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  • 24/01/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    24 Jan 2023 by Andy Savage

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    What a difference 24hrs makes…….. After a tough couple of days fishing; today we managed to get amongst a few fish again.

    With an experienced group of anglers on board, I was confident that if the fish were feeding and I got us on them, the lads would definitely catch them. We headed south on the Uptiding grounds, but unlike yesterday’s very blustery start; today wasn’t too bad at all. Conditions weren’t perfect, but they were good enough. I hadn’t even had chance to make everyone a brew before the first Codling started coming up. Ian Purdom and Jimmy Yeung both took fish almost immediately.

    That set the tone for the rest of the Ebb Tide. We picked away nicely with mainly Codling, but an odd Pouting and Doggie also made an appearance. Early on in the trip, Martin Novo took the biggest Codling of the day at 6lb 4oz. We only moved twice during the Ebb, which made a pleasant change! The bites kept on coming at regular intervals. We had one strange occurrence when Ian Purdom got a slamming bite and his 40lb trace line was bitten through (possibly a decent Ling).

    Tony Barrett had his first fish taken by a seal, and proceeded to tussle with it for a few minutes before incredibly he got the fish back and it was still good enough to fillet! Usual baits of Squid and Black Lug dominated today, so no need to change what’s not broken. As the tide eased, we started to swing around on the anchor, but for a change the bites kept coming, so we stuck it out. We just held the rods and paid off line to keep the baits still.

    The Flood Tide came through and we had a reposition after it went a bit quiet. Tony Barrett took advantage of a flurry of bites and took the “Top Rod” title for the day, with a lovely bag of Codling up to 5lb.

    I really enjoyed myself, the day flew by. It was good fishing in brilliant company.

    Thanks everyone for a top day out.

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    3 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.76m Richard Moulds - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Luke Hayward - x 2
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    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.96m Luke Hayward - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Jimmy Yeung - x 1
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    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.09m Shaun Marchington - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1
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    2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.31m Dave & Del - x 2 Stan Matthews - x 1 Ian Purdom - x 1 Keith Pickering - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1
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    Sun 19/01/2025
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.87m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1
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    Tue 21/01/2025
    8 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.51m Will sail with 4 anglers. Gareth Hiddleston - x 2
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    Thu 23/01/2025
    8 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.25m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1 Philip Coupland - x 1
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    Sun 26/01/2025
    1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.44m Steve Walsh - x 8 Jimmy Yeung - x 1
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