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30/08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
30 Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
The north westerly wind has been blowing for a day or two here at Whitby keeping us tied up alongside.
the last week has been a fairly productive one we have been averaging 30 to 40 fish for the boat per day,with us seeing plenty of fish into double figures as you would expect at this time of year and another wolf fish!
We have seen more wolf fish this year than I ever remember seeing in any season. the lucky lad was very surprised to see it, Its always a pleasure to see different species onboard, this particular one setting a new boat record for Mistress
Pictured is Leandro with his 8lb 9oz Wolf Fish -
09/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Sep 2013 by Rich Cope
Once again we are holding the Whitby Sea Anglers Forum winter uptiding competition with a top prize of £1000 to the angler with the biggest cod over the 2 week competition.
The competition will run from the Sun 2nd nov- Sat 17 th nov inclusive 2013 .
With a top prize of £1000 for the angler with the heaviest cod caught over the 2 weeks , this competition should once again be a major success.
Three boats are in the competition : Sea Otter 2, Mistress, and Avante . All these boats have sponsored the event and deserve your support.
Fishing times are 8am till 4pm each day.
There also prizes for 2nd and 3rd heaviest cod, as well as a prize for the heaviest fish of any other species. There is also a bonus prize for the heaviest bag of fish in the competition, as well as £50 for the heavist cod on the day.
So come lads, uptiding is great fun, catching quality fish in shallow water. Twenty pound+ cod have been caught here at Whitby whilst using the uptiding method. The fish are certainly there to be caught this year and we are anticipating some big catches.
Entry fee is £5 per angler, plus your boat charter fee . There is some fantastic prize money up for grabs, and only 3 boats can fish in this competition so its 1st come first served book early.
Uptiding Competition Prizes
1st Heaviest Cod £1000
2nd Heaviest Cod £150
3rd Heaviest Cod £100
Heaviest Bag Of Cod Over The Competition £100
Heaviest Any Other Species, All Legal Size Fish Are Eligible £100
Daily Prize For Heaviest Cod £50
Boats And Contact Details
Mistress, Tel : 07977436903 http://mistress-whitby.co.uk/planning/
Sea Otter 2, Tel : 07748705695 Website Here
Avante 07585660890 Website Here
cheers
Rich -
18/08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
18 Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
More double figure fish today for the lads on Mistress.
Unfortunately the weather misbehaved and didnt do what was forecast, so we had to cut the day short, the lads weren't disappointed though as we had taken plenty of fish including whiting, pouting, mackerel, launce, pollock, cod and ling. we had ling well into double figures the best 15lb and a couple of the cod were between 9lb & 10lb.
needless to say the lads were delighted with their catch
pictured is pete with his 15lb sweep winner -
08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
Early August
Early August has fished well so far aboard the Mistress, as we would expect, with us taking double figure fish most days we put to sea.
The mackerel are still here in numbers, giving us plenty of fresh bait for our days at sea.
The shads continue to fish well also.
The lads from Nottingham had a steady day with us over the weekend taking a good few fish into double figures and two wolf fish! we only normally see these prehistoric looking fish on the rare occasion so seeing two in a day was a bit of a surprise!
Pictured is an unimpressed looking JT with his Wolf fish -
08/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Aug 2013 by Rich Cope
This past week has been a productive one here at Whitby. We have seen good catches most days we put to sea when the conditions are suitable for us.
One of the better days last week saw a good number of double figure fish coming over the gunnels.
we took Cod of 12lb 8oz, 14lb 8oz and 18lb, plus a couple of 6lbers all in one drift! it was like stepping back 10 years!
With it being a small tide the slack water period was a little longer than normal so we took the opportunity to get some big baits into the wrecks too taking a good number of Ling into double figures too.
We had our second sharking trip too, we got a tentative bite halfway through the day which we waited for to develop, but never did, we wound in an empty hook! Then 20 mins toward the end of the session we got a positive run, the ratchet on the reel screaming off - it is exciting stuff when that happens! unfortunately we never hooked up, but we will be returning the sharking grounds on the next set of appropriate tides to try and get one on board for a cuddle!
All in all its been a good week.
