We have had some shocking weather here in Whitby and the past month and a half has been very touch and go. However, when the boats have got out to sea they have had some belting days! In general, we’ve been seeing fish between 3lb and 8lb, which
A fortnight can be a long time in fishing and when it looked like the cod were on their way it seems to have stalled. There are a few around but we are still waiting for the main run to start, the water temperature is still around 12-13 degrees and
HERE COME THE COD! Well it's good news, the first cod are starting to show up, most have been reported along the North Essex coastline, the best so far was a cracking fish of 12 lb caught on the Walton charter boat Misty Lady on Saturday, these
The weather has really changed this last week and this has brought the sea temperature down considerably.Inshore, there are a lot more thornbacks showing up over the last few days in all areas inshore, these smaller rays will be with us through until
Here’s a brief report on the last month’s fishing on Trot On and Alliance… it was shocking! Joking aside, it hasn't been anywhere near where it should be. Usually at this time of the year we’d be expecting day after day of fish, fish, fish,
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get out and give their anglers some excellent sport.The bigger Smoothounds are hanging around much longer than normal due to the warm water, the fish that spend all
For this latest episode we headed back down to Essex to fish with our good friend Phil White, aboard his boat the Chinook III, with one species in mind... the Smooth Hound!The summer months of June, July and August are peak times to target this hard
The fishing over the last fortnight has improved with the start of the autumn influx of thornbacks.There have been good numbers of Smooth Hounds showing, these bigger female hounds are coming off the shallow water and are on their way out of the
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get offshore where they have had some fantastic sport.There have been some excellent catches of everyone’s favourite fish the Smooth Hound, these hard fighting
Trot On and Alliance: Whitby Summer Festival ReportLike the rest of the country, we’ve enjoyed some of the sweltering weather over the past few weeks and it’s made a nice change to be out on Alliance and Trot On with the sun on our backs rather