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16/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
16 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
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The Mackerel were back on the inshore marks again yesterday and with just one drift next to the bouy we were good to go.
However, it was a very slow start to the day, mainly down to the amount of seals we had on the grounds and after three or four drifts for nothing much at all we decided to run away from the black beasties!
The next stop was seal free thank goodness and the lads enjoyed two or three decent drifts with some nice Cod and Ling boated. A couple of doubles boated there too which is always good to see. Some nice Cod to just shy of 9.5lbs off that bit of ground.
That strip of ground did dry up on us eventually so we moved to another small ledge on the 8 mile ground.
It fished well too with no seals insight at all.
The baited rigs fished the best without a doubt. The Shads struggling in comparison.
Two of our very regular anglers Bill Barraclough and Paul Mawson fishing the best on the boat.
Before yesterday’s trip Paul was holding the fish of the month for August with a nice Ling of 12lb 2oz.
Bill overtook him at lunchtime with a nice Ling that was nudging 14lbs and went into the lead!
At 1.0pm Paul took hold of a fairly heavy looking fish and when boated, I figured it looked heavier than Bill’s! It was actually longer too.
We had to wait until we returned to harbour for some calm water to verify who’s was the better fish.
At the dockside, Fergus our crewman weighed the pair and they both topped out at 13lb 15oz!
Twins!! Unbelievable!!
I suggested that if no one took a better fish before the end of the month, they could share the free trip to which they both agreed.
Well done lads. Some excellent fishing from you both as ever!!
Fantastic day with constant banter and giggles!
The September competition is creeping up on us fast. 9th - 24th inc.
If you fancy a go at the £1000.00 first prize in that, drop me line via the text, Watsapp or mobile. Email too.
Cheers
Rich
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richardward384@yahoo.co.ukUPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
Sun 02/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.6m. Steve Williams 3. Steve Tempest 2. Mike Channing 1. 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 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Bill B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Craig White 4. 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 Mon 24/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
16/08/2023
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
16 Aug 2023 by Scott Belbin
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Hopefully you can enjoy some of the summer weather we are currently having. It certainly makes a nice change to the very unsettled summer so far.
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Thankfully we haven't had to cancel much at all. The fishing has been very good, we benifit from using a big catamaran and have lots of sheltered marks available to fish.
There have been some quality fish around too. There are lots of schoolie bass inshore this time of year. Often we have seen 50 or more in just a short session on feathers and lures. These have produced some sizable bass along with some very decent fish. We had several trips where fish of 5, 6 or even 7.8lb showed. These are cracking fish to catch anywhere let alone the estuaries! Along with the bass we have seen some smooth-hounds and rays. The rays have surprised us by their numbers considering the time of year. This is probably a result of the cooler weather we have been experiencing as the dogfish have moved back in already too. Fishing these inshore marks also produces other lesser seen species such as eels and Dover sole. As I often say, I enjoy the challenge of finding a few decent fish when conditions are against us in areas I might not otherwise fish. It's also very rewarding to see the experience pay off with good results on what could be a hard day. Fair play to all of the anglers who have joined us. Even in some grim conditions they tried their hardest and caught me some fish. The right attitude makes all the difference as always.
Hopefully we get some more settled weather like over the coming months but even if we don't I am sure we will be catching fish.
I have spaces over the coming weeks so get in touch if you want to join us please.
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22/08-whole boat available for inshore or offshore trip
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Sat 08/02/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp offshore tripView details Sat 22/02/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 08/03/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 15/03/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 22/03/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 05/04/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 19/04/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 03/05/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 10/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 17/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details -
14/08/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
14 Aug 2023 by Andy Savage
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After a ten day layoff for big Spring tides and poor weather, we were back at it on Sunday.
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We planned to spend the day on both wrecks and rough ground. A fresh wind to start the day made the wrecks unviable, so we ran to an area of rough ground at five miles. The majority went down with baited Hokkai’s and we started to pick away nicely at some small Codling. Some keepers, but plenty of throwbacks.
The wind eased significantly after an hour or so, and the conditions stayed fairly settled for the rest of the day. We fished rough ground and also wreck hopped around slack, but we couldn’t put up anything other than small Codling and Ling. The biggest fish being a Codling of around the 5lb mark to Andy Collinge.
Today was a complete contrast and after seeing how much rain was forecast, I put my waterproof pants on!! For once, the forecast was right and Alan with his group of friends had the boat for the day and got a bit wet!! But to be fair, that didn’t mater a bit. We initially had a couple of drifts on a wreck, but the wind over the tide made the drift too quick at 1.4 knots, so rough ground it was.
Firstly the three mile ground produced nicely for half a dozen drifts. We took plenty of Codling and Ling each run up to 7lb. The drift speed built each run and when the drift got to 1.9 knots the bites stopped, so we ran to the seven mile ground. With a better drift speed and a perfect drift line, we clumped them for a couple of hours. Some anglers taking 3 fish in a drift! Nothing huge was landed, but there were some quality clean fish caught.
Biggest Codling to Alan at 8lb 12oz and biggest Ling to Joe at 9lb 4oz. All the usual suspects produced today, Squid, Mackerel, Hokkai’s, Muppet traces and Shads.
All in all a brilliant day out in brilliant company.UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Tue 04/02/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Davey Mayne - x 3 Peter Burton - x 1View 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 Wed 19/02/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4View 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 -
14/08/2023
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
14 Aug 2023 by Matt Rowe
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Despite the very strong westerly winds this weekend the fishing has been unbelievably good for the time of year.On Saturday I had the latest Kings Arms Southampton Match they had a very respectable 19 species including the first ever Pandora Bream caught John Bellamy this is the first one we have ever had in Piscary! First on the day with 13 species and absolutely smashing it was Chris Super Rod Rogers with 348 points!
