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10/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Oct 2013 by Rich Cope
Whitby Sea Anglers Uptide Festival. - November 2nd - November 17th
This will be our last competition of the year, Its was very popular last year, so we have extended it to two weeks.
We have secured a brand new Main Sponsor for the event this year `The Middle Earth Tavern' giving us a massive prize pool, Top prize for the biggest Cod, gets a WHOPPING £1000!!!
Heres a break down of the prize pool;
- 1st Heaviest Cod £1000
- 2nd Heaviest Cod £150
- 3rd Heaviest Cod £100
- Heaviest Bag Of Cod Over The Competition £100
- Heaviest Any Other Species, All Legal Size Fish Are Eligible £100
- Daily Prize For Heaviest Cod £50
- Daily prize for the 2nd heaviest cod £25
- Daily prize for the heaviest bag £25
Entry fee is only £5 per angler on top of the charter cost which will be £45,
last years event was huge with some massive bags landed and fish over 20lb caught
we still have some spaces available so if you're interested drop me a line on 07977 436903 or drop me an E-mail,
Tight Lines
Rich
Pictured is one of our best fish Uptiding last year - Local Angler Paul Britton -
29/09/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
29 Sep 2013 by Rich Cope
WCSA Autumn Festival.
Over the event we saw many good fish weighed in with a great effort from the skippers in the fleet and also the participating anglers.
Here on Mistress we took the top spot, with a cracking Ling of 21lb 11 1/2oz. The fish fell to Harry from Rochdale, with him winning a total prize of £1050 for his efforts. It was Harrys first time fishing so it goes to show to dont have to be experienced to win! you just need a dollop of beginners luck! well done mate.
We also took overall 3rd heaviest fish, with another good ling of 20lb 6 1/2oz for local angler Gary Smith from Whitby.
Other notable fish was one of 18lb 3 1/2 oz for John Holder of Malton. we also took many fish from 10lb to 17lb
I would like to extend a massive thankyou to all participants and sponsors for the event, without your continued support we wouldnt be able to hold the events.
pictured is Harry with his winning Fish -
25/09/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Sep 2013 by Rich Cope
We have had a cracking week here at Whitby, we are nearing the end of the autumn festival, and there have been some cracking fish being caught, the last two days have seen two fish above 20lb onboard Mistress,
Yesterdays fish of 20lb 6 1/2oz fell to local angler Gary Smith, winning him a daily first prize, and also putting his fish the 2nd heaviest weighed in.
Today we had a group of lads on from Rochdale, one of the lads Harry got a corker of a Ling of 21lb 11 1/2oz taking 1st place in the daily prizes and 1st place overall, so far . . .
we have seen many fish in the 10lb to 17lb bracket this last week and lost some belters too. this is the time of year to be beating your PBs,
I have two places come available for friday and saturday, if your interested please give me a call on 07977 436 903
Tight Lines
Rich
Pictured is Harry from Rochdale with his Ling -
08/09/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
8 Sep 2013 by Rich Cope
Following a successful day fishing the reefs here at Whitby on Sunday, taking a good few fish in to double figures, the best being 14lb 8oz, We had an evening trip booked with one of my regular anglers and his family. Marks kids are only young so to start with i suggested we have a crack at the uptiding to start with before going offshore for a few mackerel, seeing as I caught a few codlings from the shore the other night as well as getting plenty of bites.
We got bites withing a few minutes of settling into anchor, and took several codling around 40cm in length, then young Sam got a better bite which resulted in a nice codling which took the boat scales to 4lb 12oz, we got a few more fish, then decided to head for a few Mackerel to finish the session with.
All in all to say we only fished for around half an hour taking half a dozen codling was quite a good sign for the up coming uptiding season, which i believe will start early this year.
We are currently experiencing a big northerly & when it dies down and we get back to sea on Thursday I think we will get fish uptiding. I currently have no one booked on and only need three people to make it viable for the day, if you fancy having ago at some early season inshore codling, give me a buzz on 07977 436 903
cheers
Rich
pictured is young Sam storey with his new PB cod caught uptiding on sunday evening -
30/08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
30 Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
The north westerly wind has been blowing for a day or two here at Whitby keeping us tied up alongside.
the last week has been a fairly productive one we have been averaging 30 to 40 fish for the boat per day,with us seeing plenty of fish into double figures as you would expect at this time of year and another wolf fish!
We have seen more wolf fish this year than I ever remember seeing in any season. the lucky lad was very surprised to see it, Its always a pleasure to see different species onboard, this particular one setting a new boat record for Mistress
Pictured is Leandro with his 8lb 9oz Wolf Fish -
09/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Sep 2013 by Rich Cope
Once again we are holding the Whitby Sea Anglers Forum winter uptiding competition with a top prize of £1000 to the angler with the biggest cod over the 2 week competition.
