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19/11/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
19 Nov 2011 by Rich Cope
With a settled spell recently and the water clarity good, the lads wanted to have a crack at the wreck and ground fishing today. The tide was fairly small so was perfect, the only thing against us would be the southerly wind which threatened to push us along a bit too fast on the ebb tide in the afternoon.
Well, 1st stop was a wreck at only 3 miles, we hit a ball of fish taking a few off it and losing a few, all nice conditioned cod, all around the 5lb mark.
the mark slowed off so we moved around taking the odd fish until we arrived on the 8 mile ground. Moving between marks we passsed over a huge feed mark, I went around it & set up the drift for the lads - Bingo! all rods straight into fish! some of the lads pulling in 2 or 3 fish on the same rig, we continued to fish this mark until the tide eased off and it went off the feed. we moved around trying a few more marks but the fish were a bit ellusive. As the ebb got away the drift increased even though we tried more marks it was proving hard to nail a few fish. Finally it was home time, and the lads had had a good day considering the time of year and conditions, between the five of them they managed 4 boxes of quality fish, Cod to 8lb, Ling to 14lb, with another slightly lighter ling of 11lb but still in double figures.
Pictured are the lads with some of their catch -
10/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Oct 2011 by Rich Cope
October
This month has seen the beginning of the Uptide season. Unfortunately the weather hasnt been kind to us and the only option of getting to sea has been uptiding. The fish we have seen have been fresh run and in great condition with an average size of around 5lb. Sport has been a little slow to start but the signs are there for a great winter season, on the average to larger tides.
We managed to get offshore wrecking a few times and we were still getting fish to double figures for the lads.
Weather permitting we will still be running rough ground and wrecking trips throughout the winter period.
Pictured is Tony with a nice cod of around 6lb, caught uptiding. -
09/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
Sep 2011 by Rich Cope
September
What a month of fishing we have had. The late summer festival taking place this month
saw all the Whitby fleet trying hard for the biggun!
Athough we never won the competition we got our name up on the daily board on a number of occations again, getting the anglers daily prizes.
This month the fishing has been fantastic seeing many double figure fish aboard the Mistress.
We have have seen many double figure Ling upto 17 lb 8 oz, Cod upto 12 lb, and a new Mistress best Pollack of 15 lb, which is a great fish for this coast.
A massive well done to all the anglers taking part in the festival this month.
Pictured is Lee Harris with the 15 lb Pollack -
25/08/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Aug 2011 by Rich Cope
The weather this morning was absolutely attrocious, we all got a proper dowsing with the rain. its didnt dampen the lads spirits though, they fished steadily getting a mixture of cod, pollock, ling, mackerel, pouting, whiting and coaly. Pictured is Shaun from Notts with a 15lb Ling - the best of the day.
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24/08/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
24 Aug 2011 by Rich Cope
What a brilliant day today. we fished the inshore wrecks, starting at only 3 miles offshore we took a large amount of fish off the first wreck the best going 15lb! I was feeling quite chuffed for the lads, the next wreck then threw up an 11lber, then moving onto the third we got a lovely 16lb cod. the lads fished well.
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22/08/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
22 Aug 2011 by Rich Cope
Today we had another go on the inshore wrecks, the tides dropped further today & the party today were a little more experienced. We were straight into pollack and cod at the begining of the day with five or six fish a drift coming onboard. we were managing to fish 2 wrecks with the same drift, it was frantic at times with the fish that were coming up. again we got baits into the wrecks as the tide eased taking plenty of Ling. We saw a number of double figure fish today, best Ling of 12lb 8oz fell to Paul Cree, and best Cod of 10lb fell to Tomas, well done lads.
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21/08/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
21 Aug 2011 by Rich Cope
Fishing still remains good here at Whitby, today was no exception. The tides have been easing a bit giving us chance to get on the inshore wrecks, which have been throwing up some great fish! While the tide was running the lads were fishing a mixture of Jellyworms and shads taking pollack and cod, then once the tide eased we got some baits in to the wrecks and got ourselves a ling or two! The star of the show today was nine year old Tom, he fished well taking the biggest fish on the boat with a Ling of 12 lb 8oz. giving him a new PB. Hopefully his dad wont be too upset about being outfished! well done mate.
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27/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
27 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
Today was the 1st day we got back to sea following a week of high winds and swell like we'd expect in winter!
Venturing out I expected we might have to run a fair distance to find some clear water, but stopping at the 5 mile ground on the way produced a few fish, so the water wasnt as coloured as we first feared. We continued working our way out to 9 and 10 mile ground taking fish each drop. The fishing wasnt fantastic but the lads took a steady picking throughout the day. The last couple of hours saw a change in tide and with it we saw an increase in activity taking many fish each drift, even though we were fishing a reef mark we were taking ling into low double figures each drift with a few coddling chucked into the equation too. The best fish was a ling around 11 1/2lb, we also saw pollock to 7lb, monk fish to 6lb and cod to 6lb, whiting, pouting and the usual summer mackerel. -
04/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
4 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
With large tides again today we had a trot up the coast again to fish the grounds we fished yesterday seeing as it fished so well. We arrived on slack water with no drift at all so started on a small wreck laying fairly shallow, first drift was cracking, a few dropped fish, but the ones we landed were of good stamp, cod weighing in at 13 lb and ling into low double figures. we fished the wreck for a few more drifts until the tide got away managing a few more cod and ling.
we moved off onto the ground nearby and took a few codlings but an easterly breeze picked up pushing us along at over 2 knots which seemed to put the fish off a bit. moving into deeper water we found a good few fish more, including a nice haddock of around 3lb, best fish of the day was a cod and went 13 lb on the scales with many in the 6 - 8 lb class, a few probably around the 9 and 10 lb mark.
Trevor Burt took first place today on the daily board with his 13 lb cod, netting him £50, well done Trev. -
25/06/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
25 Jun 2011 by Rich Cope
This report cover a three day period 25th, 26th and 27th June.
http://rodbenders.net/2011/07/01/mistress-whitby/
