Whitby Sea Fishing Club - Results for October 2006

Wednesday 25th October 2006

Monsoon like conditions met the members of the Whitby fishing club as they turned out to fish their midweek 3 hour match. Conditions were again favourable for codling fishing with a mixed northerly and south easterly swell in the water. Paul Kilpatrick was the nights top angler finding 3 fish for 9 pounds 1 ounce. Junior member Daren Hansen in second proved his ability to compete well with the seniors with 4 fish for 7 pounds 7 ounces. Dennis Thompson caught the most cod (4) of the night and took 3 rd place with 4 fish for 5 pounds 9 ounces.

Results: 1st Paul Kilpatrick 9-1(3), 2nd Darren Hansen 7-7(4), 3rd Dennis Thompson 5-9(4), G Kilpatrick 5-8(2), D Perett 5-0(2), T Wright 3-2(4), B Harland 3-1(2), R Allison 3-1(2), C Stainthorpe 2-13(2), C Evans 1-4(2), B Vasey 0-14(1), M Vasey 0-7(1), W Atkinson 0-5(1).


Sunday 22nd October 2006

An un seasonally warm night with heavy rain showers greeted the Whitby sea anglers as they turned out to fish on Sunday night. A light to moderate long distance northerly sea swell and coloured water gave excellent conditions for codling fishing through this 4 hour ebb tide match. Brian Harland continued his excellent start to the season catching 6 fish for 11 pounds 14 ounces. Glenn Kilpatrick came in second with 3 fish for 6 pounds 2 ounces. In third place was Rob Allison with 4 fish for 6 pounds.

Results : 1st Brian Harland 11-14(3 cod & 3 rockling), 2nd Glenn Kilpatrick 6-2(3 cod), 3rd Rob Allison 6-0(4 cod), B Vasey 5-0(5), J Ebbsion 4-8(3), P Kilpatrick 4-8(2), C Stonethorpe 4-1(3), D Thompson 3-3(2), W Atkinson 2-14(2) D Hanson 209(1), M Vasey 1-9(3), C Evans 1-4(2), D Perett 1-3(1), D Craig 1-2(1), A Cass 1-2(2), D Smith 0-11(2), J Gilpin 0-9(1).

Wednesday 18th October 2006

A growing long distance northerly sea swell gave good conditions for cod fishing in this low tide match. Catches were the best to date with 23 anglers returning to the scales with fish. Dennis Thompson was the nights best angler with 5 cod for 13 pounds and now leads the way in the competition for heaviest bag of the month. Second place went to George Middlemass with 3 cod for 8 pounds 12 ounces. Last years league winner Rob Allison came in third on the night with 3 cod for 8 pounds 4 ounces.

Results: D Thompson 13-0(5 cod), 2nd George Middlemass 8-12(3 cod), 3rd Rob Allison 8-4(3 cod), B Harland 8-0(2), G Kilpatrick 7-0(3), P Kilpatrick 6-2(5), P Hoy 4-4(2), D Hanson 4-3(5), D Mcarthy 2-14(5), M Robinson 2-8(2), D Waters 2-7(2), M Vasey 2-1(4), A Kelly 1-14(3), P Mead 1-13(2), T Wright 1-11(3), W Atkinson 1-9(1), C Stainthorpe 1-8(2), D Sullivan 1-4(2), B Vasey 1-2(1), D Smith 1-1(2), D Craig 0-12(1), C Breckon 0-9(1), G Shepherd 0-8(1).


Sunday 15th October 2006

Big pollock caught from Whitby west Pier by Dan Craig

Sundays match was fished on a small flooding tide with flat calm seas. As usual these conditions meant the fish were hard to find for most. However the poor conditions had little effect on Junior member Dan Craig who won the match outright with a Pollock weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces. Dan's personal best fish now leads the way in the competition for the heaviest fish within the clubs junior section. In second place was Dennis Thompson with 3 rocklings for 2 pounds 3 ounces, closely follow in third by Dave Perret with 2 codlings for 2 pounds 2 ounces. Charlie the Pollock Breckon also landed a nice pollock which would have taken second place on the night but unfortunately he missed the weigh in due to work commitments.

