Ive always said, that in fishing no 2 days are ever the same. Yesterday saw us run off only 5 miles where we fished the wrecks and hard ground. The water had cleared out lovely and the fish were playing ball and being more than willing to take unbaited shads. Today we went back to the same area and the slight swell (Unpredicted by magic seaweed) had coloured up the water and the fish had gone off the boil. In the end we had to head out onto the …

With the weather being nothing short of brilliant today I had one of my regular teams onboard. We decided to have a go at uptiding down off Robin Hoods Bay. I wasn’t that confident, but the boats that were off wrecking yesterday had struggled so Uptiding it had to be.
We made our way down to robin hoods and got the boat set on one of my favourite spots. No sooner than the lines were in the water and I was into a fish, only for …

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 Paul and Jimmy on from Southport. We stared on the inshore wrecks on the 4 and 5 mile grounds where we got some nice codling. However the water just wasnt right and so we headed …

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

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 and various forms of rubber lures. As time has past we are now seeing more and more anglers switching to theses newer methods along with lighter rods and reels.
We would be very interested to hear …

   
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 in previous years when you left it to the last minuet and found only the tide and days which were available did not fit round your work or family commitments tidal books are available for the whole year from our local tackle shops and stationers also the harbour office and only cost around a pound or …

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 the safest fishing vessels in the country. It’s been proven time and again that these crafts are superb sea boats and can also do speeds in excess of 20 knots giving much more fishing time …