Shy-Torque Wreck Fishing

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

This years Summer angling competition finished on the 31st July.

This year it was won by my old mate of nearly 50 years, Paul Eddon.
Top bloke and skipper!
Well done mate.

We didn’t have anything of any size to contend with the winning fish but Chris Wear from Ambleside did land a lovely Cod of 12lb 4oz on the Shy-Torque which won him a nice £250.00 in cash plus the Pete Rose memorial trophy.
Well done to him.
We did have number of Ling to just over 12lbs over the competition too.

I’d like to thank all those who fished with us this year on the Shy-Torque III and to everyone else who came and had a go.
Also, huge thanks to all our sponsors who help to support our Association events.
Without them, we would struggle to host these great competitions!

Moving on now to our last couple of trips this last weekend.

I’d advertised last weekend as a “Wall” weekend due to the size and strength of the tides. 5.5M.

On Saturday we had one of our Chinese groups fish with us.
They wanted to target the Acadia redfish.
This species can be quite prolific on the Wall this time of the year and the lads had a ball with them. Around 50 of these were caught over the day along with Codling, Ling and Haddock.

A really great day out even though the pesky Westerly breeze wouldn’t let go all day.

On Sunday we were back out there again.
This time with a group of mixed anglers who fish with us.
The first drift showed good signs with half a dozen Codling to keep.
After that we were just picking here and there for the rest of the day.

Young gun Alfie fished alongside his Dad Ben and showed everyone how to go on, ending up with the best bag at the end of the day.
His best fish, a Ling hovering around the 9lb mark.
Well done to him.

Our next competition is less than a month away now and runs for the whole of September.
Our calendar is fully updated and shows any spaces we have left in that one.
If you fancy a crack at the £1000.00 first prize, let me know with a text or a call.

I’m available to chat every day from 08.00hrs.
No calls are taken after 20.00hrs.

I’ve added some of our catches over the competition month with this post plus this last weekend.

Cheers for now.
Rich.

07733 233352
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05/08/2026

Struggling to post up at present. Something going on with my Shy-Torque account.
Just gonna pop this up and see if our followers can see it.

If this goes live I’ll post a proper post.

Rich.

10/07/2026

A nice day on a “flat calmer” again today.
Ground fishing was fairly good today with a nice number of Ling to 12lb 4oz and Codling to 5lb.

The best Ling today would have gone on the leader board but was gutted mistakenly!!! Oooops!!

The wrecks didn’t fish too well for us (on the ones we tried) with just a few fish from them.

Another Mediterranean like day on the Yorkshire coast. 😎🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

Cheers
Rich

07733 233352
[email protected]

10/07/2026

During the Summer Competition I won’t be dragging out the daily reports with detail.

A short summary for each trip basically.
I’ll pop a full report on at the end of the event.

Yesterday was a great day with plenty of Mackerel to start the day off.

Two wrecks fished with well over 60 fish boated.

Cod to 7lb and Ling to 9lb 7oz.

Enjoy this fantastic weather chaps!!

Cheers
Rich.

08/07/2026

After a short 4 day break away from the job we were back out there again today taking part in a 4 boat police (mini competition)

The idea was to species hunt inshore (no wrecks!) for the day, with very light gear and the smallest of small hooks/weights.

These events are always great fun and today was no exception.

Sailing at 08.30hrs, the initial plan was to get a few Mackerel first and start the bottom fishing at 09.30hrs. This changed because by 08.45hrs the lads had caught plenty of Mackerel for bait, including the 4 each that they were allowed in the competition, so we started the bottom fishing at 09.00hrs.

We trotted South a couple of miles and set the boat up for our first drift.
The ground in there is such that we can let it drift for a good 1/2 mile or more if needed with a good chance of catching all the way.
For the first half a dozen drifts until the tide eased, that was exactly what happened and we saw some lovely fish coming aboard too.

Codling to just under 6lbs and a lovely Pollack which scaled at 8lb 1oz (check the picture of the sounder!) Fish going mad!!
Both these were caught by Chris Shaw from Lancashire. Well done mate!
Great fish and exceptionally good sport on the light gear in under 10 fathom of water!!

We barely moved all day, only up and down the same drift and at the end of competition at 15.00hrs the tally was a total of 198 fish boated between the 8 lads.
A nice result.

Mackerel = 27 for the comp (plus lots for bait)
Cod = 40.
Coaley =1.
Pollack = 21.
Pouting = 43.
Wrasse = 29.
Dabs = 24.
Flounder = 1.
Plaice = 1.
Blenny = 1.
Poor Cod = 10.

A really cracking day out there with a fantastic team of lads.

Obviously far too many fish coming aboard to picture every one!!

If you have a group of (up to 8 anglers) who fancy doing one of these trips don’t hesitate to contact us on the usual number.
You will have to have your own gear.

Back to some proper graft tomorrow in the WCSA Summer Competition which is running all the month of July.

Cheers
Rich.

07733 233352
[email protected]

25/06/2026

If we can find some clear water, away from the algae blooms that are present at the moment, we can find a few fish for the lads.
It is a bit of a challenge though at the moment and that included yesterday’s trip where we had 6 regular lads on who chartered the boat to themselves for the first of their 14 hour trips of the year.

A silky smooth sea ( in between two days of crappy SE conditions) which was dead lucky for the lads!

We steamed out a good distance to work wrecks which are seldom touched and hopefully get away from the dreaded bloom.

The first three wrecks produced very little (around a dozen fish total)

We knew then that it was probably going to be a bit of a challenging day again, even though we were the backside of 30 miles from harbour!

Working another half a dozen more bits of scrap in that area only gave us another three or four fish!
It really was “gloopy, murky water!”

A handbrake turn was in order and we steamed to a completely different sector to finish the day off.
The water didn’t appear to be much better in clarity but we did manage another ten more fish from our last stop.

This time last year, the same group were on board for their long trip and we filled every fish box on the boat, working a similar area as yesterday!
We barely saw any of the algae at all last year and that clearly reflected in the results.
Just goes to show!

The well seasoned anglers out there appreciate there are many parameters in the angling game and it’s not always a “dip and fill” job.

Cheers for now,
Rich.

07733 233352
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A few of the lads fish inset.