Kayak Fishing Chat http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php Wed, 14 May 2008 00:55:04 +0100 15 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=189742 daiboy daiboy Tue, 13 May 2008 23:17:25 +0100 Tue, 13 May 2008 23:17:25 +0100 189742 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=189220 can i ask what u fellas wear mainly in the summer ,was thinking of going for a long jhon wet suit with a flease top witch i can remove if it gets to hot not much chance of thet happening i know, and over that some sort of light wind breaker pants and top and on me feet a pair of wet boots 5 ml crewsavers i think and a hat what u think too much too little?am i gonna roast on hot days or freez in our more usuall summer days bear in mind im in cumbria witch hasent had a summer for 4 years any advice appreacted ps great forum this cheers mark.]]> markco Zzippy Tue, 13 May 2008 20:13:53 +0100 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:27:40 +0100 189220 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=187300 News Flash

White Water Consultancy are pleased to announce the Indiviual 1st prize of £500 and the Team prize of £500. All information on this event can be found on www.wwc.co.uk.]]> Tenbychair Tenbychair Tue, 13 May 2008 08:37:50 +0100 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:37:50 +0100 187300 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=184186
Cheers

John]]> Lord of the Isles Lord of the Isles Mon, 12 May 2008 12:06:44 +0100 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:58:38 +0100 184186 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=182855
Pushing out the Prowler 15 (my evening boat) I paddled half a mile to a bay near an old wreck and dropped anchor. Mullet (presumably) were topping here and there but in no great numbers.



I baited up with rag on both rods, filled the feeder with dampened crumb and cast out. Within seconds of the float landing it ducked under. Nice feeling that...I brought it in and had the first schoolie of the night. I wasn't certain that it was a Bass at first because of the dark spots on the flank but going by the spines and mouth I think it must have been.



I cast again and a minute or so later another came in. Back went another small ragworm and the float dipped again...this was going to be a fun couple of hours...I was surprised by what came out though...the photograph doesn't do it justice as the flank had a lovely pinkish sheen but I am almost certain I had caught my first Smelt! Normally the only thing smelt is the yak after those bloody dogs have ambushed me before launch ;D



Then in came the feeder rod with yet another schoolie:



I couldn't watch two rods with ragworm effectively with bites coming this fast so I changed over to bread on the feeder and a small crab on the float (found it when digging the worms). No takes on either and after a while I returned to rag on the float, missing some bites but landing most.



It was a lovely, calm, warm evening with a gentle breeze and bags of sport to be had. Nothing large came aboard but hearing that familiar sound of large mullet leaping, tailfin flapping before they crash back into the water brought back fond memories of childhood holidays at my grandparents and it was just a real pleasure to be afloat. I ended up with ten Bass and a Smelt landed and called it a night...bliss.]]> Mark Crame Mark Crame Sun, 11 May 2008 23:43:03 +0100 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:43:03 +0100 182855 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=181882 Anyone for a session off The Leas on Wednesday or Thursday? Wind offshore, NW, fish in the shelter of the Leas. maidstonemike maidstonemike Sun, 11 May 2008 20:34:12 +0100 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:56:20 +0100 181882 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=179117

]]> carl9547 ddraig Sun, 11 May 2008 07:51:51 +0100 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:48:37 +0100 179117 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=171572 martinmoanna groyne bandit Fri, 09 May 2008 21:37:25 +0100 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:47:30 +0100 171572 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=171570 hi ive just caught the bug and im 2 weeks away from collecting my first yak,any advice about yak fishing in cumbria would be much appreicated ,i paln on mainly sea fishing but fancy a try at the pike in the lakes.are there any cumbrian yak fishers out there ?cheers mark. markco markco Fri, 09 May 2008 21:18:14 +0100 Tue, 13 May 2008 19:59:44 +0100 171570 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=171149
I know this has probably been asked before but........

I want the best kayak for sea fishing (east Devon) that £500-£600 can buy. I need something stable, quick, lots of easy stowage space and easy to transport.

I've trawled the internet and come up with the Ocean Prowler 13 or the Wilderness System Tarpon 135 as possible options. What do you think?

