Latest Fishing Reports: North Yorkshire
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11/08/2022
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
11 Aug 2022 by Nick Gough
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Photos from today 8 hour inshore fishing trip.
Some cracking fish on todays trip majority taken on shads and feathers
Weather was perfect this morning but by lunchtime the swell did pick up a bit again but this didn't put off the fishing it seamed steady away all day.
Also a some jumbo size mackerel aboutView Boats Page
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10/08/2022
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
10 Aug 2022 by Andy Savage
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Well, what a difference 24hrs makes…..After yesterday’s beautiful weather conditions, and a 14hr trip scheduled for today, I hoped we’d be getting something like a repeat performance.
With a 4am departure from Whitby, and a group of experienced anglers on board, we ran southeast to have a go at some of the less visited wrecks. We caught plenty of Mackerel for bait on the first one, then had a few drops down on the bait traces. It appeared the fish were awake as 3 or 4 Codling a drift got us off to a good start. After an hours steady fishing we moved on to try our luck on some of the other wrecks. Next wreck was rubbish, with only a Pouting to show after three drifts. On our way to the third wreck the wind began to lift which wasn’t ideal.
With the wind and tide together, the drift speed of the boat suddenly went above 1 Knot which made it more difficult to control the fishing gear. However, after a couple of drifts, it was apparent that there were plenty of fish down there, as despite the conditions, the boys still caught each drift. We had a mix of Codling to 6lb 8oz and Ling to just over 9lb. Some of the lads found it easier to fish with 24oz of lead, to help keep the bait in the strike zone for longer. It was definitely a day for the more experienced anglers.
With the wind still lifting, and lots of white water around, I called a halt to proceedings at slack water. Everyone had suffered enough, so we called it a 10hr trip instead of the hoped for 14hr. With the wind behind us, we got back up to Whitby in time to get a few fresh Mackerel before the 3:00pm bridge. Bait traces with squid and mackerel dominated as usual, but the Shads accounted for as few as well in the clear water.
After the successes of yesterday, we were brought back to Earth with a bump. But credit to the experience of the boys on board, we caught far more than the conditions indicated. A big well done to everyone, and thanks for coming on the trip.View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Mon 03/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.59m Joe Clough - x 4View details Wed 05/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.14m Will sail with 4 anglers. Steve Milnes - x 1 Chris Chatham - x 1View details Thu 06/03/2025 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Howard Thornton - x 1 Ian Rigby - x 1View details Tue 11/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.78m Dave & Del - x 1 Neil Kennedy - x 1 Aaron & Stephen - x 2View details Sun 16/03/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.25m Chris Ibbotson - x 1 Dave Johnson - x 5View details Thu 20/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.81m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1 Ian Purdom - x 1View details Fri 21/03/2025 1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.60m Pete Durrant - x 2 Shane Ingram - x 1 Paul Carroll - x 6View details Mon 24/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.14m Tony Martin - x 2 Robin Lever - x 3 John Powell - x 1View details Tue 25/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.26m Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Tony Martin - x 2 John Powell - x 1View details Thu 27/03/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.00m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1View details -
10/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
10 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
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Perfect conditions on the pond for yesterday’s team.
More like fishing in the Med than the North Sea!
Another mixed group fishing with us, enjoying a nice days sport.
No big fish for us yesterday with our heaviest going to my old motorbiking mate Mick Jones with a Ling of 8lb 8oz.
Andy Holmes brought his daughter Fran with him on this trip which was her maiden run on a boat.
She loved it and managed a nice few fish for herself too.
Most of the fish falling to the usual fresh Mackerel, squid and Shads with a good few “double ups “ on the Codling too!
All in all, another cracker of a day on the boat.
Let’s hope this weather stays with us all for some time to come!
