Have finally set a date for the long awaited and promised  father and sons/daughters half day boat fishing trip
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  open the post then click the link 
  http://whitby-sea-fishing.co.uk/?p=1089
Mick Sea Urchin II

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 more regular boat anglers might find the article of interest especially the safety aspect covered later (not to mention the best mackerel recipe in the world)because in my opinion mackerel fishing on a full charter boat can be the most hazardous form of boat fishing,but by following a few simple safety procedures your day can be hazard …

During last year the new sea urchin II not only lived up to but surpassed all my expectations the extra deck space was heaven and its heavy displacement hull proved extremely stable in all conditions I still have one or two alterations to make outlined below
but the fishing season produced plenty of fish and it was a good year for large cod the largest was just over 18lb and the largest ling went over 24lb along with a host of other fish  remember this is 2009 and not 1989 when fish were in abundance  not many anglers can claim  to have caught fish of …

The blog on the WCSA site is open for all WCSA members to contribute to. Catch reports, available places, your news, and anything fishing related is all welcomed.
Mick Leonard and myself are more than willing to post up your messages or if you wish you can have me set a posting account up for you.
I am more than happy to post anything onto the blog from the individual skippers, but you must make it easy for me to do this and there will be a charge
If you want me to …

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 …

It was recently publiscised in the Sunday Sun newspaper that GPS jamming trials will be taking place in the north east around Tyneside. An hypothesised outcome of the test is that GPS users may have to pay to gain access to the true GPS readings.
Debate this subject over in the Whitby fishing forum – Click Here.

Why not try a fishing gift voucher for the person who has everything this year just contact one of the skippers most will be more than happy to help
for my part on the Sea Urchin I have made this really easy for you with a pre wrote voucher ready to print off click the link below or visit the sea urchin site  
  www.whitby-sea-fishing.co.uk/?p=883

Back in June the Whitby Charter Skippers held a fundraising evening in aid of the local RNLI. All the boats took part and carried anglers at a charge of £10 per head for 3 hours fishing. All the money was donated to the RNLI. For more details please visit the link below.
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10232.0

Here you will find a host of information on all the association boats who work from this lovely old fishing port on the North Yorkshire coast
The new site is intended to help all the skippers and anglers with posts and skippers blogs fishing updates  festival results to name a few and all are interactive,  skippers ecouraged to leave reports and anglers are welcome to leave there comments please use this facility as we skippers need your feed back to improve our service 
Here in Whitby the skippers association offer anglers everything from short 3hour trips for the …

I was recently lucky enough to obtain a picture of the UK Record Cod. I had noticed there was no online record of the capture and so I went in search of a photograph and the story behind it.
The record for the heaviest cod caught in Uk waters is held at Whitby. The monster cod – a massive 58 pounds 8 ounces was caught from association boat Sea Trek back in 1992.
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/north-east-fishing-news/uk-cod-record/