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 species. Over the years, I’ve had some belting pollack, loads of ‘nuisance’ whiting, coalfish and even had occasional wrasse and gurnard take an un-baited pirk off the Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby, Kettleness and Runswick areas.
read more – http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/fishing-with-a-pirk

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 pioneering shore anglers from the region, however in recent times, anglers fishing on the Whitby Charter Boats have also found Cart to be an excellent cod bait for both winter uptiding and summer drift fishing over the wrecks and rough ground for cod.
So – What Is Cart ??
Cart is nothing other than the insides …

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 …

These are just a few of our recent catches. I hope you enjoy looking at them.

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Skipper : Jon Whitton
Tel : 01287 660118 / 07790 955604
Website : http://www.whitbyfishingtrips.co.uk
Boat Details : Never can Tell-a is a traditional Whitby built heavy displacement 10 metre long fishing boat with more deck space than any other boat of this size in Whitby. The traditional design ensures a safe and comfortable trip. There is bench seating for 12 anglers and a ladies toilet.
Commercial quality electronics are installed which in addition to the standard ‘fishfinder’ includes a computer which displays details about the nature of the sea bed on a 17inch screen. …

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 …