In the second part of a mini-series on the major role that North Sea cod played in the lives of generations of fishermen on the Yorkshire coast, David Linkie looks back on a day spent on the Whitby under-10m netter…
In the third instalment of this occasional series, David Linkie looks back on fishing trips – some of them in fisheries now sadly consigned to history – that he has experienced over the past 30-plus years Cod lying on hard…
The eighth article in the series by Hull skipper William Oliver, first published in 1953/4. Photographs courtesy of Alec Gill In August 1915, during the First World War, I was skipper of a Grimsby trawler, the Tokyo GY 167. During…
The coronavirus crisis has had a major impact on lifeboat stations in terms of publicity visits, exercise launches and events – but the commitment of the RNLI to saving lives at sea remains as strong as ever, and lifeboats have…
Aalskere is, without question, one of the most advanced whitefish vessels to join the Scottish fleet, reports David Linkie The high level of specification of the new Aalskere reflects the depth of thinking that Orkney skipper Iain Harcus put into…
In the days before lifeboat services, saving lives at sea went hand in hand with the chance to make serious money from salvage, reports John Worrall It was a question of time and place. In the 18th and 19th centuries,…
Photographer Tony Fitzsimmons records observations and conversations from a stormy January trip on the beam trawler Julie of Ladram Following my week at sea onboard the Waterdance vessel Sam of Ladram, next up on my list was the Julie of…
Skippers Jamie Clarke and Scott Bremner and the crew of the 34m Alcedo are highly impressed with the level of performance delivered by the beam scalloper in the first month of fishing, reports David Linkie. After Alcedo landed her maiden…
Notwithstanding the current crisis, fishing today is a lot easier than it used to be. John Worrall delves deep into Norfolk fishing history Consider this. On an early spring day, in a small creek on the east coast of medieval…
The seventh article in the series by Hull skipper William Oliver, first published in 1953/4. All photographs courtesy of Alec Gill One beautiful summer morning in late July 1914, I was fishing on Dyra Fjord Bank, a ground 25 miles…