Results : 1st Dan Craig 5-13(1), 2nd D Thompson 2-3(3), D Perett 2-2(2), A Kelley 1-12(2), D Smith 0-15(1), G Middlemass 0-13(1) A Cass 0-11(2), J Gilpin 0-9(2), C Stainthorpe 0-9(1), M Vasey 0-8(1), W Atkinson0-5(2).

Please double click on Dan's Pollock for a full sized picture.
Wednesday 11th October 2006

After taking second place in Sunday evenings match Philip Mead went one better tonight and won with 14 whiting for 9 pounds 13 ounces. It just goes to show how strange sea fishing can be at times as Phil's fishing partner Dave Perett fished next to Philip most of the night with the same bait but only managed to catch 2 fish whilst Phil landed 14. William Atkinson's years of angling experience shone through yet again as he managed to take the majority of fish from his chosen venue whilst those around him could only stand and watch, William landed 3 cod for 6 pounds 12 ounces and took second place in the match. Brian Harland concluded the nights placing's with 3 fish for 5 pounds 2 ounces.

Results: P Mead 9-13(14), W Atkinson 6-12(3), B Harland 5-2(3), R Allison 2-13(1), J Gilpin 2-5(2), C Stainthorpe 2-2(1), G Middlemass 1-11(1), D Perret 1-6(2), D Smith 1-2(2), M Vasey 1-1(2), D Craig 0-14(1).


Sunday 8th October 2006

Whitby sea anglers turned out to fish a big ebbing tide and flat calm seas for this evenings match. For the second Sunday running Dave Perett caught well and returned to the scales with a mixed bag of 6 codlings, 2 pouting and a dogfish to earn first place on the night with a total weight of 10 pounds 10 ounces. Philip mead took second with 10 whiting for 5 pounds 4 ounces, and was closely followed in third by Glenn Kilpatrick with 9 whiting for 4 pounds 15 ounces.

Results : 1st D Perett 10-10(9 fish), P Mead 5-4(10), G Kilpatrick 4-15(9), P Kilpatrick 3-2(2), B Vasey 2-15(5), B Harland 2-6(5), M Vasey 1-14(3), A Cass 1-7(2), D Mcarthy 1-5(2), J Gilpin 1-1(3), C Stainthorpe 0-15(1), W Atkinson 0-13(2), D Sullivan 0-8(1), D Smith 0-8(1), M Breckon 0-6(1).


Wednesday 4th October

A Light to moderate northerly sea swell provided better conditions for the Whitby Sea Anglers mid week match fished over low water. However this also made things difficult as the sea state meant it was too rough to fish some venues whilst not rough enough for many others. George Middlemass' experience shone through and enabled him to choose the right venue to catch 3 fish for 10 pounds 11 ounces giving him 1st place on the night. George's bag, the heaviest of the month to date, also included a fine cod of 7 pounds 8 ounces which sets the pace for the heaviest fish of the month competition. Wednesday nights second place angler was Brian Harland with 6 codlings for a total of 9 pounds 2 ounces. Aidrian Kelly took third place with 3 fish for 8 pounds 11 ounces and continues to be one of the clubs most improved anglers over the past couple of years.

Results: 1st George Middlemass 10-11(3 Cod), 2nd B Harland 9-2(6 Cod), 3rd A Kelly 8-11(3 cod), P Short 7-14(3), G KIlpatrick 6-11(1), D Hanson jnr 2-8(2), M Vasey 2-7(2), D Mcarthy 1-13(2), D Craig 1-11(2), D Waters1-5(1), D Perett 1-4(1), J Ebbison 1-3(1), T Wright 1-1(1), B Vasey 0-8(1), P Kilpatrick 0-8(1), J Kendrew jnr 0-6(1).


Sunday 1st October

The smallest of neap tides, flat calm seas and gin clear water meant the conditions were not good for sea angling in Sunday nights 4 hour match. There seemed to be a lot of fish about that were just under the legal size limit but finding any above that size proved difficult. Dave Perret was the top angler on the night with 4 codlings and 1 pouting from his chosen mark. Glenn Kilpatrick came in second and Colin Stainthorpe third, both with mixed bags of fish. The matches so far this year have seen an increase in the amount of pollock being brought to the scales, tonight's match saw both Mike Vasey and Charlie the Pollock Breckon catch decent sized fish.

