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21/08/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
21 Aug 2011 by Rich Cope
Fishing still remains good here at Whitby, today was no exception. The tides have been easing a bit giving us chance to get on the inshore wrecks, which have been throwing up some great fish! While the tide was running the lads were fishing a mixture of Jellyworms and shads taking pollack and cod, then once the tide eased we got some baits in to the wrecks and got ourselves a ling or two! The star of the show today was nine year old Tom, he fished well taking the biggest fish on the boat with a Ling of 12 lb 8oz. giving him a new PB. Hopefully his dad wont be too upset about being outfished! well done mate.
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27/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
27 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
Today was the 1st day we got back to sea following a week of high winds and swell like we'd expect in winter!
Venturing out I expected we might have to run a fair distance to find some clear water, but stopping at the 5 mile ground on the way produced a few fish, so the water wasnt as coloured as we first feared. We continued working our way out to 9 and 10 mile ground taking fish each drop. The fishing wasnt fantastic but the lads took a steady picking throughout the day. The last couple of hours saw a change in tide and with it we saw an increase in activity taking many fish each drift, even though we were fishing a reef mark we were taking ling into low double figures each drift with a few coddling chucked into the equation too. The best fish was a ling around 11 1/2lb, we also saw pollock to 7lb, monk fish to 6lb and cod to 6lb, whiting, pouting and the usual summer mackerel. -
04/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
4 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
With large tides again today we had a trot up the coast again to fish the grounds we fished yesterday seeing as it fished so well. We arrived on slack water with no drift at all so started on a small wreck laying fairly shallow, first drift was cracking, a few dropped fish, but the ones we landed were of good stamp, cod weighing in at 13 lb and ling into low double figures. we fished the wreck for a few more drifts until the tide got away managing a few more cod and ling.
we moved off onto the ground nearby and took a few codlings but an easterly breeze picked up pushing us along at over 2 knots which seemed to put the fish off a bit. moving into deeper water we found a good few fish more, including a nice haddock of around 3lb, best fish of the day was a cod and went 13 lb on the scales with many in the 6 - 8 lb class, a few probably around the 9 and 10 lb mark.
Trevor Burt took first place today on the daily board with his 13 lb cod, netting him £50, well done Trev. -
25/06/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Jun 2011 by Rich Cope
This report cover a three day period 25th, 26th and 27th June.
http://rodbenders.net/2011/07/01/mistress-whitby/ -
03/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
3 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
We saw a big lift in the tides today, i had heard reports further up the coast of some large hauls the day previous. so with that in mind we headed an hour up the coast to work some rough ground. we were pushing tide all the way which was frustrating, my nerves were jangling with excitement at the prospect of some good fishing for the lads from Derby on their 1st boat fishing trip. the trip was well worth the effort the fishing was fantastic! the fishing slowed off a bit inshore so we pushed further offshore to scout round another patch of ground, this fished even better! each drift was producing three fish per angler, all on shads and light tackle! it was manic running round with the net for the lads! finally calling it a day the lads were more than happy with their with their catch, it was a perfect day at sea, it was flat, sun shining all day and loads of fish! pictured, the lads with some of their catch . . . .
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02/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
2 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
What a glorious day to be at sea! with a lift in the tides today, we were going to be working the rough ground and dropping onto the wrecks around slack water when the drift slowed down.
I ventured out to some ground 10 miles away from whitby today as i left it the day preiously with plenty of feed marks showing on the sounder. on arrival we found the feed had dispersed with only small patches showing. we managed a a few cod and a solitary haddock before moving. i worked my way round to the back end of some ground around 8 miles from whitby, we hit jackpot here, we had loads of cod mostly in the 4-6lb bracket, a few a bit bigger, the biggest fell to Mick Patterson which was a beauty weighing in at 13 1/2 lb, taking 2nd in the daily winners spot in the festival bagging him £30! Well done Mick! -
29/06/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
29 Jun 2011 by Rich Cope
We were working a a productive patch of ground the day previous, each drift was throwing up a good number of fish, all in the 4-6lb bracket. so my intention was to get back out there and give it another go. unfortunately the wind had swung and increased in the night and lifted the sea putting a bit of motion in the water, which had coloured it slightly. we started out taking a couple of fish but not in the numbers we had seen the day previous. so i pushed a bit further a field looking for clearer water, with a couple of marks up my sleeve we worked on plucking a few fish here and there. the strength of the wind meant we were drifting at quite a rate, covering lots of ground. around lunch time the wind fell away and the sea fell flat calm. we carried on working ground and came across a a big ball of fish, there were a few boats working the area so that soon depleted, but we took a good few fish there. around slack water we moved to a patch that was chucking a few fish up each drift which continued, we managed cod and ling both in the 11lb bracket, but we lost a monster off that patch of ground! but hey ho thats fishing! we finished off at the end of the day with a reasonable catch, the lads leaving happy with their efforts, pictures is Patrick Crehan with his best cod, going 11lb on the scales.
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24/06/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
24 Jun 2011 by Rich Cope
This was our first day fishing the Summer festival, the lads were full of high expectations for the day. First thing in the morning we were greeted with a lumpy sea, but with a decreasing forecast we set off in search of the big one!.
Unfortunately due to the conditions a couple lads gave in to the dreaded sea flu, but carried on fishing regardless. By lunch time though the sea had fell right away and the sun had come out. we took a steady picking of cod and ling through the day the best one landed was by our crew man Joe who took 5 mins out to drop a line on a wreck, it was a lovely cod around 12 lb. -
10/05/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
10 May 2011 by Rich Cope
Finally got my engine back in the boat and back in the water yesterday. The engine still needs running in so decided on a slow run out to a few marks to build a few hours up!
we tried a couple of patches of ground on the way out to a wreck that i thought would throw a few fish up for us. the ground never produced any fish, but we picked a few off the wreck, nothing enormous, biggest fish was maybe 6 or 7lb
All the fish were taken on shads of varying colours.
Pictured left to right; Joe Law, Mark Seaman, John Law -
20/11/2010
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
20 Nov 2010 by Rich Cope
I had a party of novices booked today, with only a couple of them having fished before. seeing as we did so well yesterday, I headed back to the same mark. It was a bit lumpy on the way out with a fairly large, long, rolling ground swell, and it was forecast to grow through the day. Well we settled in at anchor again and caught the last of the ebb tide. It was the same as yesterday, we were straight into bites and fish! everybody was catching! the conditions were no where near as nice though, we had rain and it was a bit colder too. One of the lads Tom, who had fished before soon started showing the rest of the party how to go on, he managed a couple of double shots of cod on the same line! there is a huge amount of fish showing on the uptiding grounds this year.
the tide eased and I thought the bites would dry up with it, but the lads & lasses kept a steady stream of fish coming over the gunnels. as the tide began flooding I repositioned the boat and we got a fast flurry of better fish, within around ten minutes we had a further 6 or 7 fish aboard. The crew finally had had enough with the poor conditions and were wet through from the rain and decided on an early finish. Again we had a great day out with plenty of fish.
