On a recent trip on Chieftain, forum regular Barrow Taff landed a personal best cod of 34lb. For a full report and pictures please visit the topic on our sea fishing form.
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16344.0

Skipper : Paul Kilpatrick
Tel : 01947 811329
Website : www.sea-otter2.co.uk
Boat Details : Sea Otter 2 is a Lockin 33. Lockin are renowned for their stability and safety, in fact the same hull of these boats are often used in manufacturing lifeboats, so you know when you step aboard Sea Otter 2 you are boarding one of [...]

Well it was cracking day today today the sun was shineing the sea was more of less calm and some really quality fish to go with it the lads had a very steady day we were wrecking all day and it was what i would call a very steady picking cod,ling,and pollock were the order of the day

Well what a day we had on Wednesday the weather was perfect and as I had not been out since last Thursday I had no real idea what the water clarity would be like we set off to the east with wrecking in mind all day with some regulars and two hire rods who had [...]

Paul Danby wins the latest Whitby Angling Festival with a fine Pollack of 12 Pounds 4 Ounces caught from Paul Eddons boat Trot On. Mr Danby is the lucky winner of the £1000 cash prize for heaviest fish in the festival

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 method utilised by anglers who visited the port, but in recent times we have seen the introduction of shads [...]

On day 7 of the spring festival we had Eric Grieres and his mates on board Sea Otter 2. We started fishing the wrecks 5 miles south east of Whitby and we managed about 15 cod in the first couple of hours fishing. It then went slow so we decided to head out onto the [...]

We Had Glenn Stocks on Sea Otter 2 on Sunday. We fished a wreck out on the 20 mile ground and Glenn had some cracking cod. A couple of the fish went into double figures, the average stamp was also very good with a lot of fish between 4-7lb.

Today (Tuesday 25th January) we had [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]