The competition will run from the Sun 2nd nov- Sat 17 th nov inclusive 2013 .
With a top prize of £1000 for the angler with the heaviest cod caught over the 2 weeks , this competition should once again be a major success.
Three boats are in the competition : Sea Otter 2, Mistress, and Avante . All these boats have sponsored the event and deserve your support.
Fishing times are 8am till 4pm each day.
There also prizes for 2nd and 3rd heaviest cod, as well as a prize for the heaviest fish of any other species. There is also a bonus prize for the heaviest bag of fish in the competition, as well as £50 for the heavist cod on the day.
So come lads, uptiding is great fun, catching quality fish in shallow water. Twenty pound+ cod have been caught here at Whitby whilst using the uptiding method. The fish are certainly there to be caught this year and we are anticipating some big catches.
Entry fee is £5 per angler, plus your boat charter fee . There is some fantastic prize money up for grabs, and only 3 boats can fish in this competition so its 1st come first served book early.
Uptiding Competition Prizes
1st Heaviest Cod £1000
2nd Heaviest Cod £150
3rd Heaviest Cod £100
Heaviest Bag Of Cod Over The Competition £100
Heaviest Any Other Species, All Legal Size Fish Are Eligible £100
Daily Prize For Heaviest Cod £50
Boats And Contact Details
Mistress, Tel : 07977436903 http://mistress-whitby.co.uk/planning/
Sea Otter 2, Tel : 07748705695 Website Here
Avante 07585660890 Website Here
cheers
Rich -
18/08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
18 Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
More double figure fish today for the lads on Mistress.
Unfortunately the weather misbehaved and didnt do what was forecast, so we had to cut the day short, the lads weren't disappointed though as we had taken plenty of fish including whiting, pouting, mackerel, launce, pollock, cod and ling. we had ling well into double figures the best 15lb and a couple of the cod were between 9lb & 10lb.
needless to say the lads were delighted with their catch
pictured is pete with his 15lb sweep winner -
08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
Early August
Early August has fished well so far aboard the Mistress, as we would expect, with us taking double figure fish most days we put to sea.
The mackerel are still here in numbers, giving us plenty of fresh bait for our days at sea.
The shads continue to fish well also.
The lads from Nottingham had a steady day with us over the weekend taking a good few fish into double figures and two wolf fish! we only normally see these prehistoric looking fish on the rare occasion so seeing two in a day was a bit of a surprise!
Pictured is an unimpressed looking JT with his Wolf fish -
08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
This past week has been a productive one here at Whitby. We have seen good catches most days we put to sea when the conditions are suitable for us.
One of the better days last week saw a good number of double figure fish coming over the gunnels.
we took Cod of 12lb 8oz, 14lb 8oz and 18lb, plus a couple of 6lbers all in one drift! it was like stepping back 10 years!
With it being a small tide the slack water period was a little longer than normal so we took the opportunity to get some big baits into the wrecks too taking a good number of Ling into double figures too.
We had our second sharking trip too, we got a tentative bite halfway through the day which we waited for to develop, but never did, we wound in an empty hook! Then 20 mins toward the end of the session we got a positive run, the ratchet on the reel screaming off - it is exciting stuff when that happens! unfortunately we never hooked up, but we will be returning the sharking grounds on the next set of appropriate tides to try and get one on board for a cuddle!
All in all its been a good week.
Tight lines
Rich
Pictured is John with his 18lb Cod, -
24/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
24 Jul 2013 by Rich Cope
I wasnt over optimistic with it being a 6m tide today.
we managed a few fish yesterday from a bit of ground inshore whilst the tide wasnt flowing full bore so was eager to get back to it this morning.
we got there just as the tide was easing and managed a few codlings before slack water on shads. over slack we popped some baits down and a manged a few ling into low double figures,
as the tide got away we took a slow picking of fish getting 1 or 2 a drift until we started getting blank drifts.
by this point the the lads had taken a steady picking and boated around 25 cod and ling.
I used the tide for a move, and found a another piece of ground that was producing, and by the end of the day we had amassed 56 fish, approx, half a dozen ling the rest cod, there were the usual whitings, poutings, and mackerel on top of that too. the best ling went 11lb and cod just short of 7lb.
the lads finished the day very pleased with their catch. it was a very unexpected result given the huge tide today, and with us drifting at well over 2 1/2 knots, well done fellas, you fished well.
Pictured are the lads today with some of their fish
