oz, well done mate.
The best bait was black lug and squid, which has been the most consistent bait so far this year.
Cart accounted for a few fish too.
Pictured is John with his Cod -
15/02/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
15 Feb 2014 by Rich Cope
This Tuesday and Wednesday are looking good this week, the only gaps for a while,
We have space both days, and only need three minimum to get out at the fish,
If we get enough interest we will be running another night trip.
If youre interested give me a bell on 07977 436903
cheers
Rich -
06/02/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
6 Feb 2014 by Rich Cope
Finally we got a break in the weather to get out and have a crack at the Uptiding at night.
The conditions werent the best with dropping tides and water clarity alot clearer than we thought it would be.
and drizzle all night!
sailing at 5pm and returning at 10pm gave us most of the flood tide to work with.
We took fish at every place we stopped but not in the numbers expected.
All in all it was an enjoyable evening doing something a little different, everyone caught fish to take home, the more experienced lads taking more than others.
we finished up with 23 Codlings, a whiting and a strap ling (which was instructed to come back when in double figures!)
Pictured us Local and Mistress regular Faron Trueman with one of his fish -
25/01/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Jan 2014 by Rich Cope
Managed to sneak a day in on Saturday between the bad weather days we have been getting here at whitby recently.
We went uptiding again as its has been fishing well, the tides wee small but the last bit of sea we had left plenty of colour so hopes wrre running high.
we had a slow start but persevered and moved a few times finding a few fish each spot.
The biggest fish was a 17lb Ling today which fell to local lad Niki on his 2nd ever boat trip,
we also had cod upto 9lb 12oz, and a good few fish in the 6lb bracket too.
best bait was worm and squid, but cart took a few too.
Pictured is Niki with his Ling - well done on your new PB mate! -
15/01/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
15 Jan 2014 by Rich Cope
only a few lads booked on today, so uptiding was again the order of the day.
It was a slow start to the day with us only taking a few fish in the morning despite moving around 4 or 5 marks.
we had a couple of fish stolen by a seal that was pestering us!
as we got a change in tide and another move we finally shook the seal and started getting a lot more bites and a few more fish boated.
with what turned out to be the final move of the day we hit a mad hour and everyone boated several cod to finish the day on a high note!
No big ones today all fish were between 2lb and 4lb. we finished up with a rod average of 7 cod per man, not a brilliant day but everyone left happy
best bait again was black gully worm tipped with squid
