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03/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
3 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
We saw a big lift in the tides today, i had heard reports further up the coast of some large hauls the day previous. so with that in mind we headed an hour up the coast to work some rough ground. we were pushing tide all the way which was frustrating, my nerves were jangling with excitement at the prospect of some good fishing for the lads from Derby on their 1st boat fishing trip. the trip was well worth the effort the fishing was fantastic! the fishing slowed off a bit inshore so we pushed further offshore to scout round another patch of ground, this fished even better! each drift was producing three fish per angler, all on shads and light tackle! it was manic running round with the net for the lads! finally calling it a day the lads were more than happy with their with their catch, it was a perfect day at sea, it was flat, sun shining all day and loads of fish! pictured, the lads with some of their catch . . . .
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02/07/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
2 Jul 2011 by Rich Cope
What a glorious day to be at sea! with a lift in the tides today, we were going to be working the rough ground and dropping onto the wrecks around slack water when the drift slowed down.
I ventured out to some ground 10 miles away from whitby today as i left it the day preiously with plenty of feed marks showing on the sounder. on arrival we found the feed had dispersed with only small patches showing. we managed a a few cod and a solitary haddock before moving. i worked my way round to the back end of some ground around 8 miles from whitby, we hit jackpot here, we had loads of cod mostly in the 4-6lb bracket, a few a bit bigger, the biggest fell to Mick Patterson which was a beauty weighing in at 13 1/2 lb, taking 2nd in the daily winners spot in the festival bagging him £30! Well done Mick! -
29/06/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
29 Jun 2011 by Rich Cope
We were working a a productive patch of ground the day previous, each drift was throwing up a good number of fish, all in the 4-6lb bracket. so my intention was to get back out there and give it another go. unfortunately the wind had swung and increased in the night and lifted the sea putting a bit of motion in the water, which had coloured it slightly. we started out taking a couple of fish but not in the numbers we had seen the day previous. so i pushed a bit further a field looking for clearer water, with a couple of marks up my sleeve we worked on plucking a few fish here and there. the strength of the wind meant we were drifting at quite a rate, covering lots of ground. around lunch time the wind fell away and the sea fell flat calm. we carried on working ground and came across a a big ball of fish, there were a few boats working the area so that soon depleted, but we took a good few fish there. around slack water we moved to a patch that was chucking a few fish up each drift which continued, we managed cod and ling both in the 11lb bracket, but we lost a monster off that patch of ground! but hey ho thats fishing! we finished off at the end of the day with a reasonable catch, the lads leaving happy with their efforts, pictures is Patrick Crehan with his best cod, going 11lb on the scales.
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24/06/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
24 Jun 2011 by Rich Cope
This was our first day fishing the Summer festival, the lads were full of high expectations for the day. First thing in the morning we were greeted with a lumpy sea, but with a decreasing forecast we set off in search of the big one!.
Unfortunately due to the conditions a couple lads gave in to the dreaded sea flu, but carried on fishing regardless. By lunch time though the sea had fell right away and the sun had come out. we took a steady picking of cod and ling through the day the best one landed was by our crew man Joe who took 5 mins out to drop a line on a wreck, it was a lovely cod around 12 lb. -
10/05/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
10 May 2011 by Rich Cope
Finally got my engine back in the boat and back in the water yesterday. The engine still needs running in so decided on a slow run out to a few marks to build a few hours up!
we tried a couple of patches of ground on the way out to a wreck that i thought would throw a few fish up for us. the ground never produced any fish, but we picked a few off the wreck, nothing enormous, biggest fish was maybe 6 or 7lb
All the fish were taken on shads of varying colours.
Pictured left to right; Joe Law, Mark Seaman, John Law -
20/11/2010
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
20 Nov 2010 by Rich Cope
I had a party of novices booked today, with only a couple of them having fished before. seeing as we did so well yesterday, I headed back to the same mark. It was a bit lumpy on the way out with a fairly large, long, rolling ground swell, and it was forecast to grow through the day. Well we settled in at anchor again and caught the last of the ebb tide. It was the same as yesterday, we were straight into bites and fish! everybody was catching! the conditions were no where near as nice though, we had rain and it was a bit colder too. One of the lads Tom, who had fished before soon started showing the rest of the party how to go on, he managed a couple of double shots of cod on the same line! there is a huge amount of fish showing on the uptiding grounds this year.
the tide eased and I thought the bites would dry up with it, but the lads & lasses kept a steady stream of fish coming over the gunnels. as the tide began flooding I repositioned the boat and we got a fast flurry of better fish, within around ten minutes we had a further 6 or 7 fish aboard. The crew finally had had enough with the poor conditions and were wet through from the rain and decided on an early finish. Again we had a great day out with plenty of fish. -
19/11/2010
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
19 Nov 2010 by Rich Cope
I had a maintenance day today with my mate Keith. after the job was finished with the weather as nice as it was, i decided on a run off uptiding for a few hours. well, what a day, we fished for about 3 and half hours. as soon as the anchor was dropped and bait cast the bites came thick and fast. it was non stop action the whole time we were out. in the short time we managed over 20 codlings, there were a few chuck backs and the biggest took the scales round to 13lb. we used squid, mussel, black lug worm, the most productive was squid and mussel cocktail. the winter sport this year has been amazing so far, i think we will be seeing some big fish caught this year on the uptiding festival.
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04/11/2010
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
4 Nov 2010 by Rich Cope
With a break in the weather today, and no fishing party booked I had a run off uptiding with one of my regular lads Kieth for a jolly. We were kept busy all day with bites, both of us had a good few codlings and a few pout. squid, worm and mussel doing the damage. The signs are there for some great winter sport
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17/10/2010
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
17 Oct 2010 by Rich Cope
The lads yesterday booked a days wrecking as they had never been before. things got off to a slow start but picked up through the day after a bit of guidance. The wreck we finished on really started fishing well on the last few drifts but we had to leave it to get in. We ended up with Ling to 15lb again, Cod to 7lb and a few pollack too.
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07/10/2010
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
7 Oct 2010 by Rich Cope
Given the large tides, we had a great day wreck fishing. We drifted using jellyworms until the tide eased allowing us to drop our bait rigs down fishing with mackerel and squid. everybody had a great day with Ling to 15lb, Cod to 7lb and Pollack to 7lb. Other fish included in the catch were, Whiting, Pouting, Poor Cod, Coalie and Mackerel.
Pictured; Mark & David Seaman
