Wednesday 31st January 2007
A bright moonlit evening met the members of Whitby angling club as they headed out to fish their midweek match on an ebbing to low water tide. With a slight northerly swell in the water expectations of good catches were high but for some reason the fish did not show in the bigger numbers seen over the previous weekend. Paul Kilpatrick was the night's top angler with a single codling of 2 pounds 7 ounces, Bernado Vasey came in second with a codling and a rockling for 2 pounds 4 ounces, Brian Harland took third with 2 billets and a rockling for 2 pounds 1 ounces.
Results : 1st Paul Kilpatrick 2-7(1), 2nd B Vasey 2-4(2), 3rd B Harland 2-1(3), D Thompson 1-15(1), D Hansen jnr 1-12(1), D Perett 0-6(1).
Sunday 28th January 2007
A dieing northerly sea swell met the Whitby sea anglers as they turned out to fish their 4 hour Sunday night match fished on a small low water to flood tide. Catches were better than of late with 16 anglers weighing in a total of 31 fish mostly codling. Glenn Kilpatrick was the nights top angler with 5 fish for exactly 23 pounds. Glenn’s bag now leads the way in the heaviest bag of the season competition and beats his previous seasons best bag of 19 pounds 5 ounces caught back in December. Brian Harland came in second with 3 codling for 13 pounds 2 ounces. Dave Perret took second place on the night with 4 codlings for 12 pounds 11 ounces.
Results: 1st Glenn Kilpatrick 23-0(5), 2nd Brian Harland 13-2(3), 3rd D Perett 12-11(4), P Kilpatrick 8-15(4), R Allison 6-13(3), D Thompson 5-10(4), A Cass 5-2(2), W Atkinso 4-15(2), D Smith jnr 3-7(1), T Wright 2-8(1), P Mead 2-1(1), A Kelly 1-13(1), D Waters jnr 1-12(1), B Vasey 1-11(1), J Gilpin 1-8(1), C Stainthorpe 1-7(1).
Wednesday 24th January 2007
A big north to north easterly sea swell met the Whitby sea anglers as they turned out to fish their weekly midweek match. Expectations of good catches were high after almost a month of flat calm seas, but as is often the case on the roughest nights the fish did not show in the numbers expected. Junior member Dan Craig continued his excellent season and came out on top in this match beating all the clubs senior members with a fine cod of 5 pounds 8 ounces. Rob Allison came in second with 2 codling for 4 pounds 13 ounces. Third place on the night went to Phil Mead with 1 cod for 4 pounds 5 ounces.
Results: 1st D Craig Jnr 5-8(1), 2nd R Allison 4-13(2), 3rd P Mead 4-5(1), D Hansen jnr 4-0(1), P Kilpatrick 4-0(2), D Perett 3-8(1), T Wright 2-8(1), A Craig 1-4(1), D Thompson 1-2(1).
Sunday 21st January 2007
Sunday saw 9 members of the Whitby sea angling club fish the bell trophy team event over in Scarborough. Fishing against teams from across the Yorkshire coast Whitby faired well coming in second only a few ounces behind the strong team fielded by Scarborough Rock Anglers Society. Five of the nine Whitby anglers managed to find fish. Colin Stainthorpe showed his knowledge of the Scarborough area coming in first with 3 codlings for 8 pounds 7 ounces. Paul Kilpatrick had a good day taking second with 2 fish for 7 pounds 3 ounces. Philip mead continues to find the single codling with 1 fish 1 pounds 12 ounces.
Results: 1st Colin Stainthorpe 8-7(3), 2nd P Kilpatrick 7-3(2), 3rd P Mead 1-12(1), W Atkinson 0-9(1), G Kilpatrick 0-8(1).
Wednesday 17th January 2007
A slight north westerly sea swell met the Whitby sea anglers as they turned out to fish their 3 hour midweek competition. This match was fished over low water which usually gives a good chance of catching codling from the scars and kelp beds which are exposed over the bottom of the tide. It was a great night for Colin Stainthorpe who caught a personal best cod of 10 pounds 5 ounces to win the match. Colin’s fish now takes the lead in the heaviest fish of the season competition narrowly beating Glenn Kilpatrick’s fish of 10 pounds 4 ounces caught on the 3rd of December. In second place was Rob Allison with a single fish of 6 pounds 8 ounces. Dave Perrett took 3rd place with 4 fish for 5 pounds 9 ounces.
