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22/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Sadly no fishing today here at Whitby with a fresh and very wet front over us.
The lads yesterday however enjoyed another great day aboard the boat with fish to 20lb.
A mixed group from Chorley, Boston and Nottingham.
We are having to steam to distant grounds at the moment to get the better results as the inshore marks are still a little slow to produce. The lads were all in agreement on a run out to the "wall"
The lads were quickly in to fish straight from the off and at the end of the day we counted over 100 fish ranging from a short spined sea scorpion at 11oz to a ling which managed to nudge the scales to a smidging over 20lbs!
Plenty of cod showing on the ground as well. All smaller than of late though with nothing much over the 6lb mark.
Weather permitting we will be away again in the morning with one of our regular teams from South Yorks Fire and Rescue.
Regular angler on the boat Kev Gillings is pictured with his P.B ling of 20lb 1oz. Well done mate!!
Tight lines!
Rich. -
20/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
20 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Well, I've just returned from a fantastic weeks fishing on Lake Windemere with my in laws. Great company and great fishing. Batteries are now fully charged again and we're raring to go!!
A group of lads from Wakefield and Hornsea joined us today and dropped on some lovely weather. The fishing wasn't outstanding but the conditions made up for it.
Top rod today was Dean Winfield from Hornsea with 10 fish (quite acceptable!) Heaviest fish today was a ling of 12lb caught by Jeff Naylor from Wakefield. Listening to a lot of the conversations on the radio today it turned out that our day wasn't too bad at all !!!!
The lads all thoroughly enjoyed the trip and will be back again soon.
Cheers for the company lads.
Pictured is Jeff Naylor with his ling.
Tight lines
Rich. -
10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
In my opinion the best months of the year for the big cod offshore are just around the corner here at Whitby.
Once the herring spawn is out of the way we can expect the cod to be feeding properly on the bottom again.
Some cracking fish well in to double figures from this time onwards last year.
Here's hoping for the same again this year!!
Have a look on our availability calendar and get a trip booked soon for some lovely winter cod!!
Tight lines
Rich. -
11/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
11 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Sadly the weather today was forecast to be far too inclement to fetch the lads across from the West coast.
A real shame, as the fishing for the lads aboard the boat yesterday was superb yet again. We steamed back out to the "wall" as intended because of the previous 3 days superb fishing. The big Northerly swell we've been experiencing for the last couple of days had eased, however, it did slow things up a little with the clarity not being quite as clear, so it was time to try some different spots in the deeper water.
The first lump of ground released some 40 or so fish and the second piece of ground we tried giving us another 50 plus fish. Ling to just in to double figures and cod going to over 15lbs.
A 50/50 split so far as what caught best yesterday, with the majority of ling falling to the squid, whilst most of the cod fell to the artificial lures.
Here's hoping the weather patterns recover in our favour soon and we can get back at them again!!
Pictured is Steve Bore from Grimsby with the best cod on the boat at 15lbs 4oz.
Tight lines
Rich. -
09/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
9 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
A mixed group from all over the place on the boat today. From Durham to Derbyshire.
A rather large Northerly swell greeted us this morning with a light breeze from the North West over it. Not the comfiest of runs out or the best of conditions but again the lads produced the goods!!
Cod, ling and the odd pollock falling to the shads and the fresh squid all day long on the exact same mark as yesterday. Bonus again!!
Polish Daz from Nottingham taking the best ling of the day at 16lb with some nice cod to the 10lb mark as well. He ended up with a nice box of fish for himself.
Les Patrick from Driffield also managed a good box of cod to share amongst the family.
The forecast is looking very good indeed again for tomorrow so hopefully we'll provide the goods again for the lads.
Pictured is Polish Daz from Nottingham with his best 2 cod of the day. -
08/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
8 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
Today was a complete contrast on yesterdays fishing on the Shy-Torque. After the struggle we endured yesterday working on the inshore marks we decided that a trip to the "wall" was definately in order.
We couldn't have wished for better conditions for the cruise out there. A beautiful calm morning with a cracking sun rise thrown in.
