Latest Fishing Reports: North Yorkshire

  • 28/11/2022 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    28 Nov 2022 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    The Spring Tides are just starting to fall away, so today saw us out for a days Uptiding.

    We used the last of the flood tide to run South for a few miles and then had to wait for half an hour or so for the Ebb Tide to get away properly. The first stop didn’t turn out to be particularly productive, so with only a few small Codling and Pouting to show for our efforts we pulled the anchor and had a move.

    This heralded much better results with some nice Codling up to 6lb coming up. Everyone pretty much went with Squid and Black Lugworm (as usual). There was some great banter which always makes for a good day out and the weather was excellent for a change. We had a couple more moves during the day when bites dried up, and all too soon it was time to head back in.

    Thanks to everyone on board for being great company, I had a lovely day out.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Sat 01/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1
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    Tue 04/02/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3
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    Sun 09/02/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1
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    Tue 11/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1
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    Wed 12/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1
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    Sat 15/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3
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    Tue 18/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6
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    Wed 19/02/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4
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    Mon 24/02/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3
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    Tue 25/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6
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  • 15/11/2022 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    15 Nov 2022 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    A big drop in the catch rate for Codling for the lads yesterday.
    The fall in tides down into the high 4m range having the biggest impact on the job.
    We started off just outside the harbour entrance where a few fish had been caught the day before on another boat.
    It appeared that the fish were still there as we were getting bite after bite, a few of them strong bites too, but sadly they weren’t contacting properly.
    A move to the North where we finished the day previous with a few fish was next.
    As soon as we dropped in we were catching, but after half an hour it quietened off too.
    A meagre picking of Codling for the lads with only 15-20 fish boated all day.
    Best fish falling to young local lad Fergus Powell, a nice Codling at 6lb.
    The usual baited rigs with squid, lugworm and crab cart catching the fish.
    I’m away on my Honeymoon now until the 5th December. When we return we’ll be back at the Uptiding where the tides are running nice and strong again.
    If you fancy a run before Xmas give me a shout on the usuals :-
    07733 233352
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
    We will sail with just 4 anglers for the Uptiding and 6 anglers for any offshore trips.
    Tight lines wherever you’re fishing,
    Cheers
    Rich

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    UPCOMING 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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  • 14/11/2022 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    14 Nov 2022 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    I’ve waited a while….but today was one of the few times this year that I’ve actually fished all day on wrecks and rough ground. The group of anglers were all friends and experienced anglers who know how to look after themselves, which is what’s needed for me to be able to relax a bit and fish properly.

    We started the day on a few wrecks a couple of miles from the pier ends. With it being wind against tide, we had a decent drift speed and managed to pick up a fair few Codling each run through, along with a few inevitable tackle loses!! Martin Novo took a lovely Codling of 7lb 12oz off the first wreck, which was the biggest Codling of the day.

    Everyone fished very similar, with rigs and baits we all know work well. Muppet bait traces (tied on 100lb mono) with pennel hook arrangements 8/0 - 6/0 hooks) using whole Squid. Or alternatively a set of baited Hokkai’s on rough ground. After a couple of hours of steady fishing, sport really slowed down through slack water. We tried a couple of different wrecks, but the tide was obviously key to getting the fish feeding.

    Once the Ebb tide was away we moved to some nearby rough ground, which has been pretty kind to me this year. Thankfully, once the Ebb was at full speed we were back in business, with plenty of bites and fish. Having set up one particular drift, I had to take a phone call from a customer wanting to make a booking. When I came out of the wheelhouse, the only rod not playing a fish was mine!! Ian Kellock had a 12lb Ling, Jim Lister had a 10lb Ling and the others had nice Codling…..at least I was on hand to play “gillie” …..as usual!! ��

    In a similar pattern to yesterday, once the best of the Ebb Tide had run through, bites tailed off quickly for us. The lads weren’t keen on flogging a “dead horse”, so we decided to take an early bath and headed back in to Whitby by mid afternoon. A big thanks to the boys from me. They’re all brilliant company, good anglers and allowed me to scratch my fishing “itch”. As it turned out, I had ten nice Codling to take back to Sea Urchin HQ. What a fantastic day! Thanks everyone.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Sat 01/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1
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    Tue 04/02/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3
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    Sun 09/02/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1
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    Tue 11/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1
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    Wed 12/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1
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    Sat 15/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3
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    Tue 18/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6
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    Wed 19/02/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4
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    Mon 24/02/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3
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    Tue 25/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6
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  • 14/11/2022 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    14 Nov 2022 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    Another relaxing day Uptiding yesterday ( once the pesky South East breeze dropped!)
    We started the day using the flood tide and dropped south to the north cheek of RHB.
    In a word, fruitless!
    After an hour down there we decided to have few drops back towards the harbour.
    Each time we moved we clicked a few fish and then it went quiet.
    We ended up fishing the scaurs off Kettleness point where we found a steadyish fishing for the last hour where the lads took around 20 Codling.
    Nothing big to report on the inshore grounds as yet but the Uptiding season is only just starting so I’m sure we will click a better fish or two in the coming weeks.
    Cheers
    Rich
    07733 233352
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

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    UPCOMING 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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  • 13/11/2022 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    13 Nov 2022 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    With a slightly smaller 4.9m tide today, I decided to go and have a look on some of the rough ground and maybe a wreck or two. James Tuck brought five of his mates who hadn’t fished for a long time and needed a bit of guidance from us. The rest of the lads on board had their own gear and fished fairly regularly. So a mixed abilities group today.

