Trot on Whitby

[clem]

With the poor forecast for wed.,the poor fishing on the Flamborough grounds and the reports of good fishing @Whitby it really was tempting to have a trip.

All aboard with Paul on trot on. 20min steam to th 1st bit of ground it was hard to avoid the mackerel but it soon became evident that the fish that had over the last few days been so prolific on the ground had moved on.Anyway no time wasted straight to the 1st of 5 wrecks and the fish started coming aboard,mainly to shads as this method was the prefered way of avoiding the mackerel.A really good stamp of fish caught with most in the 5-10lb range,a suprise haddock of about 2lb with a few pollock and ling. Everyone caught and the skillful boat positioning by the skipper meant tackle losses were kept to an absolute minimum (I only lost 2sets of gear all day).

Brill day out with a proven 1st class skipper and boat.

Ended up with over 2 stone of cod fillet and as many good mackys as you wanted.

 

 

Edited June 18, 2008 by clem

[mr motorola]

A great write up Clem . Sounds like you had a nice days fishing and a big box of Cod to boot.

[John E Ashford]

Crackin box of fish Clem, well done.

 

Come July, Whitby Boat Fishing Festival, and we are out with Paul n Trot-On, so we do fancy our chances of getting into the prizes. As you've said, Paul is a top skipper and over many years we have never been disappointed with our catches when out with him.

 

If your looking in Paul "Keep your rod up".