Results : 1st D Perett 6 pounds 4 ounces (5 fish, 4 codling 1 pouting), 2nd G Kilpatrick 3-10(5 fish, 3 Billet 2 Whiting), 3rd C Stainthorpe 2-9 (3 fish, 1 codling 2 rockling), W Atkinson 2-8(3), J Gilpin 2-5(4) M Vasey 2-4(1 Pollock), M Breckon 1-10 (1 pollock), B Harland 1-1(1), P Mead 1-1 (1), R Allison 0-15(1), G Shepherd 0-12(1), D Sullivan 0-7(1).


Wednesday 27th September 2006

Wednesday saw the start of the 6 month season for the Whitby Sea Anglers fishing club. Strengthening winds and heavy showers met the anglers as they turned out to fish at their chosen fishing marks. Catches were reasonably good given that the sea was flat calm and there was little colour to the water. Glenn Kilpatrick won the evenings match with a mixed bag of 1 codling, 1 coalfish, and 2 whitings for 3 pounds 7 ounces. In second place was Colin Stainthorpe with 2 codlings for 3 pounds 5 ounces. Paul Short from Guisborough took third with 1 codling and 2 coalfish for 3 pounds 4 ounces.

Results : 1st G Kilpatrick 3-7(4 fish), 2nd C Stainethorpe 3-5(2), 3rd P Short 3-4(3), A Cass 3-0(2),D Smith 1-14(3), B Harland 1-14(2), J Gilpin 1-14(2), T Wright 1-11(3), G Shepherd 1-3(2), D Perett 1-2(2), M Vasey 0-15(2), J Kendrew 0-15(2), C Evans 0-14(2), P Atkinson 0-8(1)


League positions are available on the Whitby sea anglers league table page

Rough Seas At Whitby - 27 th October 2006

It appears the weather men got it wrong today. With only light to moderate swell forecast some of the Whitby fishing boats put to sea early this morning. But the sea swell came much bigger than expected and the lifeboat had to go out and escort some of the boats back into port. Thankfully everyone got home safe and well.

Whitby Trawlermen could be out of cod quota in 3 weeks time.

THIS year's cod quota could run out in three weeks a local fishing industry head has told the Whitby gazette.



Dave Winspear, managing director of Whitby's Alliance Fish, said the Government's limits mean fish caught accidentally will have to be thrown overboard and left to die as fisherman will not be allowed to land them.
The stark warning comes in the wake of year-on-year warnings that traditional North Sea fish stocks are seriously depleted.
And scientists from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas have again said a complete ban on cod fishing is the only way to prevent the species dying out in the North Sea.
But conversely industry experts report an upturn in the numbers of fish being caught in the North Sea.
It overturns government warnings about low stocks, the basis of its clampdowns on fishing levels.
The East of England Fish Producers Organisation (EEFPO) says there has been a "phenomenal" increase in catches this year, particularly of fish such as cod, whiting and saithe.


To read More please visit the Whitby gazette website

Fishing At Filey Brigg

Filey Brigg is no different to all rock fishing venues in that it is extremely dangerous to fish. Anglers should not think of fishing any rock fishing marks for the first time without the assistance of a local with expert knowledge of the area. Filey Brigg is notoriously dangerous and largely in accessible to most anglers except those with local knowledge. Restricted access to the brigg at low tide only gives access to some excellent fishing marks though.
Filey Brigg is known to most anglers right across the UK - Filey brigg - a large rocky outcrop just north of filey holds some excellent fishing for those willing to learn the venue. Cod well into double figures, pollock and bass of good sizes are caught there every year.