    The wind strength far exceeded what I had hoped for and made fishing conditions quite challenging as there was a bit of movement, making the boat pitch and roll on the drift. Initially we ran to some rough ground three miles out, to asses the drift speed, before maybe trying a wreck. With wind against tide, the drift speed of the boat wasn’t covering the ground sufficiently, so it was a baptism of fire and straight to a nearby wreck!!

    Credit to the less experienced lads, they got to grips with controlling the gear in tricky conditions very quickly and started to pick away a few fish every drift over the wreck. It took 16oz of lead to control the gear properly today, and a muppet bait trace with either Squid or Squid and Black Lug did the bites. The two wrecks we fished over slack threw up mainly Codling to 5lb 8oz. We didn’t manage to clip anything any bigger, but there were plenty of bites.

    Once the Ebb tide got away, we had wind and tide together, so moved back onto rough ground as the drift speed got to 1.7 knots. Now we were covering the ground, we found 3-6 fish a drift of mostly Codling, with an an odd strap Ling or two making an appearance. That’s how the remainder of the day went. We kept on the move, finishing up on the five mile ground and kept picking away until we lost a bit of tide. That really slowed things down, so it was a bit of a slow last hour, but by then everyone on board had fish to take away.

    The lads kept on taking the mickey out of each other all day and it really kept up everyone’s spirits, making it a good day out in tough conditions. Well done on some great angling boys.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Sat 01/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1
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    Tue 04/02/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3
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    Sun 09/02/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1
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    Tue 11/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1
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    Wed 12/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1
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    Sat 15/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3
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    Tue 18/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6
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    Wed 19/02/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4
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    Mon 24/02/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3
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    Tue 25/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6
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  • 13/11/2022 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    13 Nov 2022 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    Another nice day at sea yesterday with our mixed group.
    Uptiding was the order of the day again.
    The ebb tide produced around 20 fish that’s all which compared to the previous trip was fairly slow.
    The flood tide didn’t really come alive either to be fair. Best Codling of 5lbs fell to Mark from Penrith and the total tally was around 30 for the day.
    Another lovely “warm” day at sea.
    Cheers for now,
    Rich
    07733 233352
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

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    UPCOMING 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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  • 12/11/2022 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    12 Nov 2022 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    With the bigger of the Spring tides out of the way, we had some nice conditions for Uptiding today. Onboard were a great group of lads of mixed angling experiences. From brand new, to Salty Sea Dog!

    Today we chose to use the last of the flood tide and ran a few miles south towards Robin Hoods Bay. We timed our arrival well, with the Ebb Tide just getting away nicely as we dropped anchor. This gave us a good few hours of consistent tide to fish. We ran through baiting up and casting with the lads that needed it and everyone was away. To be fair, the fishing wasn’t bad at all to start with. Plenty of bites from some hungry Codling. The size of the fish weren’t enormous, with quite a few throwbacks, but a few better ones amongst them up to 5lb 8oz.

    A couple of hours in, we had our first move as the bites had slowed down. Almost immediately after setting the anchor, fish were coming up again. This particular spot threw up a number of Pollock, which was unusual at this time of year. It seemed that there were a flurry of fish when the anchor first got dropped, then the bites petered out as time went on. This was pretty much the pattern for the day.

    The run into slack water wasn’t particularly good, and the bites didn’t start to come again in numbers, until the flood tide got away properly. It was really good to see the lads who were new to it getting a few fish. Richard Cunliffe in particular did really well, taking a nice bag of fish away.

    I always mention the most productive bait, but Uptiding at Whitby it is almost always the usual suspects. Squid and Black Lug cocktails ruled today #standard Tony Firman had a go with Crab Cart from time to time, but interestingly noticed no discernible difference in bites.

