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22/06/2024
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
22 Jun 2024 by Andy Savage
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Great to be spending so many days back at sea again.
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The last two days have seen us fishing on building tides. Friday saw a group of mixed experience anglers aboard and it was planned to be a mix of wrecks around slack water and rough ground when the tide was pushing.
Unfortunately it didn’t turn out like that, as the South Easterly wind just kept building throughout the day, presenting the anglers with some challenging fishing conditions.
Even with 16oz leads on, the lines soon streamed away from the boat. This is where the more experienced anglers have the upper hand, as they are able to keep the tackle on the bottom in order to get bites. Joe Clough, Ian Smith and Chuck Stubbly managed to do this consistently and kept the bites coming throughout the day.
We spent the majority of the day on the rough ground at five miles, drift fishing with squid baited Hokkai’s. For the lads who could control their gear, there were plenty of small Codling, Haddock and Whiting willing to feed. To end the day, we ran back into the three mile ground and picked off some lovely clean Codling, with Chuck taking a new PB of 7lb 12oz. Great angling in adverse conditions.
Today I had the Keel Inn Fishing Club aboard for the first time this year. A great bunch of lads who are a pleasure to have aboard. Stacks of banter and there’s some solid anglers amongst them as well. The first couple of wrecks we tried weren’t too bad. Tog Edwards helped himself to a 7lb 4oz Codling on only the second drift. We took a dozen fish, then tired another one. This time Daz Hilton had a 7lb 12oz Codling to knock Tog off top spot for biggest fish of the day.
The rest of the day was spent on wrecks and rough ground. We caught fish in almost everywhere we stopped, but it was just odd fish here and there. Certainly a lack of consistency. I felt there were more feeding fish on the ground yesterday, despite today’s weather conditions being much better.
Everyone fished hard all day but Tog was certainly the most consistent, regularly being the first one to catch on a drift. Whether it be muppet traces or Hokkai’s, he rang the changes well. Good angling. See you next month lads.UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
Sat 02/11/2024 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.41m Raimondas Zokas - x 5 Aaron Curnow - x 1View details Tue 05/11/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.17m Carl Williams - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Nigel Hughes - x 1View details Wed 06/11/2024 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.01m Ian Purdom - x 1 Keith Pickering - x 1 Carl Williams - x 2 Chris Bateman - x 2View details Thu 07/11/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.82m Stan Matthews - x 1 Jim Bailey - x 1 Jeff Turner - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 1View details Thu 14/11/2024 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Dave Fowls - x 3 Dave Worsfold - x 1 David Bunting - x 1 Andrew Warren - x 1View details Fri 15/11/2024 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.78m Chris Chatham - x 1 Jeff Mosey - x 2View details Tue 19/11/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Robert Wojnarowicz - x 2 Ian Hepworth - x 2View details Tue 26/11/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1View details Thu 28/11/2024 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.94m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Dave Alexander - x 2View details Sat 30/11/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Mairis Bennison - x 7View details