Charter Fishing Boat

For anglers who have never been A FEW BASICS ON UPTIDING

Many Thanks To Whitby Sea Anglers For Use Of This Uptiding Article

In the past visitors to Whitby have often thought that to catch good fish you need to disappear over the horizon, to far off seas never before fished. However the Whitby charter boats have found this not to be the case. In fact they have found some excellent catches with fish to 30lbs within 5 minutes travelling distance from the harbour entrance. Although at times it does pay to visit distant wrecks and reefs there are other days when monster sized cod swim within a few hundred yards of the coastline at Whitby.
 In the winter months and also during big tides in summer the Whitby charter skippers have noticed that lots of cod come close to the shore at Whitby in search of the abundance of food which seems to gather around the profusion of rough ground and rock ledges around the coastline. So the local skippers have developed their own take on the widely utilised method of uptiding, first the rod I hire 10ft uptide rods coupled to a open faced casting reel with 15/30lb mono line and a basic one snood trace is all you need with a 6/8 oz grip lead with your rig baited with your preferred bait squid, mussel, crab cart,or worm it is then cast away from the boat, Once the lead and bait are settled on the bottom line is let off the real to create a bow in the line between the rod tip and the weight on the bottom. The strength of the tide pulls the grip lead in tight onto the sea bed and pulls the rod tip down.

 One Bite And They Are Off. Cod Swim Downtide With The Bait.

When uptiding for cod, a bite is often signified by the rod tip springing upright. This happens because the fish has picked up the bait, swallowed the hook and started to swim downtide. At this point the angler winds up the slack line and starts to reel in the fish. There is no need to strike the bite when uptide fishing as the fish are already hooked by the time you take the tension on the rod. As the cod starts to get down tide of the boat the weight of the fish then begins to show on the rod and the angler has the fight of his life whilst trying to real in the fish against the strong tide flow. A big cod on light tackle fighting with the aid of a strong tide flow will give a fight to test even the most skilled of anglers, this surely has to be one of the best methods for catching cod whilst afloat.

of coarse there are many other options with rigs and set ups here is just a simple guide for anyone interested in having a go

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