To read more about fishing at Filey Brigg please visit the Filey Brigg advice page on the whitby sea anglers website

Keeping Peeler Crabs In The Fridge Untill You Need To Use Them

Your Peeler crabs are at their very best for use as fishing bait when they start to get a hairline crack aroun their shell. At this point in time many anglers peel the crabs, wrap them in cling film and freeze them down for use at a later date. Sometimes crabs are ready for use at the same time as you are going fishing so they then make an excellent bait to use whilst still fresh. At certain times of year Fresh peeler crabs will outfish those that have been frozen. You are simply wasting your time fishing next to an angler who has fresh crabs on their hook. In order to have fresh peelr crab for their next fishing trip many anglers store there peelers with cracks in the shell in cat litter trays in the fridge. Storing peeler crabs at low temperatures halts the moulting process and allows you to keep peeler crabs that are ready for use for up to a week (sometimes longer). To learn how to keep your peeler crabs in the optimun state for fishing untill your next trip please visit the Keeping Peeler crabs page on the Whitby sea anglers website

Keeping White ragworms

There is an extreme amount of effort in locating and digging white ragworms, far too much effort to get them home and let them die before your next fishing trip. The fishing trips where you will use your white ragworms may be well into the future. Some people often keep them many months before they actually thread their white rag ono the hook. It is essential therfore that you do your very best to keep them in prime condition untill that time when you plan to use your white ragworm. This guide on keeping White rag will give you all the information to enable you to keep these deadly baits in prime condition for several months. To read the report in full please visit the keeping white ragworm page on the whitby sea anglers website.

6 Pound Pollock For Whitby Club Junior Member

Whitby sea anglers match on Sunday 15th October 2006 was fished on a small flooding tide with flat calm seas. As usual these conditions meant the fish were hard to find for most. However the poor conditions had little effect on Junior member Dan Craig who won the match outright with a Pollock weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces.

For more info about the whitby fishing club please visit www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/index.php

Sea Otter 2 - 2006 - The Best Year For A Long Long Time

September 2006 - Well He did it again. For the second time in a year one of Pauls anglers won one of the 3 annual boat fishing festivals. John Egan from Hull landed a 22 pound ling on one of the last days of the festival to take the £1000 first prize. John is seen here accepting his Prize money from Paul Kilpatrick far left and Aidrain laws from Mister chips whitby in the middle.
Other catches this month included cod to 20 pounds and pollock well into double figures.



August 2006 - Some years August can be a quiet month but not this year - Things just couldnt get any better. Cod, Ling, Pollock, Coalfish, Mackerel, Catfish and Haddock were amongst the many species that turned up for Paul Kilpatrick;s anglers onboard sea otter2. Shads and jelly worms again seemed to be tempting the majority of the fish. These things have been a revalation for sea anglers at Whitby allowing them to use light gear to temp fish well into the double figures.



JUNE 2006 - June once again proved it is the month when pirking really starts to take cod in a big way at Whitby. The big sprat shoals set in on the rough ground at Whitby. Stacks of cod were taken, at times on pirks but a lot of anglers now seem to prefer fishing with shads over wrecks and rough ground to take the cod and Pollock. This method of fishing with the light gear saves on the arms at the end of the day. The mackerel shoals also arrived in vast numbers with a ready supply of bait for the big ling.



MAY 2006 -May turned out to be a good month for cod but the weather was a bit up and down but when PAul on Sea Otter 2 was able to go to sea the fishing was very good indeed.
The inshore wrecks fished extremely well with shads once again doing most of the damage. Pollock also made a big show with occasional ling being taken. Although they had not arrived as yet it was felt that the mackerel should not be to far away.



APRIL 2006 Saw Paul Kilpatrick on sea otter 2 win the Whitby spring angling festival for the second year on the trot. Although the weather was very poor Pauls anglers saw some good fishing throughout the month. The second half of the month changed for the better weather wise and fishing then came on with a bang at Whitby. Fishing with shads seemed to beat everything else out of site and the cod seemed to be commiting suicide over these lures. The odd better pollock had started to show and Paul felt positively optimistic for the coming month of May..



MARCH 2006 - The weather for this month was very poor and did not allow Paul a great deal of time at sea. Fingers were crossed for better weather as Paul was certain the Great Wall of death area would be lifting with quality cod.






FEBRUARY 2006 - What a pleasant surprise February turned out to be. Better than average weather for a large part of the month allowed Paul to get out to the marks around the great wall of death 26 miles off Whitby. As can usually be the case at this time of year fishing at the wall produced some fantastic catches. I would go as far as to say that catches this month were better than anytime over the winter with many cod being taken on squid baits dropped onto the ground.



