First Uptiding Sessions Of 2010

Sea Otter 2 — 19 January 2010

I Had a guy on the phone on Sunday who said the fishing in humber was poor at the moment so he wanted to book an uptiding day out of Whitby. I told him we were going on Monday, and that we had had roughly 30 codlings or so uptiding on the Sunday down off Robin Hoods Bay.

So with fingers crossed we set off on the Monday morning, the forcast was good with just a light breeze this guy from hull said he had 50 fresh small black lugworm, my thought was that this guy is going to hammer us as fresh worm has been fishing really well of late, and I was right.

The lad managed 15 codling the best going 6lb. The other lads did ok with fish being taken on frozen black and squid. The squid baits should have fished a lot better, and just before we came in it started to take few more fish.

All in all it was a really nice day, I think all the lads enjoyed themselves as the weather was great compared to what we have experienced throughout the last month.

Looking back towards robinhoods bay just before we went home.

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killer

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.

(1) Reader Comment

Tommy Slimfiger
January 21, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Great stuff Paul lad. As usual you are putting the lads on the fish time and again. Myself and Scouse will be booking again real soon. Hope to see you before spring for a bit of uptidig matey boy.