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

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 basics such as makarell fishing, bait, shad and wreck fishing in another post which I will add soon
The most common type of boat fishing we do during the Spring, Summer, and Autumn is drift fishing and as its name implies the boat drifts along while you fish, the boat will be at the mercy of the tide and wind …

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 …

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    …

   
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 …

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

Congratulations to Alison gibbson who was Tuesdays winner in the 2009 Whitby charter skippers association late summer festival,
Alison who was fishing off the sea urchin 2 landed a cracking ling weighing in at 16lb 1.5oz  and over 2lbs heavier than the 2nd place fish who was also a female angler
Alison showed the all male anglers how it’s done over the wrecks and landed herself £50 into the bargain well done again Alison.
also during Wednesdays festival and fishing off the sea urchin 2 Mick spragg landed 3rd place with another ling of 16lb 13.5oz this fish came off …

Well this week has been a good week all in all with plenty of cod showing on certain wrecks and also a few good days fishing on the ground, the water was beginning to bloom up again which made for hard work inshore, plenty of marks but not easy to catch, had a good day on Friday  when Drifield angler Howard gave us all a lesson on how to catch fish,  he was taking fish on shad/bait/jigger you name it he could not fail just makes you realise that even when …