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16/08/2024
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
16 Aug 2024 by Andy Savage
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One out of three ain’t good……
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I haven’t posted individual reports from my last two trips because quite simply; the fishing wasn’t very good and we only caught odd small fish. The lads who were on the trips fished hard and I did my best to find a few, but it just wasn’t to be. Strap Ling around 3-5lb were the mainstay with an odd Codling and Pollock. It got to me a bit in the end and I know I wasn’t my normal self, as I hate it when I can’t deliver for the anglers. It felt like every decision I made wasn’t the right one and if I didn’t have bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all!!
Thankfully, today saw an improvement with a bit more consistent sport. With it being a small tide we were destined for a day on the wrecks. I opted to run south and try a few down past Robin Hoods Bay. The first one we stopped at gave us one, two or three fish each drift for an hour. Quite a lot were undersized Ling, but there were a few better ones among them.
Most of the lads were using fresh Mackerel fillets or squid and Mackerel combo’s on muppet traces. I saw a couple of sets of Hokkai’s go over but they just got attacked by the Mackerel. Shads did produce a few fish, but it was probably a 50/50 ratio of foul hooked to hooked fair and square. The water still has a funny green colour to it and visibility doesn't appear to be very good. After a couple of less productive drifts, we moved on and that formed the pattern for the day.
We fished four wrecks in total and caught from them all. Slack water was around 1100hrs and with a bit of SW wind, we kept moving throughout, which helped keep the bites coming. The last wreck we fished is one of my favourites and today it didn’t disappoint. We only had time for half a dozen drifts, but it did 4-6 fish a drift until the wind pepped up a bit and spoiled the drift line.
Ian Kellock was top rod today and took a fish almost every drift, all day. Biggest fish fell to Peter Burton, a Ling of just over 11lb, which had the remnant’s of a set of Black Hokkai’s in it, which someone had snapped off on recently! Most bizarre capture was Len Brumwell with a Scallop which clamped on his bait.
Thanks for a great day lads and restoring a bit of my morale. Onwards an Upwards.......hopefully things keep on improving.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 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.74m Aaron & Steve - x 2 Ian Hepworth - 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