A Couple Of Good Cod On Sea Otter 2

Sea Otter 2 — 14 April 2010

On day 7 of the spring festival we had Eric Grieres and his mates on board Sea Otter 2. We started fishing the wrecks 5 miles south east of Whitby and we managed about 15 cod in the first couple of hours fishing. It then went slow so we decided to head out onto the 20 mile where we found a few more fish, mostly cod.

The algea bloom had been making things a bit difficult for us but non the less I decided to try a few of my favourite inshore wrecks on route back to port. There is a small group of wrecks just north of Whitby that I like to work at the right time. Sadly when I arrived most of the wrecks had been boxed off by the local netters, but we managed to locate one we could get the baits into without snagging up on the wreck.

First drop down Eric Griers his into a nice 8 pounder and some of the other lads managed a some codlings too. Our second drift was to be the last of the day and again Eric hit into another 8 pounder. A nice brace of fish which gave him 2nd and 3rd place in the festival daily prize list.

It was a shame we couldnt get onto the other wrecks, but thats fishing, and theres always another day, and certainly some bigger fish to come.

All the best – Paul

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Paul Kilpatrick has been a charter boat skipper at Whitby from 1980 to the present day. Born and bred in Whitby, with 27 years experience of taking fishing trips from Whitby Paul takes his job seriously. Boat Fishing at Whitby is Paul's passion and he says "There is some top fishing to be had from Whitby - probably better than anywhere else in the UK". So if its a great days boat fishing from the countries premier port then Paul on Sea Otter 2 is your best chance. " I have been fishing at Whitby for over 40 years" says Paul, "I started off catching small coalfish in Whitby harbour and I've been hooked ever since, and I'm now lucky enough to be in charge of one of the countries top charter fishing operations - Sea Otter 2". With Paul's Passion for fishing you just know that when you step onboard Sea Otter 2 you are dealing with a true professional who not only knows how to steer a boat, but also knows how to catch fish as well as any boat angler in the country. Paul Kilpatrick also has a big passion for cod fishing from the shore and competes every year in the Whitby Sea Anglers Fishing Club. In 1988 Paul Won the North of England Shore fishing competition and has also caught cod well in excess of 20 pounds from the shore. The picture to the left is of Paul with a 16 pound cod caught from Whitby's West Pier in autumn 2007. The capture of this cod is quite a story in itself with Paul taking over half an hour to land the fish after dragging it from the pier end to the band stand in Whitby harbour.