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  • 23/08/2021 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    23 Aug 2021 by Andy Savage

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    Today we spent the day, getting completely "anchored"!!

    In the summer when the water is clear and the tides are running hot; with the exception of "slack water" the majority of the day is spent drifting rough ground. Whilst the rough ground can and has been productive, I have been wanting to try to add another tactical string to my/Sea Urchin's bow. Anglers who I've spoken to from the South Coast regularly anchor wrecks to fish for Cod, Ling and Conger, so I thought there must be some scope to try this around Whitby. If it means that I can get a few extra fish for the anglers on board in difficult conditions, I'm more than happy to give it a go.

    With only crew on board, it gave us the time to practice in difficult conditions, so today we sorted out the mechanics of getting the drift right, drop off point right, right length of rope, right anchor, allowing for wind etc. Things went quite well and once we had achieved what we wanted, we had a couple of drops down ourselves.

    We had a few Codling up to 8lb between us, plus the usual Pouting and Whiting. Considering the conditions today, with only two of us having a drop down, I was pleased with how things went.
    It's early days, but I'm pretty excited with what the future may hold......

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