And if its not to much trouble.................what's the best floatation jacket for paddling around in for less than £100?

Thanks for any input - I'm really excited about joining this sport!]]> Manrock Zzippy Fri, 09 May 2008 20:47:38 +0100 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:15:33 +0100 171149 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=170765 hello fine members ' well friday night and it looks verfy fishy out at sea
and a good night to get wet!!! hope not ' bass mabee present ?? hope so!! ........
thinkin .. am i goin for beer?... and then again .. beer tomorrow.. football n beer later..
tonight we fish for sheer pleasure and the fight of fiesty little bass [ CATCN N RELEASE ] ..well mabee a wee photo..
speaking of photos heres ma baby



old pic from last week in the river [ alde ] .. goin in sea tonight ... she s still a sea virgin

hope she s as excited as me.. CMON PPL .. GET OUT THERE AND GET SOME ... ]]> bilythebass Mark Crame Fri, 09 May 2008 19:20:12 +0100 Fri, 09 May 2008 21:22:50 +0100 170765 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=161573 They normally take a while to get up to where I am (Sussex), anyone catching them elsewhere yet?
]]> hovefisher cannonfodder Thu, 08 May 2008 07:19:23 +0100 Thu, 08 May 2008 21:32:07 +0100 161573 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=152714 cannonfodder Ken L Tue, 06 May 2008 18:28:44 +0100 Thu, 08 May 2008 20:46:38 +0100 152714 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=147380
Billythebass had come over a few days before to pick up the reels I was selling and we hatched a cunning plan to have a crack at the bass that had just started to appear after the winter. A few schoolies had been reported and so we decided to have a bit of sport.

I was due to meet Billy at 9am, 33 miles and an hour away and accordingly set my alarm for 7:30, naturally waking up rather excitedly at 6:30. My wife wasn’t excited however so I had a coffee and got my gear together and loaded up the yak.

The previous afternoon my daughters and I had taken some drop nets down to the pier and in an hour had managed to get 22 4-inch prawns to hopefully use as livebait. This was cracking fun and the first time I’d been this year as it’s been a bit rough and is still a bit early for them to be here in numbers. Kept overnight in the fridge half a dozen were still alive when I left which was not a good percentage having had some last for days previously. Still, bait is bait and off I went.

Arriving by the Martello Tower I dumped the Trident and kit off and went and parked. Billy was already there and getting set up and I got my first look at a Hobie. He has the revolution and I had a good old nose about. I was very impressed – apart from the excellent quality there really seems to have been a lot of thought put into the design of this and some things, such as mesh side pockets and round compartmentalised hatch bucket were something that I would like to have on mine. The ease of deployment of the rudder also really impressed me although controlling it with my hands did not appeal – but then you need to as your feet are taken up with the pedals fitted to the drive. I can see why people who have them swear by them.



I launched first and sat about pretty stationary as Billy got in and set off, peddling away as I took a pic or two:



I must have been in an eddy or something as this threw me into thinking there was very little current and so I stuck a couple of lures out and paddled out. I drifted at an alarming rate as did my lures and I caught a moored yacht. I then disturbed the owners breakfast and had to bugger about to unhook from the mooring line. Still, he was fine about things and I had a notion of the current speed here and waited until I was into a clearer area before sticking the lines out again.

We paddled for a while – or rather I did as Billy sat back and peddled – it was a first for him too as he’d not fished from his yak yet.



Reaching our mark I tied off to a buoy while Billy tried to get the anchor to hold but the current was ripping through and so he tied off to another buoy further away than he’d intended. A pity as we had to shout to each other rather than just talk normally – and this was a social outing after all.



I was carrying 5 rods with me, the most I’ve ever taken as I wasn’t sure what it’d be like. My two coarse fishing match rods which are very fine and used for tiddler-bashing in the river, loaded with 4lb mainline, two 12lb class for trolling and a 7ft spinning rod with my 17 year old baitcaster. The current put paid to the original plan of float-fishing prawns on the light rods and so I chucked out the 12lb rods, now-dead prawn on one and ragworm on the other. I was using muppets on one rig and attractor blades/beads on the other, size 2/0 hooks and a running ledger rig. Which is all fine of course but Billy was not so preoccupied with such irrelevancies and was in:



And he was then in again.

