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 …

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 …

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 …

Christmas came early this year for Rob Wadsworth the happy recipient of

£1000 in cash for his first place in this years uptide festival with a cod of 9lb

6.5oz fishing off Rich Wards shytorque also in attendance was local angler

Karl Reid receiving a cheque of £200 for his third place cod of 9lb 3.5oz

fishing off sea urchin II and I was there to accept Russel Keymers cheque of

£100 for heaviest other species also fishing off sea urchin II

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 just missed out on first place in the Uptiding festival as his fish was 2 ounces short of the winner caught by Rob Wadsworth on Shytorque.
we have been working on my favoirite marks down off robin hoods bay had dave barham from boat fishing monthly on board yesterday had a nice day i think …

Final placings
1st Rob Wadsworth cod 9lb 6.5oz SHYTORQUE £1000
2nd Hugh Jones cod 9lb 4oz SEA OTTER II £300
3rd Karl Reid cod 9lb 3.5oz SEA URCHIN II £200
Heaviest other species
Russel A Keymer ling 6lb 12oz SEA URCHIN II £100

Day 1 – Monday 30th November Results From www.wcsa.co.uk Cancelled due to weather – Read Daily Report Here
Day 2 Geoff Drake – 6lb 2oz Shytorque
Day 3 Russel A Keymer - 6lb 12 oz Sea Urchin II
Day 4 Rob Wadsworth 9lb 6.5 oz Shytorque
Day 5 Karl Reid – 9lb 3.5 oz Sea Urchin II
Day …

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 we had on board were all amongst the fish from the off and were so pleased with their catch they made the following report on the Whitby Fishing Forum.

Hi all. Me my son and a couple of mates had a great days fishing on shy torque yesterday anchored up off sandend. Some were uptiding …

   
To help keep down costs and encourage people to have a go fishing at anchor,
I have decided to drop the hire charge for rods/reels during the festival this year and offer anglers brand new up tide rods and reels to try out,
I know it’s only £5 per man but every little helps
Mick Sea Urchin II   visit     www.whitby-sea-fishing.co.uk

With the uptiding festival just around the corner, the winter uptiding season has kicked off big style at Whitby with cod into double figures already coming from the inshore grounds. Today saw Paul Kilpatrick fishing 3/4 of a mile off Sandsend and the lads onboard who travelled all the way from Coventry were certainly not disappointed with cod into double figures and some big coalfish as an added bonus.
In his report to the Whitby Fishing Forum, Sea Otter 2 skipper Paul Kilpatrick said :
With the tides being bang on for …