Cheers and tight lines,
Rich
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
Sat 01/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.8m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 02/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 06/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 4.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 07/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 08/03/2025 2 Spaces 9 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.4m tide. Si Spurr 4. John 1. Rob Gillings 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 09/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Nick 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 10/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.55m tide.Room for 8 anglers Will sail with just 4 anglers. Al Sutcliffe 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 13/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 14/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/03/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Si England 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
09/08/2022
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
9 Aug 2022 by Andy Savage
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It’s been a long time coming, but today was one of those days…..
We had some brilliant weather, some brilliant anglers and some brilliant fishing. With a good wrecking tide and light winds, there was only one obvious choice for us. We gathered some fresh Mackerel for bait (to supplement the usual frozen Squid) and hit the inshore wrecks! The drift speed was ideal, so we picked wrecks which matched the drift line, to maximise the amount of time on the structure.
In all, we fished five wrecks for the day. The first was a bit chewy and only did a couple of small fish. It was completely different on the second, with a good few Codling each drift. I was disappointed with the size, but then the tide just dropped off a bit and things kicked in nicely.
Plenty of fish in the 3-5lb bracket started coming up and David Oxborough helped himself to a Codling just into double figures. Slack water was the usual disappointment, so we had a couple of moves while it was slack.
Just as the flood tide got away on a new wreck, we were back in business.
Some more quality fish with Martin Novo taking an 8lb Codling, Ian Kellock almost filling a box with Codling using an orange JellyWorm and then Paul Andrews winched up a 12lb 8oz Codling to finish off a brilliant day.
I was so pleased for everyone. There was some great angling today. Well done to everyone.View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Mon 03/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.59m Joe Clough - x 4View details Wed 05/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.14m Will sail with 4 anglers. Steve Milnes - x 1 Chris Chatham - x 1View details Thu 06/03/2025 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Howard Thornton - x 1 Ian Rigby - x 1View details Tue 11/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.78m Dave & Del - x 1 Neil Kennedy - x 1 Aaron & Stephen - x 2View details Sun 16/03/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.25m Chris Ibbotson - x 1 Dave Johnson - x 5View details Thu 20/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.81m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1 Ian Purdom - x 1View details Fri 21/03/2025 1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.60m Pete Durrant - x 2 Shane Ingram - x 1 Paul Carroll - x 6View details Mon 24/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.14m Tony Martin - x 2 Robin Lever - x 3 John Powell - x 1View details Tue 25/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.26m Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Tony Martin - x 2 John Powell - x 1View details Thu 27/03/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.00m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1View details -
09/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
9 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
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A nice steady picking of fish for the lads yesterday.
The usual gathering of Mackerel to start the day first, then out to the ground and wrecks for the Cod and Ling.
They picked fish from every stop throughout the day and ended up with a lovely show for their efforts.
Chris Stevenson from Australia ended up with the best catch with 15 fish for himself with Ling to a shade over 9lb.
Fresh Mackerel bait, squid and the artificial lures
Great weather and cracking day for all on board.
Cheers
Rich
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
Sat 01/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.8m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 02/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 06/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 4.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 07/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 08/03/2025 2 Spaces 9 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.4m tide. Si Spurr 4. John 1. Rob Gillings 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 09/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Nick 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 10/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.55m tide.Room for 8 anglers Will sail with just 4 anglers. Al Sutcliffe 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 13/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 14/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/03/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Si England 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
08/08/2022
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
8 Aug 2022 by Nick Gough
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All new boat anglers from today's trips learning to catch codling they also had mackerel, and pouting aswel.
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08/08/2022
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
8 Aug 2022 by Andy Savage
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With summer in full swing and some half decent weather, it’s been a busy few days. Saturday was a group of mixed anglers; many of whom I’ve never met before. I’m always a bit nervous with lots of new customers as, if the fishing is hard, they may think I’m completely bloody useless!!
We started off on the ground at 5 miles, but the wind lifted, so we headed back inside to get a bit of lea. A test drift on a wreck at 3 miles gave us a reasonable drift speed and a few fish. For the remainder of the day we kept on the move, taking a few fish here and there. Unfortunately, nothing exceptional, but Codling and Ling to 6lb gave us some sporadic sport.