Tight lines
Rich
Pictured is John with his 18lb Cod, -
24/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
24 Jul 2013 by Rich Cope
I wasnt over optimistic with it being a 6m tide today.
we managed a few fish yesterday from a bit of ground inshore whilst the tide wasnt flowing full bore so was eager to get back to it this morning.
we got there just as the tide was easing and managed a few codlings before slack water on shads. over slack we popped some baits down and a manged a few ling into low double figures,
as the tide got away we took a slow picking of fish getting 1 or 2 a drift until we started getting blank drifts.
by this point the the lads had taken a steady picking and boated around 25 cod and ling.
I used the tide for a move, and found a another piece of ground that was producing, and by the end of the day we had amassed 56 fish, approx, half a dozen ling the rest cod, there were the usual whitings, poutings, and mackerel on top of that too. the best ling went 11lb and cod just short of 7lb.
the lads finished the day very pleased with their catch. it was a very unexpected result given the huge tide today, and with us drifting at well over 2 1/2 knots, well done fellas, you fished well.
Pictured are the lads today with some of their fish -
21/07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
21 Jul 2013 by Rich Cope
The algae has finally cleared here at whitby, only about 5 weeks later than normal! along with it some better fishing.
The last three days have produced some much better fishing for us on Mistress. Friday and today saw us boating just over 40 cod, ling and pollock each day, Saturday saw the best day of the year for us with us taking just over 70.
here are a couple of links to full reports
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=31261.0
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=31273.0
we have had cod and ling well into double figures each day the best falling to Gerry from east riding
taking the scales to 14lb, well done mate.
Pictured is gerry with his cod. -
07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Jul 2013 by Rich Cope
The grand summer festival has just finished for another year, onboard Mistress we had quite a successful event.
On the leader board at the end of the festival we finished up with 2nd place in the Ladies section and 3rd place in the Haddock section.
But overall, Mistress had more daily wins and more daily prize winners than any other boat in the competition.
We have an autumn competition coming up from the 14th to the 29th September
We still have a few dates available on some of the better tides, please get in touch if you're interested
at seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or call on 07977 436 903
cheers Rich
Pictured is Liam one of our daily winners -
07/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Jul 2013 by Rich Cope
We recently held a parent and child evening for one of my regular anglers, Mark, who has been asking to do one for a while to get his kids interested in fishing.
He bought along a couple of the regular lads too with their kids. luckily as it turned out it was a lovely summer night.
We picked them up after the festival weigh in and set off to the rock top, the kids were all absolutely buzzing, there was bucket loads of excitement, enthusiasm and energy!
We arrived, the rods had been tackled up, so as we arrived I went round making sure everyone knew how to handle the rods and reels, and within seconds there were mackerel being swung in left right and centre! along with screams of that 5 now, thats 7 now, ive got three now and oh no that one dropped off !
well after three drifts we had filled the boxes suffiently with mackerel, and were now catching and releasing! this was accompnied by sceams of thats 72 now, thats 65 now and oh no thats ones just dropped off!
By 7pm i was feeling a bit run off my feet after being up since 5am, but a couple if the adults and older kids set up a chain gang gutting and washing the mackerel.
by the time we had finished gutting and washing there were only about 3 die hard kids still fishing and we called it a night arriving back for around 745pm
A happy bunch at the end of the trip -
16/06/2013
Fishing Report by andrew stonehouse
16 Jun 2013 by andrew stonehouse
Had the pleasure of fishing again with Rich Cope skipper of Mistress out of Whitby.
A short evening competition where the local Charter Skippers Association give there boats for free to raise money for the RNLI resulted in quite a few fish and a a couple of section winners aboard .
Junior and Ladies and if I had bothered to weigh mine possibly a 2nd in the Seniors.
Great night had by all and well done Rich on finding some nice fish.
Following day was the local Forum match and again Rich put us over some decent fish in what had been fairly testing times prior to the 2 events.
Young Jack from Leicester showed the way taking some nice codling and ling and I managed 2nd with a ling just under 9lb.
Rich worked his socks off looking for the fish and making sure every angler spent as much time as possible in the water by helping with sorting the tangles and unhooking fish.
Infectious Skipper who's enthusiasm is 2nd to none .