And again.

So they were here then – but small. Then I got a few taps that I missed before finally hooking my first yak-caught Bass. Another tiddler but species number 14 for the year to date.



A quick photo and then back it went.



Billy was still catching, I was missing (frequent) bites, and soon he had a sizeable one. Then I had a third – a beautiful, shiny silver Personal Best! Excellent stuff. I had a couple more tiddlers in the boat, a good few bites (and some good bites too) and dropped a really heavy fish too which was a great pity (and too damned common for me). All too soon it was time to head back up river – I didn’t have long to fish as we had plans for the evening. Of course I had to try for one more fish and after a few minutes the rod tip went and I struck into what felt like a better fish…

A codling! I normally paddle a couple of miles out for these and here came one from a river. Still, it was only a pound or so and I released it to grow fatter.



We paddled back up river. The current had slackened a fair bit but was still against us and it took 2 or 3 times as long to head back to the launch point. I had a cranked shaft to play with and although I found it perfectly fine to paddle with I still got some soreness in my left wrist so it’s starting to point to poor paddle technique or perhaps an adjustment in feather being required. The WAFI’s (as I heard them called) were about and so we had to pay heed to them.



As we came back up towards the marina there was a strong smell of diesel and it seemed that some one had managed to spill a fair bit of it that had gone in the water. It was visible for quite a distance as it flattened the water out quite markedly. Anyway, back to the launch point I decided to have another ten minutes as my ‘last cast’ tradition and with the tide just about at the top I wasn’t expecting much sport. And nor did I get it – a few small knocks but no fish. I paddled in and loaded up having landed 5 Bass and a Codling (all on ragworm) and having had a very pleasant few hours indeed.

]]> Mark Crame Jeff S Mon, 05 May 2008 21:15:43 +0100 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:31:14 +0100 147380 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=145060
Rigged up the yak ready for launch at 11am



the destination seemed a daunting prospect in the distance



getting closer!



nearly there



made it at last---------------took just over two hours





paddled on to the mark where I had the ray last week and anchored up

first fish was a doggie and second



so it was doggies and pout followed by a double shot of pout with a very small whiting



at about 4pm landed on Scratchells bay and took a break and rigged the sail for the return journey



decided to troll a shrimp rig on the way back and with less than a mile travelled caught my first mackie of the year



beautiful Alum Bay



saw a square rigger on the approach to Hurst



found Zzippys big hole



Lymington-Yarmouth ferries



Finally made it back to Tanners at 7pm




1 new species and 20 miles travelled-----well on the way to paddle fitness

After a days rest I was ready to go again on Sunday

Decided to travel west to West Bay for a change of scenery.Popped in for a look at West Bexington and at 0730 the mackie bashers were already out in force.

Arrived at West Bay harbour amid a flurry of activity from the assembled dive boats preparing to launch,was still able to drive down the slipway and rig up at the water's edge.There were a few fishing boats getting ready for launch too.



Launched around 0830 and made my way out of the entrance to the open sea.Had the trusty shrimp rig trolling behind with a dexter on the end and caught some mackerel on the paddle out.




Found a bouy about a mile offshore in about 50ft and started fishing.Doggies were taking everything,sandeeels,rag,squid,mackie!managed my usual couple of Pout aswell

Got bored after a while there so decided to head futher offshore to a feature that I had seen on the chartplotter.Got to the mark to discover another pot bouy(well handy) and a couple of dive flags----normally a good sign!



Well it wasn't, just more dogs and pout!

Heard on the weather broadcast that the wind was going to swing round to NE and as it started to pick up a bit I decided to head back inshore,trolling the shrimp rig as I went.





Soon had to stop feathering as I'd caught enough mackies to fill my little freezer! Enough to save me a quid or two for a few Tope/Conger trips.Decided to head back to the harbour.



It was a bit choppy re-entering the harbour but nothing serious.

