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17/08/2024
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
17 Aug 2024 by Andy Savage
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I had a group of my Saturday regulars on today. It’s always really enjoyable for me to have regular anglers aboard. Firstly, they’re always excellent company and secondly, they’re good anglers, so I can base my angling decisions on whether they’re catching or not.
Today we had a slightly larger tide (4.7m). The W/SW winds were forecast to be a touch stronger, so all in all, I left Whitby without a real plan for the day.
We clonked a load of Mackerel at the Bell Buoy in about twenty minutes, then went to a nearby wreck to see how it looked for drifting. The lines were running back a touch with the fresh offshore breeze, but when I checked with the anglers, they said they were paying off very little line which was encouraging. We fished two nearby wrecks for absolutely nothing, then had a couple of drifts on rough ground for one undersized Codling. It was decision time…..
I spoke with the boys and we chose to run south to try some different wrecks in the same area we fished yesterday. Thankfully, the breeze dropped away as we steamed down and the drift wasn’t bad at all on the first wreck we fished. Unfortunately, we lost more gear than fish we caught. After four drifts, we pressed on.
It was a day for bait fishing today. Most went with 16oz leads on muppet bait traces, baited with Squid and/or Mackerel #standard We took a few fish off the next wreck and then it died off; and that turned out to be today’s pattern…..catch a few, then move on. One thing that was different from yesterday was the lack of strap Ling we caught. We got pestered by them yesterday, but today we took more Codling than Ling. We wreck hopped for the remainder of the day, taking fish here and there. The average size was much better than yesterday, but the overall quantity was nowhere near as good. Quality not quantity it would be fair to say.
Steve Martin took the biggest fish of the day. Firstly he snapped a 12” inches off his rod when he got stuck in a wreck. Then, despite the offer of using one of my rods, he cranked up a 13lb 12oz Cod! Well done Steve.
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 01/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1View details Tue 04/02/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3View details Sun 09/02/2025 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1View details Tue 11/02/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1View details Wed 12/02/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1View details Sat 15/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3View details Tue 18/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6View details Mon 24/02/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3View details Tue 25/02/2025 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6View details Sun 02/03/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.68m Colin Frankland - x 6View details -
17/08/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
17 Aug 2024 by Rich Ward
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After gathering the Mackerel yesterday morning (which were a little scarce at first) we decided to have a change in direction and used the Ebb tide and headed out North.
First wreck was just over an hour away and after being left alone (to my knowledge) for a week or so I thought we would have done better than just 4 Codling boated.
We skipped out Eastbound then to a bigger wreck.
The conditions were absolutely perfect for it, and with a nice neap tide falling away to slack water for 11.0am, I was confident we would see a few fish there.
Again, I reckoned this wreck too had been left alone for a good while.
My confidence was soon shattered and after a half dozen drifts across it we had only taken half a dozen fish!
I’d been chatting to a fellow skipper on the VHF who was working a few miles North of us and he said he thought he water looked very green and cloudy.
It was the same where we were, so move number three was in order directly!
We slithered back into some ground for a change of scenery and the marks on the sounder were very encouraging indeed.
Plenty of feed marking and even a couple of Whales in the area too.
The lads dropped in, and the first drift over a 2m ledge produced a couple of fish straight away.
A nice Codling and a Ling of around 7lb too.
The Codling clean and fair on a Shad too.
We picked away on the ground marks for the rest of the day and the lads gathered around 30 fish there, which kind of saved the day for us.
Nice to see more fish falling to the Shads again too. Some clearer water there for sure.
A really great day out with great customers.
Cheers
Rich.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 31/01/2025 2 Spaces 9 Hours Inshore at anchor. Uptide/Downtide. Room for 2 anglers. Kelvin 3. Lee 1. Andy 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 02/02/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.6m. Steve Williams 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 13/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. John Short 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 16/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 17/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 20/02/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 22/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Offshore trip includes wrecking. 4.1m tide. Room for 1. Cole Dempsey 4. James 1. Marius 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 23/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
16/08/2024
Fishing Report by Gillian Giles
on Yorkshire Rose ll (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
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16/08/2024
Fishing Report by Gillian Giles
on Yorkshire Rose ll (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
16 Aug 2024 by Gillian Giles
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Caught on our 6hr trip
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16/08/2024
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
16 Aug 2024 by Andy Savage
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One out of three ain’t good……
I haven’t posted individual reports from my last two trips because quite simply; the fishing wasn’t very good and we only caught odd small fish. The lads who were on the trips fished hard and I did my best to find a few, but it just wasn’t to be. Strap Ling around 3-5lb were the mainstay with an odd Codling and Pollock. It got to me a bit in the end and I know I wasn’t my normal self, as I hate it when I can’t deliver for the anglers. It felt like every decision I made wasn’t the right one and if I didn’t have bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all!!
Thankfully, today saw an improvement with a bit more consistent sport. With it being a small tide we were destined for a day on the wrecks. I opted to run south and try a few down past Robin Hoods Bay. The first one we stopped at gave us one, two or three fish each drift for an hour. Quite a lot were undersized Ling, but there were a few better ones among them.
Most of the lads were using fresh Mackerel fillets or squid and Mackerel combo’s on muppet traces. I saw a couple of sets of Hokkai’s go over but they just got attacked by the Mackerel. Shads did produce a few fish, but it was probably a 50/50 ratio of foul hooked to hooked fair and square. The water still has a funny green colour to it and visibility doesn't appear to be very good. After a couple of less productive drifts, we moved on and that formed the pattern for the day.