    There was some great banter on board, which always makes for a good day out. Well done lads and thanks for a lovely day out.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Sat 01/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1
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    Tue 04/02/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3
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    Sun 09/02/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1
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    Tue 11/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1
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    Wed 12/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1
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    Sat 15/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3
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    Tue 18/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6
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    Wed 19/02/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4
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    Mon 24/02/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3
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    Tue 25/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6
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  • 10/11/2022 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    10 Nov 2022 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    Three mates of ours fancied a look out yesterday with a short window in the weather between the gales. Our first Uptiding trip of the year.
    The tides were perfect for the Uptiding job so we ran out at 8.0am to a little mark of mine just a mile from the harbour.
    Anchor dropped, coffee and tea made, they got their baits working straight away.
    Immediately all three were into Codling!
    We had the ebb tide till noon and they managed a lovely steady picking of fish right through the tide till slack water.
    A short break for lunch and a short wait for the flood tide to bend though and they were back at it again.
    As soon as the tide pushed through the fish were biting again.
    Codling from 2lb to just shy of 5lb, but with the thick end of 60 fish to keep between the three, it really didn’t matter about the big ones as they all went home with a good bag of fillets each.
    Top baits as usual were squid, black lugworm and crab cart and wings.
    A great day all round!
    Cheers lads.

    The prospects for the winter Uptiding look very good indeed based on yesterdays efforts so if you fancy some inshore sport on the bigger tides get in touch on the usual number :-
    07733 233353
    Or email me at :-
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
    Cheers
    Rich

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    UPCOMING 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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  • 06/11/2022 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    6 Nov 2022 by Andy Savage

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    Today I had a group of experienced anglers aboard who were keen to try the inshore uptiding grounds. It was the first attempt we’ve had this winter and the water hasn’t had a good stir up yet, so it was a bit of an unknown entity.

    With moderate South Westerly winds and a 5.4m tide, we would be tucking in close to the cliffs to get in the lee of the wind. We headed north up the coast and first stop was a nice rough area at 3 miles. Once we got the anchor set I went below to make everyone a brew. When I returned five minutes there were three Codling on board already!! Gaz Townend taking a beautiful, clean 4lb fish first cast.

    Everyone got off the mark at the first stop, but it quietened after an hour, so a move further up the coast was in order. We had a similar result again, with a flurry of quick fish, this time Ian Kellock taking a mint 5lb Codling amongst the other fish boated. The fish all fell for cocktail baits of either Squid, Black Lug or Crab Cart. We moved a total of four times today, with only one spot being unproductive. Si England was top rod, with a nice box of ten Codling to 6lb to take home, plus some throwbacks.

    The fishing conditions were far from perfect today, but there was plenty of bites and plenty of chat all day, making it really enjoyable. Evidently, there are also plenty of fish knocking around, so it might be worth reconsidering hanging up the rods for the winter and having a run out.

    Well done today guy’s, some good angling on display

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Sat 01/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1
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    Tue 04/02/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3
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    Sun 09/02/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1
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    Tue 11/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1
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    Wed 12/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1
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    Sat 15/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3
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    Tue 18/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6
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    Wed 19/02/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4
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    Mon 24/02/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3
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    Tue 25/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6
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  • 03/11/2022 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    3 Nov 2022 by Andy Savage

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    With a break in the weather today, we had a fantastic group of lads, eager to get out fishing. With eight sets of hire tackle out, it was going to be a good opportunity to get some less experienced anglers catching fish, which is something I really enjoy.

    Having not been out for a while, we had an optimistic look to see if there were any Mackerel left to catch for fresh bait. Surprisingly we pick up a fair few on the feathers. Lots of Joey’s but also a few strings of “regular sized” ones came up.

    We started the day drifting the rough ground at three miles. This gave the lads who hadn’t fished before, chance to get into the routine of feeling for bites and controlling the gear. My regular bait traces mounted with Squid and/or Mackerel got us off to a great start, with a nice picking of Ling and Codling. Igors Fortuna initially took the biggest Ling at 10lb 12oz and Andy Thornton the biggest Codling at 6lb 12oz. We stuck with it for the next hour or so and everyone got themselves off the mark and built confidence.

    Once the flood tide got away properly we had a quiet twenty minutes with the drift speed going up to 1.5 knots. I decided to push us out to the five mile ground so we could lose a bit of tide and slow down the drift. This worked well and the run of fish continued, with the lads taking up to eight fish a drift. Igors Fortuna took another double figure Ling and Andy Thornton took a 12lb 8oz Ling giving him the biggest Cod and Ling for the day (great angling Andy).

    The average size of the Codling wasn’t massive on the ground, with more in the 2-4lb range than the 4-6lb Class. With everyone in the groove, we finished the day on a couple of wrecks where we found some better Codling. Paul Hargreaves was after a new PB and he landed it on his last cast of the day….fantastic!!

    A massive thanks to everyone for coming along. You all fished and caught really well….hope to see you again soon

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Sat 01/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.52m Andras Pinti - x 2 Gaz Townend - x 4 Carl Peel - x 1
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    Tue 04/02/2025
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Will sail with 4 anglers. Davey Mayne - x 3
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    Sun 09/02/2025
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1
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    Tue 11/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1
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    Wed 12/02/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1
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    Sat 15/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3
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    Tue 18/02/2025
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6
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    Wed 19/02/2025
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4
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    Mon 24/02/2025
    6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3
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    Tue 25/02/2025
    2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6
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