JANUARY 2006 - January as usual was a struggle due to the inclement weather conditions. Paul managed several good trips towards the end of the month with the inshore wrecks producing many quality fish with several going well into double figures. Best Method this month was bait fishing with squid.




Sea otter Cod Sept festival

John Egan Festival winner 2006 22 pound ling

Sea Otter 2 with Chieftain Charters in The Background

News From Scarborough fishing clubs - 10 pounder for Mick in the Bridlington Open

Anglers venturing out over the last week have had some good returns and the slight bit of sea that appeared mid week last week encouraged a few more cod to show on the northern marks that have not faired as well over the recent weeks, the best catches have still come from the south of the town with Filey Brigg and Bempton tops still providing the best results and with the nights drawing in rapidly the whiting are on the increase for the pleasure angler. On Sunday a good number of anglers turned out for the Phil Rounding Memorial Trophy run be Bridlington Sea Angling Club, the winner who took first place and £250.00 with a nice cod of 10lbs 5ozs from Filey Brigg was Scarborough angler Mick Chadwick, Mick also took second place with another cod of 6lbs 6ozs. This Thursday should have seen the start of the Angling League but unfortunately due to a lack of teams the league has been disbanded.
This weekend sees the first matches in the Rocks and South Cliff Angling Club's calendars with Dave Bielby and Pete Dunn defending their club championships they won last year, and next Thursday night sees the start of the South Cliff Open Night Matches.

Phil Rounding Memorial Trophy Result

1-Mick Chadwick- 10.5.0, 2-M Chadwick 6.6.0, 3-S Aklam(Bridlington)5.2.8 4-M Cliff(Bridlington) 4.14.8, 5-I Thompson 3.14.8, 6-D Medd 3.14.0

Juniors

1-T Cliff 2.3.8, 2-T Marshall 2.2.8,3-T Marshall 1.0.0


Thanks to Pete Atkinson for allowing us to use his Evening news report

Match Fishing - Fishing the Whitby Fishing Club Matches

Ive enjoyed fishing the Whitby Fishing club matches the past few years, but have to admit at times I also find it a touch stressful. My aim is always to do as well as possible. I must admit I never have thoughts of winning the fishing club (too many good anglers about) but every year I hope to do my best.
There are nights when things go really wrong, like last night for example. The sea just want as rough as I had hoped meaning my first choice venue was really out of the question, yet it was still too rough for some of the marks I would fish had it been calmer. I spent a while looking at the sea yesterday teatime and settled on a mark I knew could provide a fish or 2 if the sea state dropped just a little.
I got there at 6.45pm and immediately noticed the tide hadnt ebbed as far as I would have liked, Still 2 hours to low though so I opted for another mark near by. Knowing it was really too rough for this mark I cast in anyway but was faced by white water for most of the time and the conditions just didnt look right for a fish. However I got one bite but missed it. I cast in again hoping there may be others about but the sea just seemed to get rougher. Not a chance of a fish here I thought so I headed off to another mark the other side of the one I really wanted to fish as the tide still hadnt ebbed far enough - However conditions werent really right for here either - not rough enough this time. On the first cast I had a good bite, most likely a small codling but it never returned, upon winding in after 20 mins I noticed there was a huge dogger crab attached to the hook, infact the hook was right inside its mouth. The fish had obviously tried to shake the dogger of the bait but as the hook was in the crab there was nothing to catch the fish on - More bad luck I though - what more can go wrong. Had another cast in the same place, whilst waiting for a bite I noticed a lot of activity at the next mark along "are they catching lots of fish ???? should I move to them ????" I decided to stay where I was - I always thinks its best to ignore everyone else and concentrate my efforts on the place I have chosen. After 10 mins I saw one of the lads from the other mark pack up and head back past me heading for the mark I really wanted to fish. Noticing the angler looked in my bag for fish on his way past I knew it would be Paul Kilpatrick - Well who else would go poking about in your bag.
I quickly wound in and followed him knowing the tide would be far enough out to fish the one place I knew I had chance of some fish. Its now 8.45 and the night was getting on. First cast I had a bite but it never came back. Quickly cast in again and waited (all the time with Paul in my ear telling me we were in the wrong place, with the wrong bait at the wrong time, other people would be catching, and listing 50 different places that would be far better than the one we were fishing. Again I told myself to ignore my thoughts and Paul and stick to what I know. If I was going to get a fish from anywhere now it would be here. Paul eventually moved on and left me on my own. 2 more casts gave me a small undersized Billet. With the tide now floding in I waded out and had what I knew would be my last cast of the night where I knew I had chance of a fish. Its 9.20 and I let a load of slackline out and go back to my bag - where it was safe as standing waste deep in a flooding tide is not the best of ides. I felt what I thought might of been a bit but nothing significant. After 20 ins I went to wind in knowing my night was over without a fish. I thought i was snagged on the bottom but then noticed I was retrieving line. I winched in a dead weight knowing it wasnt a fish. Must be a great ball of weed I thought. By the time I got it to the side my arms were aching. I finally retrieved the weed and went to pick it out the water. As I sone my light on it I noticed it wasnt weed at all but a nice big cod foul hooked through the tail. Well that rounded off a dreadful night nicely. One more cast without the chance of a fish (to far back now due to incoming tide). I packed up and headed of to the weigh in. The fish that I thought was weed was just short of 7 pounds and gave me 5th place on the night. Not a bad way to round off a poor nights fishing.

