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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
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
What a difference 24hrs makes…….. After a tough couple of days fishing; today we managed to get amongst a few fish again.
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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.UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Mon 25/11/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.42m Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Martin Novo - x 1 Carl Peel - x 1 Mike Lee - x 1 Tony Firman - x 1 Carl Marin - x 2View details Sat 30/11/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Mairis Bennison - x 7View details Fri 06/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3View details Sat 07/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1View details Sun 08/12/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.81m Keith Lockwood - x 2 Kevin Totterdell - x 3View details Mon 09/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Joe Clough - x 1 Alan Ellwood - x 3View details Tue 10/12/2024 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.74m Will sail with 4 anglers. Aaron & Steve - x 2View details Sat 14/12/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1View details Tue 17/12/2024 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2View details Thu 19/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1View details