It’s not to early to book your festival places on the contrary now is the perfect time, while most anglers are still recovering from the winter blues you can grab those tides that suit you now not like in previous years when you left it to the last minuet and found only the tide and days which were available did not fit round your work or family commitments tidal books are available for the whole year from our local tackle shops and stationers also the harbour office and only cost around a pound or …

Christmas came early this year for Rob Wadsworth the happy recipient of

£1000 in cash for his first place in this years uptide festival with a cod of 9lb

6.5oz fishing off Rich Wards shytorque also in attendance was local angler

Karl Reid receiving a cheque of £200 for his third place cod of 9lb 3.5oz

fishing off sea urchin II and I was there to accept Russel Keymers cheque of

£100 for heaviest other species also fishing off sea urchin II

   
Thanks to all the anglers who supported this years uptide festival as well as me and the boat, this year we won two daily events with Russel an angler from Mattlock taking the boats first daily prize with a ling of 6lb 12 oz which won him £50 he also won the heaviest any other species overall £100, and Karl Reid from Pickering came third overall with a nice cod of 9lb 3.5oz which also won him a daily prize of £50 as well as third place overall £200 total prize money £400    …

Final placings
1st Rob Wadsworth cod 9lb 6.5oz SHYTORQUE £1000
2nd Hugh Jones cod 9lb 4oz SEA OTTER II £300
3rd Karl Reid cod 9lb 3.5oz SEA URCHIN II £200
Heaviest other species
Russel A Keymer ling 6lb 12oz SEA URCHIN II £100

Day 1 – Monday 30th November Results From www.wcsa.co.uk Cancelled due to weather – Read Daily Report Here
Day 2 Geoff Drake – 6lb 2oz Shytorque
Day 3 Russel A Keymer - 6lb 12 oz Sea Urchin II
Day 4 Rob Wadsworth 9lb 6.5 oz Shytorque
Day 5 Karl Reid – 9lb 3.5 oz Sea Urchin II
Day …

Today’s weather has delayed the start of the festival for many anglers who were looking forward to the first day of the uptide competition, and with a similar forecast for day two it could be  much later in the week before it gets underway, I recomend anglers who have days booked this week should keep a close look on the forecast and  check with there skippers for any updates and news they may have Mick Leonard.

   
To help keep down costs and encourage people to have a go fishing at anchor,
I have decided to drop the hire charge for rods/reels during the festival this year and offer anglers brand new up tide rods and reels to try out,
I know it’s only £5 per man but every little helps
Mick Sea Urchin II   visit     www.whitby-sea-fishing.co.uk

Having spoke to a lot of the skippers of late it appears the news of the fast approaching uptide festival has not been generating the level of interest shown in last years excellent event, and I am puzzled to know the reasons why,while the odd skipper is full others have few if any bookings this seems strange especially with the updated first prize of £1000,
 of all the festivals the wcsa hold over the year the uptide/winter one offers in my opinion the best chance for anyone to win novice anglers included, 
Last years winter festival was …

With this years Uptiding Festival drawing ever closer I felt it might be nice to take a look back at last years festival with a view to wetting your appatite for what is on offer from this great new festival. On the first day of the 2008 festival the Whitby charter boats sailed out to a stunning sunrise in the eastern skies and the fishing that followed was very good indeed. Day 1 saw a mass of fish taken from the inshore grounds with the best going to Simon West …

Report From http://www.thechieftain.co.uk/
This year we are going to fish the Whitby Uptide Festival which runs from Monday the 30th November to Sunday the 6th December.
We have not fished this festival before and fishing this close in, within a mile of the shore will be a new experience for us but we think the bigger boat will provide a more stable platform to fish from and certainly more space. There is a £1000 prize for the biggest cod caught during the week and also prizes for the second and third …

WCSA Press Release – Please Feel Free To Place This On Your Own Websites.
After the sucess of last years winter uptiding festival, the Whitby Charter Skippers Association will be running another event this year during late November and early December. This years week long uptiding festival will run from 30th November to 6th December. Glenn Stocks and Stagecoach Supertram from Sheffield will again sponsor the event and the prizes will be £1000 for the heaviest single cod, £300 for second heaviest cod and £200 for 3rd heaviest cod. There will …