Whitby Fishing Trips Ltd

So disappointed with this company.Myself and my son set off at 7.30am to get there for a 3 hr fishing trip (10-1) upon arrival i could see that there were alot of boats so i rang to make sure i found the right one, they answered so i gave my name to which they hung on me, i tried ringing back several times which no-one answered, from speaking to other skippers they told me that all fishing trips have been cancelled due to the wind and that i should of either had an update the night before or that morning... This obviously didnt happen, or that i should of been told to ring ahead, absolutely shocking, not only did you ruin our day i had to explain to my autistic son why someone would treat him like that.

DON’T TRUST THE GUY, YOUR TRIP IS NOT SAFE. I booked 2 months in advance and messaged the guy 4 times in between booking and the actual trip, he said the trip was all still fine, the day before the trip he sent me a text message to say he had accidentally over booked and was full and I couldn’t go. I know he had booked a group on and fobbed mr off cause I was on my own.Use costal fisher, he is much better

Booked for this weekend just gone, we booked an overnight stay in whitby so we could get up and get straight off. 7pm the night before we received a text to say the trip was cancelled due weather even though it was sunny and no wind. Luckily we got another trip booked that night with the crusader in Scarborough. This guy is known to cancel last minute for poor reasons. I would not recommend

Terrible Experience! i turned up after a 3 hour journey with my 10 year old son who chose this himself as his BIRTHDAY PRESENT! to be told it might not be going ahead because a man fainted and he had to stay with him. The man was walking around and talking and very capable of waiting for the ambulance in the huge crowds of people walking around, it would have been quicker to get a taxi to the doctor who is open and available on the phone!!!!!. We was left wondering weather we would have to wait hours for a non emergency paramedic call out to arrive. Also he updated the medics to say he is walking around and fine which means they now wont attend to him for ages. By this time it would have been time to go home on our 3 hour journey back to Lincoln. Barry the skipper saw i had my son with me and that we had travelled very far, he even knew it was for his birthday but he didn't offer any reassurance it felt like i annoyed him with having an issue with him giving us no reassurance about the situation, it was like he enjoyed the drama. After he shrugged off the fact my son is now dying inside he just kept chatting to the guy who was apparently poorly, if he was so ill why didn't you sit him down? there were a hundred different options, and countless ways you could have given us reassurance. You was cruel and heartless and quite obviously didn't care one bit! ****** He also massively over books the trips, has an old tiny unsafe looking boat. Take a life jacket you'll probably need it!*******

Booked for myself and 4 excited kids. Confirmed by text a few days before.Come the morning of the trip no sign of anyone, didn't answer the phone. Boys were gutted. Total waste of a day off.Really disappointing but according to locals this happens often now.I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU LOOK ELSEWHERE.

Love going out with these guys. This is the 2nd time I've been out with them and I caught even more too. So friendly

I attended on the same trip as the below review and thought id add some other insights into the day.I too travelled 3 hours with my 6 yr old son for his first fishing trip. Prior to the day, the skipper maintained excellent communication with me in relation to weather, tides, kit etc and i couldnt fault him.Upon arrival at the pickup point, the skipper informed me that he had had a medical emergency on the morning trip (i was on the afternoon one and the boat had just come in) in that an elderly gentleman had collapsed unconcious on the boat.The skipper advised that due this we may not sail as he was waiting for an ambulance and the weather was turning. It was clear the skipper took his duty of care very seriously and made me feel very content in his ability..as for all im trusting him to take my 6 yr old to sea!Yes as the previous review states there were lots of people about, but the elderly male was on his own and had no means of transport and had that been my member of family id of hoped, wanted and been thankful that someone was looking after him...and not just abandoned on the seafront.I explained this to my son who understood why we may not sail. The skipper kept us up to date and informed us that we would sail, just 30mins later than planned. A 30min delay was nothing to ensure the male was safe.The fishing trip set off and we caught fish!! The skipper was very knowledgable and helpful. Showing my son how to kill, gut and fillet a fish along with telling him about different species that were being landed.Dont let one bad review put you off what was a great trip, onboard a well organised boat, with a caring and knowledgable skipper.Ill be booking again without hestitation!

Good fun! Knowledgeable skippers are always ready to help.

I booked a fishing trip around a fortnight in advance, travelled up the night before and stayed in an apartment in Whitby with 2 of my boys.All was good until 2 hours before the trip, I got a text message from the son of the owner telling me my trip was cancelled as there was a mix up with my booking and as the other party had booked the whole boat, my trip was cancelled!I asked the son if he could help me out as we had travelled especially to fish.He tried to get us another trip later that day but basically said they wouldn't take just us out as it wasn't worth it financially.I approached the father and owner and suggested that after speaking to his son, he should offer to pay for my hotel as I had had a wasted trip - he was very rude and basically said, I own the company, its my boat, I can cancel without notice or reason!!Avoid these guys at all costs, after speaking to another helpful lady who booked us, and actually took us, on a trip the same day, it wasn't the first time she had to bail out a customer of Whitby Fishing Trips!!Their website says they pride themselves on their customer service, sadly I was very very far from experiencing any customer service at all!AVOID AT ALL COSTS

What a fantastic experience!!We were booked on the same trip as Anthony Deacon and while I can confirm that the boat did leave later than expected the rest of his review is very unfair to say the least.We arrived at the quay side and Barry the skipper told us that due to an elderly guy passing out on the morning trip the boat the trip would leave later than expected. At no point did the skipper ever say the trip would not be going ahead, all he said was that it will go as soon as he can. Barry said he didn’t want to put an elderly man who had fainted on a bus back to Middlesborough!!After the wait we boarded the boat, Barry confirmed that all the people who had boarded were booked on but there were 2 people missing. Barry called Anthony to see if he was still coming on the trip (I don’t know what was said) but the skipper hung up and said he’s not coming so we set off. (we set of at approx. 1:30pm as ive got a photo from the boat of us leaving the harbour)We had a fantastic afternoons fishing we caught 3 cod which we were very pleased with as this was our first time sea fishing. Barry gutted and filleted our fish so we could take them home.We even saw a passing pod of dolphins which was amazing.I can confirm that the boat is not unsafe at all and that the trip was not over booked.We can’t wait to get back to Whitby and go fishing again we would not uses anyone else but Whitby Fishing Trips.Thanks Barry and see you soon!!