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04/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Apr 2014 by Rich Cope
Mistress wins WCSA Spring Festival
Following another very successful angling festival here at Whitby, Mistress has secured yet another win for our anglers.
Mike Dearing from Beverley caught the winning fish a 20lb 7.5oz Cod on a 4" bright orange shad fished on his Daiwa Kenzaki 20/30 braid rod and slosh 30 reel.
The fish nets Mike a whopping £1050 in prize money - well done mate!
The next event for your diaries is the grand Summer Festival which runs between 21st June & 13th July. The top prize again this year is £5000.
Pictured is Mike with his prize winning fish -
10/04/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
10 Apr 2014 by Rich Cope
The fishing remains good here at Whitby.
As many of you will know we are currently halfway through our WCSA Spring Festival.
The skippers have continued to work their sock off for their crews looking for the big one, and enjoying some excellent sport on shads as the water is beginning to clear.
We have been landing some great fish during the Festival taking a number daily prizes for our anglers yet again on Mistress
Yesterday saw one of our regular anglers, Mike Dearing from Beverley land an absolute beaut of fish.
He took the Daily 1st prize and now leads the event overall, with a 20lb 7 1/2oz Cod which he took whist fishing a 4" bright orange sidewinder shad.
Its still all to play for as we have been seeing some great fish landed each day of the event,
for a full report on the event follow the Link :
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=33989.0
Pictured is Mike with his Cod, well done mate!! -
04/04/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
4 Apr 2014 by Rich Cope
Its been a day or two since i popped a report in, its been a busy weekend for us all in Whitby.
Friday night I ran a charter for one of my friends and a couple of his work pals.
The tides were still a bit lively then, with colour in the water and the trip being a few hours i stayed handy and took the lads uptiding.
we took a 15 minute cruise out the harbour to our first mark where we settled in to anchor at the very start of the tide, it took a while getting going, but we didnt have to wait long for the bites.
we picked steady away for a hour or so taking 15 Cod from our first mark.
then we moved a couple of times taking a few fish each time. by the end of the trip the lads had amassed a good 25 cod to take home between them, we pulled back into our mooring just as it was getting dark, a very enjoyable few hours was enjoyed by all.
bait used was squid and black lug worm,
Andy and his pals from Boulby Potash Mine are pictured with a few of their fish. -
02/04/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
2 Apr 2014 by Rich Cope
Another fantastic days fishing today, I had nothing booked until my pal Mozzer phoned and asked if i was going, well I couldn't let the lad down!
With the uptiding fishing so well lately we had another crack at it. Id marked a ledge the other day so was keen to get back out and have a crack at it, it payed off for us taking a steady stream of fish all morning and early afternoon until the turn of the tide, by which time we'd managed to rake up around 40 cod between us.
worm, squid and cart taking the fish
Pictures are Mozz and Dan with some of their fish, well done men! -
31/03/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
31 Mar 2014 by Rich Cope
Monday 31st March
Back Uptiding again today, on board we had a couple from Birmingham and and a regular lad from Leeds.
We started off steady away, taking a dozen fish in the first couple of hours, We moved around looking for better things taking a steady few fish each spot we went to, but it was hard work, non the less we tried plenty of marks picking away.
The three anglers finished up with around 25 Codlings for the day, reports of boats travelling distance had similar catch results too,
The most consistent bait remains squid and black gulley worm, but crab cart took a few through the day too
Pictured is Bea from Birmingham, with her fish, well done Bea! -
30/03/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
30 Mar 2014 by Rich Cope
Sunday 30th March
We finally got away on Sunday, the day forecast was for the sea to die away all day which it did, but it was still a rolly polly sort of day with a ground swell hitting us side on all day.
I had a bunch of regulars on from Leeds who were keen to get at the fish. We worked our socks off for the lads and it payed off for us, our first mark was chucking a few out, and I was sure another mark nearby would fish a bit better - and it did!
At some points we had two or three rods in at a time, we moved as the tide eased and the fishing went dead until the flood tide came through, we moved again for the final time taking another 6 or 8 fish before home time.
The final tally saw the lads with just under 40 Codlings for the day, which I thought was good given the conditions.
All fish were between 2lb & 4lb
Pictured is Robert with his best fish of the day, -
11/03/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
11 Mar 2014 by Rich Cope
What a day we had yesterday on the Wrecks, its the first day we have had a crack at them this year as we have been waiting for the conditions to fall into place.
We steamed just over an hour to our first wreck, its a wreck ive been wanting to get on for a while, my choice payed off for us as we enjoyed some brilliant sport on shads and bait on the last of the ebb tide. with everybody taking plenty of fish
The tide eased as we approached slack water and the fishing slowed down, we picked away steady then and carried on into the flood tide which wasnt pushing very hard. as it approached 2pm we started making tracks towards home, stopping at a couple of wrecks on the way taking more fish for the lads.
we finished up with between 90 & 100 fish today for the lads, the best angler taking 23.
Ash from York who fishes whitby regularly took the heaviest ling and cod of the day both fish touching double figures, well done mate the rest of the catch was made of plenty of cod in the 3lb to 6lb range
Pictured is Ash with the Bets cod of the day -
06/03/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
6 Mar 2014 by Rich Cope
we managed a day at sea again this week on a lull between weather systems!
Tony Elves fished with us the other week, enjoying his trip so much, he booked himself and his friend James on for another Trip Uptiding for the Cod.
we enjoyed steady sport most of the day, the water looked to be clearing a tad which seemed to result in the bites being a bit finicky, non the less, the lads managed about 20 codlings between them for the day all between 2lb and 4lb.
Pictured are Tony & James with a few of their fish for the day, well done men!
We have a few spaces this week, The weather forecast is looking settled and we're looking at having a crack at some early season wrecking, if youre interested drop me a line on 07977 436 903
cheers Rich -
01/03/2014
Fishing Report by Ian Buckingham
1 Mar 2014 by Ian Buckingham
On a slow day for all the Whitby boats Rich gave his all and after much hard work got everyone onto a few fish. The bites were finnicky and the fish were very localised in tight pockets. I had a flurry of activity and got some decent codlings in a frantic period on the flood tide. My wife bagged a couple too so smiles all round.
Cheers Rich...you know we'll be back. -
19/02/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
19 Feb 2014 by Rich Cope
Wednesday we went to sea with two lads as I was let down last minute again by an angler and didnt want to let the others down.
we fished a spot that I knew would be a bit slower than normal but the general stamp of fish is bigger than other areas.
we werent disappointed we took a steady picking all ebb tide moving twice, between the three of us we took 25 cod for the day but we saw many in the 4lb-6lb range, the best topping out at 7lb.
The best angler took a 40lb bag for himself for the day with a dozen fish, the good fishing is still out there for the competent anglers. and it shows there is still good fishing to be had.
Pictured is Tony Elves from Newmarket, with the best fish of the day - a nice plump 7lber! well done Tony!
