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28/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
28 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Finally a bit of a break in the winds today and we managed to get offshore. We started today with a 8 hour trip.
Fishing was pretty much instant from the start which each drift producing.
Today we even saw our heaviest ling aboard Skylark beaten again a cracking 24lb 10oz well done Paul Lester.
His daughter Donna also beat her own PB fish a ling of 15lb 8oz
Many other ling caught well over 10lb. We also had many codling around the 2lb to 5lb area, a Ballen wrasse, pouting a haddock and mackerel
We did manage to see a minke whale passing aswel.
As we had such a successful 8hr trip we took our 3 hour trip out to the wrecks as well. It was quite a steam for a 3hr trip but looking at the amount of good white fish caught it was definitely worth the gamble.
The majority of the anglers had never fished before and it didn't take them long before they became naturals. And they now have Personal best to try and beat next time.
Heaviest fish was a 11lb 5oz ling
Overall the customers caught cod, ling a Pollock, pouting, a herring and a mackerel -
26/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
26 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
6 hour and 3 hour trips today
Fishing started off really well with shads and lures working well on the last of the flood tide picking odd mackerel up as well.
As the tide turned fishing slowed down as expected and as the ebb came through fishing was steady away.
Overall the customers got some nice fish to take home with everyone catching a few.
Always great to see kids enjoying angling -
25/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
25 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
8 hour trip today in fresh South westerly winds
Most of the trips we have been able to escape the winds in areas today we found a couple of spots but it was very limited to get shelter on the drift so we resorted to anchoring to start with them we fished on the drift for the majority of the day.
Fishing was difficult today with the conditions and when we opened land up a bit conditions were horrendous
Overall the customer did manage to get some good size Pollock, Ballen wrasse, some codling, and 30 to 40 mackerel.
Unfortunately we had a cancel today's 3 hour trip as we just couldn't seek shelter enough in a 3hr trip -
24/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
24 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Unfortunately we haven't been out for a couple of days due to the strong winds from Storm Lillian
Today the winds had settled a bit and we managed to get a 8hr and 3hr trip out
The 8hr started off fairly slow with just mackerel coming over the rail as the tides increased we managed to get a few cod, Ballen wrasse and pouting.
We did get a lonely Pollock on the 8hr trip aswel but mackerel we quite sparce with only 40+ caught in total.
The 3 hour trip we managed to get two nice size Pollock around the 4lb area, a few small codling unfortunately we didn't see any mackerel this trip. But the customers did manage to get a glimpse of a bottle nose dolphin, 3 harbour porpoise feeding and also a few seals.
We did do a third trip as the sun was setting with the Skylark Family as we heard about dolphins traveling south from ravenscar.
As we left the harbour heading north we came across them in the North bay and ran back to the harbour steadily at 2 knots with the dolphins all around us. This was the skippers 4 year old daughters first time seeing them at sea. -
20/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
20 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Hour and two 3 hour trips
Very strong south westerly winds today so most of today's fishing had to be close to the cliffs to avoid the winds as much as we could. Sea conditions were quite flat just a bit splashy and white water in areas where the wind could funnel through the land.
On all the trips we fished a similar area which overall produced loads of mackerel and a good amount of Pollock.
We tried many techniques throughout the day from drifting with lures to anchoring with bait when the wind freshened. Both techniques worked fairly well with neither really having a advantage apart from avoiding the mackerel with bait.
While at anchor we manage to catch other species like Ballen wrasse, pouting and coalfish as well as a few Pollock.
On the drift we mainly caugh mackerel and Pollock and a lonely weaver when had a tangle and drifted off the rock a fair bit
Majority of the anglers today were first time anglers which seemed to enjoy the mixture of fish. -
19/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
19 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
8 hour and 3 hour fishing trips
As the tides are now building we travelled inshore traveling to the marks we passed several porpoise surface on the drive and again further up the coast.
Plenty of mackerel been caught we moved to several marks and unfortunately we just couldn't get through the mackerel to catch anything else after several moves around we ran offshore to a inshore wreck as the tide was becoming slack water inshore.
On the wrecks we still were catching the occasional mackerel bit we did get some nice Pollock aswel as the tide turned the wrecks became unfishable with the drift speed rapidly increasing.
We then ran back inshore which like before we were plaged with mackerel and the occasional codling
The 3 hour trip we ran inshore as the winds had picked up a lot more.
Fishing was instant with plenty of plump mackerel coming over the rail. Shads seamed to keep the mackerel at bay and did manage to catch Ballen wrasse and codling. -
16/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
16 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Photos from todays 8hr trip
We started off just outside the harbour for a few mackerel which finally seem established. We quickly filled a few tubs for bait for the rest of the day.
We then ran offside with the winds and tide being favourable for wreck fishing.
First drift produced a couple of nice size cod and after a few drifts fishing dried up so we ventured out to another wreck. This seamed to be the same for most wrecks with a few fishing better than others.
Overall all the lads took home a really good stamp of cod with most been around the 5lb to 8lb area with very little codling making a show.
The angers also had a few strappy ling but today's focus was mainly for cod, one customer seamed to get some coalfish around 3lb area.
Best rigs today was baited Muppets and hokkais, with shads also working well.
Hopefully lots of happy anglers who have tried other boats recently and were really happy with the trip we provided. Glad they gave us a try and hope to see you all again soon -
11/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
11 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Photos from todays 8hr and 3hr trip
Fishing started off slow with a small picking of smaller Pollock and codling as the tide increased so did the fishing.
Overall the lads had a good amount of Pollock and mackerel to keep with plenty of sport with Ballen wrasse and dogfish throughout the day.
We did see a few codling, heaviest fish was a 7lb 12oz pollock
The 3 hour trip fished from the start with a good sign of mackerel showing in the late afternoon and some nice size Pollock also showing.
Tonight we had a very picturesque ride home with the sun setting behind the grand hotel and gannets and herring gulls diving behind the boat as we threw all the left over bait and guts over -
06/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
6 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Photos from todays trips
We started with a 6 hour trip this morning
Fishing was steady with mackerel and Pollock coming over the rail. We had a few quite periods in the day as we moved around but we managed to find a few fish
Heaviest Pollock today was 7lb
We then ran a 3 hour trip which was like a total different day with many Pollock making an appearance as well as a good amount of mackerel aswel.
Unfortunately we didn't see a cod or codling all day which was quite strange
After both trips we ran back out to be a casualty for the RNLI inshore boat to tow around for their training. -
05/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
5 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Only 4 customers fishing on today's 8hr inshore trip
Fishing steady away all day again today we had to keep moving around to find them.
Cod were abit thin on the ground today but the Pollock fishing made up for the poor show of cod.
Everybody caught a few Pollock to take home best been just shy of 7lb.
Plenty of dogfish, wrasse showing mackerel didn't really show today
Overall all the customers enjoyed the trip which is what matters
We have 1 space left on 6hr & 3hr tomorrow (Tues 6th Aug).
