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03/05/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
3 May 2023 by Rich Ward
A day of two halves for yesterday’s crew on the Shy-Torque III
We started out on the ground we fished well last Saturday for very little. A handful of Codling, three Haddock, Whiting and Pouting.
Perseverance there didn’t pay off so we moved offshore to a wreck I didn’t think had been touched in a while.
A good move for us as there was plenty of action for the lads.
Our Chinese contingent from Leeds, Alan,Joe,Tony and the two Henry’s having a good steady day on the Cod and Ling.
Best fish between those five, a lovely Cod just over 10lb caught by Henry #1.
Bob Ellis managing a dozen for himself too with Cod to 7lb 12oz.
Alan Sutcliffe bagged himself 10 nice fish too (Thanks again for the roofing felt mate!)
All in all a great day out with plenty of fish to take for each and everyone.
Henry’s Cod currently leading the May “fish of the month” on the boat where the heaviest fish boated wins a free trip.
Cheers for now and good fishing wherever you are.
Cheers
Rich
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29/04/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
29 Apr 2023 by Rich Ward
After a slow start on a couple of offshore wrecks this morning and only 4 fish boated, we decided to focus a bit a ground/reef fishing for a change.
Tides at present are perfect for the scrap to be fair, but the fish weren’t playing for us on them.
It was a wise move to try the ground marks as they fished really quite well.
The shads were taking a good number of the smaller fish but the baited rigs were taking much stronger fish.
Local laddy, Fergus Powell landed a lovely Ling of 11lb 8oz on a 12-20lb class Ugly Stick. Great sport for him with that one!!
Mark Errington from Darlington taking the best Cod of the day at 9lb 12oz.
My old mate Derek Wiggins from Leeds taking a lovely 12 fish for himself. His best, a nice Ling of 11lb.
Rob Waterworth from Bradford had a nice day on the Codling too boating 11 keepers for himself plus other bits. Rob was leading the Shy-Torque “fish of the month” with a 7lb 12oz Ling until today. We are giving a free trip to the person who lands the heaviest fish in any month up to and including October.
Craig Booth from Leeds pipped him today with a nice Ling of 12lb 12oz and wins himself a free trip as we are cancelling tomorrows trip.
Well done to him.
Room on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
All in all a great day (apart from the cold!) and thanks for the good company chaps.
Cheers for now,
Rich
07733 233352
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16/04/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
16 Apr 2023 by Rich Ward
Another fine day at sea yesterday for the Shy-Torque team.
Because the more inshore marks aren’t really producing much at present, the vote was to steam offshore again.
First stop, a nice big wreck, some 23 miles from port where instantly the lads were pulling out the fish.
The fishing continued for a steady couple of hours with drifts of up to 6 fish for the first half dozen passes. A great start with over 40 fish off that one!
As the tide eased a bit the fishing slowed up so we steamed another 2.5 miles to one of my favourite offshore wrecks. Rubbish!
Around a half a dozen more off that one that’s all. Ah well, that’s the way it goes.
We moved back inshore to drop on our final wreck of the day where the lads managed another 10 or so fish.
Mark Armitage from Holmfirth (pictured) was on his maiden sea fishing trip and had a great start to his new hobby with a half dozen lovely fish, his best going second heaviest on the boat. A lovely Codling of 7lb 3oz.
Rob Waterworth from Bradford took our heaviest on the boat, a nice Ling of 7lb 12oz which is currently in 2nd place overall in the competition.
His fish is currently leading our fish of the month too where the winner will get a free trip.
Today is the last day of the competition so we’ll be trying our best to bag the winner and the £1000.00 first prize.
Good luck to one and all.
Rich
07733 233352
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15/04/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
15 Apr 2023 by Rich Ward
Some cracking Codling fishing yesterday for the mixed bunch of lads aboard the boat.
We ran to a wreck just shy of 18 miles East of the harbour and whilst we had perfect conditions throughout the morning we picked away nice and steadily until just after noon.
A good few doubles coming aboard too.
The breeze drawing round to the devils quarter from the South East basically scuppered any chances for us in the afternoon and we made our way back to port dropping on a few of the more local marks for very little reward.
Best fish on the boat going to James Webster from St Albans at just 6lb 7oz, just missing out on taking the lead in the competition by mere ounces! Unlucky James!
Tally for the day, a very respectable 60+ Codling, a handful of bootstrap Ling, Coley and the obligatory pesky Pouting!!
The last two days of this year’s Spring competition coming up today and tomorrow and with favourable weather too, we are hoping to pinch a few better fish from some of the offshore wrecks.
Good luck to everyone involved.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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09/04/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
9 Apr 2023 by Rich Ward
Our first day at sea for some time yesterday.
Also, our first day in this years Spring Festival.
I’d heard that the fishing inshore had been pretty poor on Wednesday and Thursday so we decided to stretch the Shy-Torque’s legs and headed out to the grounds at the back of the 20 mile stream.
This proved a good choice and the lads picked away steadily on the Cod for the best part of the trip.
Average drifts producing around 5 fish or so.
