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A Couple Of Good Cod On Sea Otter 2

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 [...]

January Wreck Fishing At Whitby On Sea Otter 2

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 [...]

Jigging For Cod – An Old But Not Forgotten Method

Jigging For Cod – An Old But Not Forgotten Method

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 [...]

SEA URCHIN II 2009 round up

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 [...]

First Uptiding Sessions Of 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 [...]

2009 – What A Year For Sea Otter 2

Looking back over 2009 to be honest it has been a good year, as usual the weather allways plays a big part. The last 2 months have been nothing short of disaster as we have lost [...]

NOW IS THE TIME TO BOOK YOUR 2010 SPRING FESTIVAL PLACE

It’s not to early to book your festival places on the contrary now is the perfect time, while most anglers are still recovering from the winter blues you can grab those tides that suit you now not like [...]

So near but yet so far

Sea Otter 2 Uptiding Report Friday saw us fishing off the coast near Robin Hoods Bay in the Long Hole area. Hugh Jones (Taffy) had lovely fish that hit the scales at 9lb 4oz. Sadly Hugh [...]

Uptiding 15/11/09 – Shytorque

Uptiding is certainly producing the goods at the moment. Yesterday saw us uptiding on one of the favoured inshore marks of Sandsend and the fish were coming aboard thick and fast at one point. The lads [...]

A Red Letter Day On Sea Otter 2

A Red Letter Day On Sea Otter 2

Festival sponsor Glenn Stocks and his mate Geoff charterd sea otter 2 for themselves today. They fished the grounds and wrecks at distance and were rewarded with some very special fish indeed. The biggest weighed in [...]