Match fishing can do your head in but I will be back on Sunday for more of the same.

New Blog On The Block - East Anglia Sea Angling

A recent addition to sea angling blogs on the net comes from Holmsey off The Anglers Net Forums.
His blog entitled East Anglia Sea Angling details the fishing activities of Aitch and his mates down the coast in East Anglia - of all places. His early posts show the diversity of sea fishing on that part of the coast with Sole, Bass, Smoothound, Spotted Rays and Codling being amongst the reported catches.

By the looks of it Paul Kerry is one of his fishing buddies and perhaps may make the odd appearence on the blog.

Anyone interested in reading the blog should head on over to The East Anglia Sea Angling Blog by clicking here. Ill be a regular reader myself and have added the site to my rss feed.

Tope Consultation - We need your help - Time is running out - Dont sit there thinking this does not concern you - as an angler it does so please reply

Right lads we need your help. Anglers need to reply to the Tope Consultation Plan currently being undertaken by DEFRA.

Ive had this email from Leon at Sea anglers conservation network and feel it needs a wider audience.

Would those of you from this forum who have replied to defra please put their names below. Anyone who hasnt replied by the closure date will be deleted from the forum - So there ;)

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email from Leon

To all SACN Members,

Just a gentle reminder that time is running out for the opportunity to respond to the DEFRA consultation on Tope, which closes on 20th of this month.

As the value of shark fins soar in the Far East, it is important that as many people as possible respond to the consultation to drive home the need to protect this species from the growing market for tope products.

So whether you currently fish for tope or not, please try to get in a response supporting option 2, and convince your club and friends to do likewise.

If this opportunity is lost, and a directed fishery is developed whilst tope remain unprotected, future regrets will be too late.

DEFRA are particularly anxious to attain any data that can be used to illustrate the value of the Recreational Tope fishery, and how that has been affected by the decline in large tope, and the potential of the sector should tope populations be recovered, so information about personal expenditure, or from club records etc will be welcomed.

For details of the consultation, and other information, please see the menu to the left of the SACN main website, which includes links to Save Our Sharks which contains much additional information and discussion on the forums there.



Regards - Leon Roskilly

Sea Anglers' Conservation Network (SACN)

http://www.sacn.org.uk/

Whale Watching At Whitby - Minke Whales Sited In Whitby Bay

Whilst fishing on Sunday night on the west pier at Whitby we noticed that the Eskbelle pleasure trip boat was advertising Whale watching trips. Interested in finding out more I visited their site. It appears there have been Minke whales sited a couple of miles off Whitby for the past few days now and passengers on the eskbelle have been enjoying watching them.

If your interested in taking a look there is some pictures available at the following link

http://homepage.mac.com/dr_pete/Whales/index.html




Not the Minke whales in question but borrowed from another site.

Picture of Minke Whale courtesy of : http://www.orcahome.de/orcapici.htm