Saturday, April 21, 2007

Trot On In The Whitby Angling Festival

Rather than starting another topic ill stick this here.

Local Junior angler Dan Craig sure had a "grand" day out on Paul Eddon's Charter Boat Trot On in this years Spring boat fishing festival at Whitby. Dans catch, a ling of almost 15 pounds made him the youngest winner to date of any of the Whitby Angling Festivals, and earned him the first placed prize of £1000 for the biggest fish caught in the event.



Dan (centre) is Pictured Here receiving his prize money from (left to right) Paul Kilpatrick Chairman of the Whitby charter skippers association(also representing stagecoach supertram the festivals main sponsors from Sheffield), Mark Stringer of local firm Buildings Ltd, Mike Clarkson of MC Electrical services, and Paul Eddon skipper of the winning boat Trot On.



Above : Dan Craig with his winning Ling from Trot on charters.

The winning boat owned and skippered by Paul Eddon is a 105 offshore class and with 430 horse power under the deck is capable of up to 25 knots.

Anyone interested in booking a trip with Paul can contact him on 01947 821694 or 07766995847, or by email at : pauleddon@yahoo.co.uk



The Whitby Charter Skippers Festivals are sponsored by :

Stagecoach Supertram
Mc Electricals
Buildings Limited
The Fleece Public House
The Ship Inn
Arbutts Cafe
Mister Chips
And The George Hotel

Details of the sponsors can be found here : http://www.wcsa.co.uk/sponsors.php

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