On sunday Andy Parrs team was onboard the forcast was for it blow up mid afternoon but by late morning the lads had allready nailed some lovelly fish Andy got a cod 12lb but it was Andy mate John who took the money with a cracking cod nudgeing 15lb two belting fish and it didnt stop there the lads also ammased quite a few fish cod and ling so they we well over the moon.
The shark fishing here at Whitby is without a doubt the best I've seen for a number of years.
After last years desperate lack of them it would seem that there are more now than ever.
Todays sharking trip was more of a family trip with just my Brother-in-Law Dave and Nephew Ben on board.
Sailing at 6am this morning we stopped to gather some fresh mackerel for the chum stocks which we had on board in no time. Some big mackerel too.
We steamed out to our usual mark and began our fishing at 8.45am. At 11.30am we were joined by a bull seal. Not what we wanted to see! Not 1 minute after he had turned up we got a run on one of the furthest baits. 10 seconds after that take we had another take on the shallow bait closest to the boat. All hell let loose !!
The closest one luckily dropped the bait which just left us with the one fish on. We sharpish wound the other baits back to the boat and Ben began the fight.
The clock kept ticking.................................and ticking.........................................and after a 2 hour 45 minute battle we had our first glimpse of it. A korker of a fish to be sure.
10 minutes later and we had Ben's prize on board. A fantastic fish. Lenghth 88" Girth 54"
Equation calculated the fish at 320lbs.
Ben has the bug now and will be trying for another one before the season comes to a close. Ben on the right of the picture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dean Parsons and 4 of his mates on the boat yesterday.
The lads from Easingwold had a cracking days sport working the rough ground between 3 and 8 miles from shore.
The lads were all baited up with fresh mackerel on the Hokkai traces and the cod and ling were loving it!! With each drift producing up to 6 fish the lads soon had enough fish on board to warrant an hours mackerel fishing for the barbecues! We returned to the bouy where we'd had a great picking of mackerel in the morning to find .....................None !!!
Ah well that's fishing lads.
Richard Buffy is pictured with the best fish of the day. A lovely ling of 21lb 2oz.
When I told him that the fish would have won him £5000.00 a couple of weeks ago he nearly fainted !
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The fairer sex sometimes join the lads for a days fishing on the Shy-Torque and this last week saw Theresa from Borough Bridge try her hand at it. She was fishing alongside her Dad David from Harrogate.
This was Theresa's first ever trip on a boat and it seemed that ( as is often the case ) that lady luck was shining down on her!
She boated the first couple of fish on the day. Not big fish by any means, but she was over the moon with them both.
She managed 4 fish before falling a little under the weather!
Theresa is pictured with a small pollack of just under 3lbs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Another belter of a day and once again the inshore fishing is fishing very very well this time year with the gin clear water it comes alive on the 3 mile rough ground some very good fishing stacks of cod and also stacks of ling a lot in the teens .
A few fish from today paul on the right had 20 cod himself and 8 ling all on the shad the lads who fished bait hammered the ling .
yesterday shads fishing very well today the shads didnt fire as well as yesterday today bait did the most damage and bait even took the best cod on the boat which was just onces under 15lb the lads today were from whitehaven they had some belting ling quite a few between 12-15lb all on fresh mackeral some bonny fish .
This young man got a cracking ling bouncing between 14-15lb.
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!
With my vessel still out of action till wednesday when my gearbox gets reinstalled i took saxon lady to see today The breeze in the morning was farly fresh but not to bad and we were catching fish the wind was more south than southeast makeing the drift not to bad the ground fished ok with codling coming steady on the shads but i did say to the lads after dinner would be fun time we would nail the better fish as the tide eased and the wind fell away a perfect combination for going wrecking ,
It wasnt long before double figure cod and ling were hitting the deck the lads on today were from southport and beverly they all caught some really nice fish but it was these 2 lads that got the biggist and one of the lads his first time on a boat he got both double figure cod and ling the ling touching 15lb so what a day he had .
With the small tides a perfect combination to nail the cod and ling on the inshore wrecks today the lads had over 100 fish on the boat some cracking double figure cod and ling came aboard once again some really nice fish the lads had a belter.
View Boats Page