Results: 1st Colin Stainthorpe 10-5(1), 2nd R Allison 6-8(1), 3rd D Perret 5-9(4), B Vasey 4-2(1), D Thomspon 2-10(2), P Mead 1-14, G Kilpatrick 1-1(1).
Sunday 14th January 2007
On a mild windy evening the Whitby sea anglers fished their 4 hour Sunday night match with a slight long distance northerly sea swell in the water. Twelve anglers returned to the scales with a selection of fish including codling, rockling, whiting and flounder. Glenn Kilpatrick managed 18 whiting to take 1st place with 14 pounds 2 ounces, Dennis Thompson took second with 3 codling and 4 rockling for 13 pounds 12 ounces. Paul Kilpatrick had 4 codling for 8 pounds 5 ounces to take third place.
Results : 1st G Kilpatrick 14-2 (18), 2nd D Thompson 13-12(7), 3rd P Kilpatrick 8-5(4), R Allison 6-10(1), W Atkinson 6-9(3), D Hansen 4-12(1), B Harland 4-9(4), D Perett 4-1(1), D Craig jnr 2-9(4), A Craig 2-7(5), C Stonethorpe 2-1(3), B Vasey 0-4(1).
Wednesday 10th January 2007
A moderate north westerly sea swell and coloured water gave good conditions for the Whitby sea anglers mid week match fished over high water. Catches were not quite as good as expected possibly due to the sea swell growing throughout the match. William Atkinson continued his good recent form and took 1st place with a mixed bag of 2 codling and 2 rocklings for 7 pounds 7 ounces. Rob Allison caught 3 codling for 6 pounds 14 ounces and came in second. Dave Perett came in third with 2 cod for 6 pounds 2 ounces. Dave had a rather unlucky night and could well have finished in first place as 2 fish he had caught earlier in the night were washed out of his bag never to be seen again by a wave.
Results : 1st W Atkinson 7-7(4), 2nd R Allison 6-14(3), 3rd D Perett 6-2(2), C Stainthorpe 4-15(1), B Harland 3-10(2), D Thompson 2-5(1), P Kilpatrick 1-13(1), P Mead 1-6(1), D Smith jnr 1-3(2),
Sunday 7th January 2007
On Sunday the Whitby Sea Anglers fished the annual Ship Inn Open match which also counted as their club match. Calm conditions meant the going was tough in this cod only match but anglers still managed to find the odd fish. Phil Mead had a great day and came in first in the Whitby club match with a fine cod of 9 pounds 6 ounces. Dave Perret took second with a codling of 1 pounds 15 ounces. Glenn Kilpatrick finished third with his codling of 1 pounds 9 ounces - Glenn also caught a ling of approximately 4 pounds which unfortunately he could not weigh in due to the cod only rule. Ling are very rare from the shore and this was possibly the first to be caught in the Whitby fishing club.
Results : 1st P Mead 9 pounds 6 ounces, 2nd D Perett 1-15(1), 3rd G Kilpatrick 1-9(1), P Kilpatrick 1-8(1), R Allison 1-6(1).
Ship Inn Open results to follow when I receive them from Paul.
Wednesday 3rd Januray 2007
A moderate north westerly sea swell provided good conditions for the Whitby sea anglers first match of 2007. The match was fished on an ebb to low water tide which can be very productive at this time of year. Berado Vasey had a fantastic nights fishing finding 4 cod for 15 pounds 4 ounces the biggest of which weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces. Bernado's bag and biggest fish set the pace in the clubs heaviest bag and fish competition for the month of January. Brian Harland took second place on the night with 2 fine cod for 10 pounds 3 ounces. Rob Allison finished 3rd with 3 cod for 7 pounds 11 ounces.
Results : 1st B Vasey 15-4(4), 2nd B Harland 10-3(2), 3rd R Allison 7-11(3), W Atkinson 7-8(3), G Kilpatrick 4-14(1), D Smith jnr 3-2(2), C Stainthorpe 2-13(1), D Perret 2-2(1), A Kelly 0-11(2), P Mead 0-7(1), J Gilpin 0-5(1).
Traditionally boat anglers at Whitby have targeted mainly cod, however a recent research article undertaken by The North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee has suggested that Whitby along with other north east coast ports could benefit from a diversification of fishing methods to target species of shark living off our coast. One of the first Whitby Skippers to try such fishing methods with any level of success has been Malcolm Pitman on his Whitby boat sea spray Charters.