We were greeted by a pair of Minke whales on arrival which was superb for the lads to see!!
The 1st ridge of ground we stopped on was to be the provider of a tremendous amount of fish for the lads. We never had to move from it all day which was a bonus. Everyone on board had 15 cod plus and some of the lads had half a dozen ling to add to them.
Dermot Faye from Bedale had a nice little wolf fish of 4lb for the pot. Nice eating too!
The average size of the cod today were around the 5-6lb mark with a good few fish to the 10lb mark too. A few of the ling managed to nudge the scales to 9lb. Not the monsters of late on the boat but still nice to see.
A very enjoyable day for all today including myself !!
Pictured is Craig Small from Barnsley with a couple of his better fish of the day. -
08/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
8 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
The herring are spawning here at Whitby at the moment making for a very poor day quantity wise yesterday.
Both the cod and ling were very hard to come across indeed. However at the close of play Jim Arthur from Blackburn came across this beauty of 20lb 2oz. A nice way to finish the day after a struggle in the morning.
Jim is a past September festival winner on the Shy-Torque.
Nice one mate!!
Jim Arthur is pictured inset. -
30/09/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
30 Sep 2012 by Rich Ward
Yesterday was a very nice day indeed for Brian Towle from Hull as we held our presentation for the winner of the 2012 September fishing festival here at Whitby.
Brian was fishing aboard the Shy-Torque on the penultimate day of the competition and landed a cracking ling of 23lb 11.5oz to take the 1st prize of £1000.00 in cash plus £50.00 cash for the heavieast fish of the day.
John Wilcock from Bradford was previously holding the lead for a week with another good ling of 21lb 5.5oz also on the Shy-Torque which he hoped had done it! Unlucky John!
Brian came through to Whitby with his family to collect the money to which his wife said "I'm going to enjoy helping him to spend it!"
Congratulations mate and look forward to seeing you all on your trips next year.
Pictured from right to left are skipper Rich Ward, Brian Towle (winner!) Frankie Laws ( representing sponsors "Mr Chips" fish and chip shop ) and Paul Kilpatrick from the WCSA.
A big thank you goes to Adrian at Mr Chips for the sponsorship each year and also to Barry at the Endeavour pub ( presentation venue and the best pint in town!! ) who also sponsors the events. Without the local support of businesses like these we wouldn't be able to hold the biggest competitions in the country. Thanks again!!!
Tight lines as ever
Rich. -
25/09/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
25 Sep 2012 by Rich Ward
The September angling festival finished on Sunday here at Whitby and what a cracking time the Shy-Torque boys had on the closing days!!
Ben Laws from Whitby taking a 1st daily prize in the last week with a lovely ling of 18lb 12oz .
Then John Wilcock ( winner of more competitions here at Whitby than anyone) took over 1st place on the leader board on the 3rd to last day with a cracking ling of 21lb 5.5oz which, to be honest, we thought was going to be good enough to win the event. We were wrong!
On the penultimate day of the competition Brian Towle from Hull hauled up a belting ling of 23lb 11.5oz from a wreck only 9 miles from shore which took overall 1st place in the event winning him a very nice £1000.00 first prize plus his £50.00 first daily prize. Not a bad days work!!
Yet another competition win for the Shy-Torque!!!
We would like to thank all the anglers who fished aboard the Shy-Torque during this years competitions and hope to see you all again next year hopefully for some more winners!!!!!
Pictured is Brian Towle with his winning fish of 23lb 11.5oz
Tight lines
Rich. -
22/09/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
22 Sep 2012 by Rich Ward
A fantastic days fishing for the lads aboard the boat on the penultimate day of this years September angling festival here at Whitby.
Plenty of fish for the lads on the 9 mile ground with cod to 10lb, pollock to just short of 13lb and also the festival winner of just short of 24lbs!!! ( Report to follow )
Konrad Kiernozycki from Halifax brought this lovely pollock of 12lb 10oz aboard. He was using a blue 4" sidewinder on the wreck. He lost the lure the next drop!!
Some cracking pollock around at the moment here at Whitby.
Konrad is pictured (inset)
Tight lines
Rich
