Uptiding Gets Off To A Real Flyer

Sea Otter 2 — 15 November 2009

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 uptiding and to much wind forcast to go offshore today, we decided we would going to give the uptiding a bash.

The lads came up from Coventry and they werent disappointed, one of the lads getting his personal best cod nudgeing over the 10lb mark. Worm and squid were the magic baits today but frozen cart wasn’t far behind. Fresh cart today really fished well well, but in the next couple of weeks frozen cart will start to take over.

We also had a coalie which went over 5lb plus an odd ling but at the end of the day the lads enjoyed themselves it started windy but as the day went on it fell away leaving a lovely afternoon. Here are some pictures from the days fishing, I hope you all enjoy looking at them

One of the lads gets the first cod on the boat.
whitby uptiding

The next fish on the boat a cod about 4lb.
Uptiding

My lads got this coalie it went 5lb.

Up comes this 6lb to the surface.

My lad gaffs the fish .

Lee the organizer gets a nice 5lb cod

Big smiles for this man first time on a boat and he took the sweep was he happy with his 10lber

You could here a pin drop now serious or what the sweep was till to play for.

Paul.

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killer

Paul Kilpatrick has been a charter boat skipper at Whitby from 1980 to the present day. Born and bred in Whitby, with 27 years experience of taking fishing trips from Whitby Paul takes his job seriously. Boat Fishing at Whitby is Paul's passion and he says "There is some top fishing to be had from Whitby - probably better than anywhere else in the UK". So if its a great days boat fishing from the countries premier port then Paul on Sea Otter 2 is your best chance. " I have been fishing at Whitby for over 40 years" says Paul, "I started off catching small coalfish in Whitby harbour and I've been hooked ever since, and I'm now lucky enough to be in charge of one of the countries top charter fishing operations - Sea Otter 2". With Paul's Passion for fishing you just know that when you step onboard Sea Otter 2 you are dealing with a true professional who not only knows how to steer a boat, but also knows how to catch fish as well as any boat angler in the country. Paul Kilpatrick also has a big passion for cod fishing from the shore and competes every year in the Whitby Sea Anglers Fishing Club. In 1988 Paul Won the North of England Shore fishing competition and has also caught cod well in excess of 20 pounds from the shore. The picture to the left is of Paul with a 16 pound cod caught from Whitby's West Pier in autumn 2007. The capture of this cod is quite a story in itself with Paul taking over half an hour to land the fish after dragging it from the pier end to the band stand in Whitby harbour.