Sunday saw the early morning wind spoil the drift and the lines were streaming, so we had to run back inside under the cliffs. Mike Lee and Neil Fell-Edwards got stuck straight in and we had a few Codling up every drift.
After a hour or so, the action tailed off so we were on the move again. We tried the 3 mile and 5 mile ground plus a couple more wrecks. For whatever reason, we just didn’t put many fish together. We finished with a Mackerel Bash after what I felt was a disappointing day.
With lighter winds forecast for today and a smaller tide, I hoped for better results. With the wrecks on the north side not giving much, we headed south towards Scarborough. First drift, on the first wreck saw half a dozen nice Codling come up, which was encouraging. We had half an hour’s decent sport before it quietened off. With only us in the area, we picked a few more wrecks to try, with most drifts giving 1-3 fish. It was certainly an improvement on the last two days.
Then, once again the wind spoiled the drift, so we ran back inside for an hour. Dave Bewley fished really well today and caught some lovely Codling wherever we went. Once the wind backed off, we were back on the wrecks, and ended the day taking a fair few Codling. It was a great improvement on the weekend’s results. Whilst not sensational, it was steady away for most anglers. Thanks to everyone for your company and enthusiasm over a few tricky days.View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Mon 03/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.59m Joe Clough - x 4View details Wed 05/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.14m Will sail with 4 anglers. Steve Milnes - x 1 Chris Chatham - x 1View details Thu 06/03/2025 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Howard Thornton - x 1 Ian Rigby - x 1View details Tue 11/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.78m Dave & Del - x 1 Neil Kennedy - x 1 Aaron & Stephen - x 2View details Sun 16/03/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.25m Chris Ibbotson - x 1 Dave Johnson - x 5View details Thu 20/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.81m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1 Ian Purdom - x 1View details Fri 21/03/2025 1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.60m Pete Durrant - x 2 Shane Ingram - x 1 Paul Carroll - x 6View details Mon 24/03/2025 4 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.14m Tony Martin - x 2 Robin Lever - x 3 John Powell - x 1View details Tue 25/03/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.26m Charlie Hewitt - x 1 Tony Martin - x 2 John Powell - x 1View details Thu 27/03/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.00m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1View details -
08/08/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
8 Aug 2022 by Rich Ward
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Compared to the last few days we had a much slower picking yesterday with our full squad of near novices.
Charlie and me had our work cut out at times, but the lads tried their best and brought a few fish over the side.
Mainly ground work for the best part of the day with just a couple of drops on a wreck or two to finish the day.
Mark Grinney, organiser of the trip taking the best fish of the day, a lovely Cod of 10lb 8oz.
Mark is pictured.
Cheers
Rich
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
Sat 01/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.8m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 02/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 06/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 4.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 07/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.9m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 08/03/2025 2 Spaces 9 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.4m tide. Si Spurr 4. John 1. Rob Gillings 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 09/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Nick 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 10/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.55m tide.Room for 8 anglers Will sail with just 4 anglers. Al Sutcliffe 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 13/03/2025 9 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 14/03/2025 8 Spaces 9 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/03/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Si England 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
07/08/2022
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
7 Aug 2022 by Nick Gough
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Photos from today 8hr fishing trip
A cracking stamp of fish caught on today trip with a good amount of Cod boarded.
Loads of mackerel now showing at long last. And plenty of sport on the shads and lures again.
We did get a few strappy ling on this trip aswel so it won't be long before we see the better ones.
Great set of lads with a few been complete novice anglers, after today's fishing I think we have got them all hooked now.
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06/08/2022
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
6 Aug 2022 by Nick Gough
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Photos from this evenings 3 hour fishing trip
Not the best of conditions at all with a few suffering with the effects of sea sickness early on but the winds were due to die down and they did giving the anglers some really good fishing.
All of the anglers gave it a good go even those feeling unwell and recovered quickly when fish started coming aboard
Also great to see the kids enjoying it aswelView Boats Page