Three of the lads and myself boated 12-14 fish each and the others all boating half a dozen to 10 fish each.
Final tally for the day was around 70 Codling to keep with “chuck backs “ and a handful of strap Ling.
A cracking day out all in all with perfect weather conditions.
Regular angler with us, Artur Karbarz from Skipton taking the best of the day, a Codling at just 5lb 1oz which won him the Daily Cash prize of £50.00.
Well done to Artur!
No big fish found at all but plenty of em!!
Thanks for sailing with us lads and see you again soon.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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18/03/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
18 Mar 2023 by Rich Ward
Yesterday was our first trip out for over 4 weeks and a very pleasant trip it was too.
We started the day on a bit of scrap 12 miles North of the harbour. This produced a nice picking of Codling till just before lunchtime for the lads. We then popped out to another wreck which didn’t produce much at all, however I did think this was because we’d lost the drift completely with a light SE breeze holding the boat still.
I managed half a dozen myself on the shad indicating clear water but the the 40 odd Codling the lads landed were all on the baited rigs.
Big tides looming next week so any trips will be of the Uptiding nature.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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12/03/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
12 Mar 2023 by Rich Ward
Starting next month we will be hosting a “Heaviest fish of the month “ on the Shy-Torque III
We will run this every month from 1st April to 31st October.
There is no entry fee and the winner will receive a free trip if he or she lands the winning fish of the month.
Any contending fish will be weighed when we are laid at rest in the harbour where there is no movement from the boat. This will be the fairest way of weighing accurately.
A brand new set of “Salter” digital scales will be used and will be calibrated.
The winners will have 12 months to use their free trip.
Good luck to everyone!!
The Spring competition (starts 1st April) is fast approaching here at Whitby where the W.C.S.A will be giving £1000.00 in cash for the overall heaviest fish caught over the fortnight.
A £50.00 daily prize in cash is also up for grabs for the heaviest fish of the day.
We still have places left for our first competition of the year.
If you fancy a go, give me a bell on
07733 233352 or drop me a mail at richardward384@yahoo.co.uk
Individuals are very welcome.
Cheers
Rich -
09/02/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
9 Feb 2023 by Rich Ward
We sailed yesterday with just my eldest lad Adam and my good mate Simon England.
A bit of an Uptiding jolly really.
We worked a couple of spots North side of the harbour to use the best of the ebb tide.
First stop producing around 10 Codling.
We then steamed another couple of miles up the coast to one of my favourite haunts and the day finished”ok” with around 25 Codling in total for the boys. Simon taking a dozen for himself.
Not a bigger fish to be seen anywhere for us at the moment but some nice ”chip shop” size fillets for the bags.
A short break for us now until the next set of decent Uptiding tides start on Monday 20th February.
I will sail with just 3 anglers for the Uptiding sessions where full guidance and tuition is free if needed, as is the tea/coffee!
Cheers for now,
Rich 07733 233352
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05/02/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
5 Feb 2023 by Rich Ward
Yesterday, Artur Karbarz and 3 of his friends joins us along with 3 other lads.
Our first run out for a week or so.
Uptiding was the order of the day on a medium to high size tide.
The first stop produced around a dozen Codling and some “chuck backs”
Slack water arrived fairly early on the ebb and things went very quiet so we moved North around 3 miles and waited for the flood to bend through.
Straight away as the water started moving, the Codling were playing and at the end of the day the crew ended up with 30 odd fish.
Freshly replenished rigs are a must in the Uptiding game to keep the scents running down the tide. The more effort, the greater the rewards!
Artur and his mate with the best of the catch with a dozen each.
A lovely day out and nice company.
Forecasts are set to be very settled next week and on ideal tides for the Uptiding.
I’ll sail with just 3 anglers if anyone is interested.
Cheers for now,
Rich
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25/01/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
25 Jan 2023 by Rich Ward
Last Mondays team of 5 chartered the boat for the day for an Uptiding trip.
John Bidwell, Jeff, Trevor, Colin and Charlie travelled over 6 hours from Southend on sea and Norfolk to fish with us!
The day was very slow to start out, with three moves on the Ebb tide resulting in around a half dozen fish landed.
Over slack water we ran 3 miles further up the coast to a little spot I like which occasionally produces a few on the start of the flood tide.
On arrival we were barely moving with a little of the slack remaining so the lads decided to have lunch and a cuppa and wait for the start of the flood.
After a glass of Merlot, Jeff and Colin chucked in for a daft go and clicked a couple of Codling straight away.
Hopefully a few more would show as the tide increased and sure enough, they did.
Over last hour of fishing they managed to boat a further 25 fish which saved the day nicely.
At one point John was getting a fish every throw which was encouraging.
30 plus fish in total for the day, which was a marked improvement on the last couple of days.
No big ones but a lovely day weather wise with some great conversations, stories and chuckles too!
Trevor taking the best fish at 5lb 6oz and John taking the best bag.
Great to meet you all lads and hopefully see you again soon.
Cheers
Rich
I have room tomorrow (28th) and will sail with just 4 anglers for an Uptiding trip.
07733 233352
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