Continued high winds were making the sea unfishable from the kayak and with a need to get out fishing I decided I’d try something different and have a few hours ‘flattie bashin’ in Whitby Harbour. It’s not something I normally do but it was a nice day even though very windy I was happy to get the chance to wet a line for a few hours, Phillipa came along but she would rather walk around the Whitby shops than float about in the harbour. After 25mins I was ready to go, Phillipa set off for an afternoon window shopping and I paddled off for 4hours fishing.
Paddling down Whitby harbour
There is a large section of sand on the east side of the harbour which is known for producing flatfish so I headed straight over there. Bait today would be stripes of Mackerel and Squid fished on a two hook flattie rig, one rod would be setup on ledger and the second I would try float fishing. Well for the first few hours the only things that showed interest in my bait were hordes of crabs, seemed like every 5mins or so I was reeling in another bl##dy crab!
The crab fishing was becoming tiresome so a move was made a little further up the harbour, picked a spot and dropped anchor. Cast out both rods and within in minutes the float was sailing away under the surface, struck and fish was on! A nice little Flounder came to the surface, it’s the first time I’ve caught a Flounder so I was rather pleased with myself 
I continued fishing for another hour but nothing else appeared so decided to head back to the slipway, fortunately Phillipa arrived at the same time. We both had a nice day doing what we enjoy so smiles all round
A nice little Flounder from Whitby harbour
Flattie on the float