Archive for 'Boat Fishing Tips'

Sea Urchin Itinerary

Sea Urchin Itinerary

Sea Urchin Itinerary and advice pages aimed mainly at the newcomer to boat fishing but I do hope regulars find this helpful as well The evening before your trip: You will need to call me after 6.30pm and [...]

Booking a boat questions/answers

Booking a boat questions/answers

How to book a Charter Boat What sort of tide do I need? The right tide varies according to the sort of fishing you wish to do. If you want to fish over wrecks, you need [...]

How To Rig Up A Shad

How To Rig Up A Shad

Whitby charter skipper and local boat fishing expert Paul Kilpatrick says that the simpler methods for setting up a shad rig are by far the most successful. There is no need to use a boom style [...]

Boat Fishing With Braided Line

Boat Fishing With Braided Line

It is not an exaggeration or overstatement to say that braided line has revolutionised modern day sea angling. This is certainly true for many branches of boat / kayak angling, and increasingly so, for spinning and [...]

What Are Your Favourite Boat Fishing Methods ??

What Are Your Favourite Boat Fishing Methods ??

As always, we at the Whitby Charter Skippers Association (www.wcsa.co.uk) are very interested in the anglers who come to Whitby to fish from our boats. Traditionally it was the old 1lb jigger that was the favoured [...]

Beginner tips on mackerel fishing

Beginner tips on mackerel fishing

Mackerel fishing you say? Anyone can catch mackerel, yes while I agree in principle there are days when we struggle to fing them and this guide is intended to help the novice on such days, although I think some of you [...]

First time on a angling boat and not sure what’s involved?

First time on a angling boat and not sure what’s involved?

Maybe you are thinking of booking a trip on a boat and not really sure of whats involved, well don’t worry Here are a few basics for the total beginners  amongst you, I do intend to cover other boat [...]

Jigging For Cod – An Old But Not Forgotten Method

Jigging For Cod – An Old But Not Forgotten Method

With the growing popularity of “shad” fishing, use of a pirk has fallen out of fashion to a degree. Nevertheless, pirking (jigging or ripping), remains a very effective method of catching cod, ling and other local [...]

Cart – The New Wonderbait For Cod

Cart – The New Wonderbait For Cod

Cart Has Cod Luring Properties For about a decade now, the sea anglers at Whitby have been utilising a revolutionary cod bait by the name of CART. Credit for uncovering the cod luring properties lies with [...]

The Basics Of Uptide Fishing

The Basics Of Uptide Fishing

Uptiding Great Fishing On Light Tackle Whilst At Anchor. Uptide boat fishing at anchor (uptiding) is one of the most productive and enjoyable methods of fishing for Cod and numerous other species like ling, conger, bass, [...]