We fished four wrecks in total and caught from them all. Slack water was around 1100hrs and with a bit of SW wind, we kept moving throughout, which helped keep the bites coming. The last wreck we fished is one of my favourites and today it didn’t disappoint. We only had time for half a dozen drifts, but it did 4-6 fish a drift until the wind pepped up a bit and spoiled the drift line.
Ian Kellock was top rod today and took a fish almost every drift, all day. Biggest fish fell to Peter Burton, a Ling of just over 11lb, which had the remnant’s of a set of Black Hokkai’s in it, which someone had snapped off on recently! Most bizarre capture was Len Brumwell with a Scallop which clamped on his bait.
Thanks for a great day lads and restoring a bit of my morale. Onwards an Upwards.......hopefully things keep on improving. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 01/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1View details Tue 04/02/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3View details Sun 09/02/2025 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1View details Tue 11/02/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1View details Wed 12/02/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1View details Sat 15/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3View details Tue 18/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6View details Mon 24/02/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3View details Tue 25/02/2025 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6View details Sun 02/03/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.68m Colin Frankland - x 6View details -
15/08/2024
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
15 Aug 2024 by jon old
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Well getting a few nice tope now biggest 70lb boat record for us not this one shown below before keyboard warriors start! Had biggest mackerel for along time so pleased about that. Most tope trips full unfortunately but we do get a cancellation so do get your name down on the list just text me 07920043979. Sep will be a bass month as most tides are strong after that we wind down to winter please get your name down on boat bookings as we have a problem every year people leave it till the last minute and days are gone especially if you want a weekend day running only one vessel now so bear that in mind. Few new ideas for this winter keeping it hush hush so you will have to come to see what were up to. Big thank you for all those supporting us on High Flyer 2 despite hard economic times we truly appreciate it and will continue to strive to put those fish on the hook. Until next time
Tight Lines
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14/08/2024
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
14 Aug 2024 by Rich Ward
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Great to get back out there yesterday after a few days off work with the “Springs”
Forecasts and conditions were perfect and the tides are ideal now for a few days of inshore wreck hopping.
The Mackerel are still in full swing at the bouy and after two short drifts we had ample for the days bait supply.
We headed South using the bit of flood tide that was running and dropped on our first wreck which lays in two pieces.
The lads picked away on those bits until turned midday which resulted in a decent show of fish.
Ling to just over 10lb for rookie first timer Jack Wright who was on his first ever trip sea angling with his Dad Dan.
He showed his old man how to go on properly!!
No bigger fish to mention but around 50 fish off those two bits.
On the change of tide into the Ebb the fishing slowed up considerably and we probably only took another 10 fish from the next three wrecks, so we headed on back to the bouy to try and gather some fresh Mackerel for the lads to take home with them.
Plenty there still so we rounded the day off nicely.
A blood bath for young Ferg and me to clean down, but after a cracking days sport and banter, washing down in the sun and prepping for the next day was a pleasure.
Cheers lads and thanks for a great day aboard. A real pleasure.
Rich
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 31/01/2025 2 Spaces 9 Hours Inshore at anchor. Uptide/Downtide. Room for 2 anglers. Kelvin 3. Lee 1. Andy 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 02/02/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.6m. Steve Williams 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 13/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. John Short 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 16/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 17/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 20/02/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 22/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Offshore trip includes wrecking. 4.1m tide. Room for 1. Cole Dempsey 4. James 1. Marius 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 23/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
11/08/2024
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
11 Aug 2024 by Allan Skinner
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Sunday 11th August
another steady days fishing with some nice fish boated best mark with a lovely cod a shade under 14lbs. last fish of the day,
typical with a lad winning the kitty all day with a nice ling of 12lbs. pipped at the post
with several other double figured ling a a few Pollack best 8lbs and the weather giving us flat seas all day
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01/08/2024
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
1 Aug 2024 by Matt Rowe
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2 matches on the boat again last weekend . First it was the king's arms Southampton not quite as good fishing as they had the week before but they did manage 17 species including Rock Cook Wrasse, some nice Plaice, Smoothounds, Gurnards and Pollack. Top 3 in the points
1st Richard Dicky Day 349
2nd Paul Hollyoake 312
3rd Martin Bobbett 301
On Sunday the IBAC had much better weather which made for slightly better fishing 24 species including another Rock Cook Wrasse, Gurnard, Plaice, Rays,Tope, Smoothound,Bass and Gilthead Bream . Top 3 in the points
1st Jay Hemming 223
2nd Ray Barron 206
3rd Kim Bowden 126.
On normal trips this week fishing has been a bit difficult due to the wind but we have managed a few nice fish including the first Sole and Axillary Bream of the year this puts the 2024 tally up to 53 .
There are spaces coming up next week on Tuesday the 13th possibly offshore and Friday the 16th general fishing.If you are interested in booking in please send me a text 07775756269 View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 31/01/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Sun 02/02/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Thu 06/02/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours Spaces on an individuals trip species day out deep for slack in the morning,then a bit of bank fishing then possibly fishing into the evening for 5 bearded Rockling and flounderView details Sun 09/02/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoring for SpursView details Fri 21/02/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Sun 23/02/2025 2 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for Piscary Sunday league. Offshore anchoring dayView details Mon 10/03/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Sun 23/03/2025 5 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Tue 25/03/2025 5 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Sun 30/03/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the Piscary Sunday league must have your own tackleView details -
11/08/2024
Fishing Report by Gillian Giles
on Yorkshire Rose ll (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