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2nd Richard Dicky Day 245
3rd John Bellamy 243.
No quite so windy on Sunday which meant we managed to get quite a few mackerel for bait .22 species on the boat including quite a few Rays , The first Thick lipped Mullet of the year caught by Jay Hemming bringing the boat species tally for this year up to 53 and a new Piscary record Red Mullet of 1lb 12oz caught by Kim Andrews.
Next available date for individuals is Monday the 28th . Due to high levels of enquiries I'm only taking enquiries by text or WhatsApp message during office hrs only 9am till 6pm!
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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 Sun 20/04/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details -
13/08/2023
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
13 Aug 2023 by Lee Brown
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Canny day cod to 7 lb pollock to 6lb ling to 6 lb colies to 3 lb loads of Maccy inbox lee for spaces Or call lee 07974252450
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13/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
13 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
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Report for yesterday’s trip.
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In a word, crap!!
A very similar route to the past 4 days where the fishing has been ok but for some reason the little critters weren’t interested at all.
We even struggled with the Mackerel yesterday with only 25 or so for the bait stocks (which is enough to be fair) but a few more would have been nicer.
The white fish were very lethargic and being finicky, almost like they weren’t in the least bit interested. Nibbling the Shad tails and letting go all the time. The baited rigs being taken and let go too. The mad world of angling!
Nevertheless, the lads had an enjoyable ride out and as always the banter was on top form!!
Thanks to Glenn, Andy and Nick for making my lazy (can’t get out of bed!) crewman’s day, a miserable one! LOL!! Kids eh!!
Tally for the day, around 15 white fish to keep and the chuck backs.
Nick Ball taking the heaviest of the day with a Ling a shade under 7.5lbs.
Cheers
Rich
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richardward384@yahoo.co.ukUPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
Sun 02/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.6m. Steve Williams 3. Steve Tempest 2. Mike Channing 1. 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 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Bill B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Craig White 4. 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 Mon 24/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
12/08/2023
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
12 Aug 2023 by Lee Brown
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Some pollock about today pollock to 7 lb coddling to 3 lb on the ground see what the Morra brings with better weather inbox lee for spaces cheers or call 07974252450
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08/2023
Fishing Report by Steve Coates
on Wandering Star (Brighton, East Sussex)
Aug 2023 by Steve Coates
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Hello with the weather being so bad this summer alot trips had to be cancelled luckerly a break in the weather this shaw us out 4 days this week manly 4hr trips a family from Holland lovely people had some nice plaice up to 2 half pound so plaice bream and mackerel smoothounds rays all showing if you fancy atrip please get in touch thank you steve
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12/08/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
12 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward
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A proper day of two halves yesterday for the lads and our regular angling lass Lucy.
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The day started out with perfect calm conditions which always makes the fishing easier.
Mackerel for the bait stocks first as usual and then out to the grounds we have worked for the last couple of days with reasonable results.
Today it was slow! Ha! The roller coaster fishing continues!
We decided to leave the grounds and dropped on a small piece of scrap towards slack water at 10.0am. Result!
We fished it steadily for a good two and half hours and the lads dragged 40-50 fish off it whilst the conditions were perfect.
When we had picked it clean the wind started freshening from the West so we ran back inshore a bit to try a couple of bits of scrap. No results there with just a few small chuck backs and maybe two Codling to keep.
The lads had said on the morning that they would like some fresher Mackerel to take home so we ended the day back at the ground we started on this morning.
As many as they wanted! One drift to finish the day with strings of the things coming aboard. Fergus’s favourite part of the day! Not!!!!
A great day aboard with great company and humour all day long!
Cheers
Rich
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richardward384@yahoo.co.ukUPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
Sun 02/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.6m. Steve Williams 3. Steve Tempest 2. Mike Channing 1. 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 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Bill B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Craig White 4. 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 Mon 24/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
11/08/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
11 Aug 2023 by Andy Savage
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Even though we knew the forecast wasn’t going to give us perfect conditions, the anglers I had on today were very experienced and come as much for the banter and day out as the fishing. A great day is always on the cards.
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After a quick “Mackerel Bash” on some ground at three miles, we started the day on the five mile ground on some marks which usually chuck out a Ling or two. For the first few drifts we took four or five fish every run through. Nothing enormous, but some nice clean Codling and Ling. “Uncle Alan” taking the biggest one at just over 8lb.
As the last of the Ebb Tide began to fade, the action slowed somewhat, so we dropped on a tiny wreck which entertained us for a few drifts. Most of the fish were actually sitting off the wreck, so we picked a few up and lost no gear….bonus!
That turned out to be the best of the action for the day. Slack water was nothing spectacular, we took a dozen or so Codling off another wreck, then as the Flood Tide came through, we moved to rough ground.
Disappointingly, just like yesterday, the fish just didn’t seem to feed with much vigour on the Flood Tide. We were hampered by a pair of seals on the seven mile ground which kept nicking fish off the hooks, and the nine mile ground was pretty pants.
Bait fishing dominated today, with Mackerel taking the majority. Shads (Pink in particular) worked ok during the Ebb, but the Flood Tide yielded very little on them.
The chat and banter was brilliant throughout the day, which is what makes these days so special for me.
Thanks to all the lads for a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining day. See you next time.UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Tue 04/02/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Davey Mayne - x 3 Peter Burton - x 1View 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 Wed 19/02/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4View 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