After I'd de-rigged and loaded the yak on the van ready for home I took this pic-----looks like I made the right decision,the swell had picked up



Headed for home to get the 30 or so mackerel frozen for bait.By evening I was getting restless

decided to take my last chance of fishing for this weekend with an 11pm launch from Mudeford



The new sandbank can be a problem as it causes waves to break about 50 yds out of the entrance-took 3 over the bow straight on no problems and was on my way to the fishing grounds.

Made good progress and was soon in the area that I intended to fish,unusually saw no shore fishermen in the area,.Found a pot bouy in about 25ft and made fast.

Had fresh mackerel that I'd caught earlier in the day along with the usual rag and squid.

Was feeling fairly tired so decided to fish only two rods.One a Pennel with a couple of squid and the other with a paternoster set up with a 1/0 on top baited with rag or squid and on the bottom hook (a 3/0)a hefty fillet of fresh mackie.

The usual pout and doggies were caught-yawn

Then took a hefty knock on the euroboat with the paternoster rig.

What was it?

Didn't feel like a Conger---------had visions of all sorts of things it might have been during the fight where it continually peeled the 15lb mono from the little ABU.

Towards the end of the fight the fish started to show the characteristics of a Conger and sure enough



Conger no.1 for the year!!



the bugger did a death roll on the surface and it took a while to disentangle it from the trace but to see it swim away gracefully was the highlight of a brilliant weekend on the water

time to start planning next weekends adventure]]> richi Jeff S Mon, 05 May 2008 13:50:26 +0100 Mon, 05 May 2008 21:53:52 +0100 145060 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=144191 martinmoanna martinmoanna Mon, 05 May 2008 09:59:13 +0100 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:10:31 +0100 144191 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=138961 I am considering buying my first fishing kayak when I noticed a couple of yakers fishing off Ogmore by Sea yesterday Sat 3 May. If you gentlemen read these posts I would be glad to contact you to discuss my options and for some general advice. Any help from yakkers in the Bridgend Porthcawl area would be appreciated. Cheers Josh. joshseadog ddraig Sun, 04 May 2008 14:16:09 +0100 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:57:51 +0100 138961 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=133444 good points were i now know it can be done and i didnt lose any kit. but you can be sure i will be practising the drills before i go again.]]> mickbe daiboy Sat, 03 May 2008 17:31:35 +0100 Mon, 12 May 2008 23:36:25 +0100 133444 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=127454 martinmoanna cannonfodder Fri, 02 May 2008 16:19:37 +0100 Sun, 11 May 2008 09:24:23 +0100 127454 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=126480
My first post and hopefully good news. Yesterday we launched the British Open Kayak Fishing competition. This will be held in Tenby, Pembrokeshire on the weekend of June 21/22. It will be a catch and release specimen hunt with cash prizes for winners of the individual and team event (max 4 persons). We have already had a fantastic response not just from the anglers but also from a couple of the leading tackle companies...and it's only been 24 hours since the info went public. If you need anymore info please go to www.wwc.co.uk where you will find PDF's of theentry form and rules. There will be loads more info coming soon and I will keep you all informed.

Tight lines

Mark Owen
www.wwc.co.uk]]> mark at wwc BristolLes Fri, 02 May 2008 13:22:19 +0100 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:50:14 +0100 126480 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=118798 daiboy maidstonemike Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:22:00 +0100 Thu, 01 May 2008 12:12:05 +0100 118798 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=113330 i would appreciate any tips on marks and methods in and around portland.]]> mickbe richi Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:40:41 +0100 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:17:46 +0100 113330 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=111052 How far would you consider going away from the shore ?, I understand in the states sometimes they go out several miles. What is a safe distance in your opinion ? glennk Mark Crame Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:13:09 +0100 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:01:34 +0100 111052 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=106659
thanks all]]> JollyJay14 maidstonemike Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:55:07 +0100 Fri, 09 May 2008 07:04:37 +0100 106659 http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=101966
The day started well – I woke up a couple of hours before we planned to meet up and after a coffee headed down to the car boot sale to get some more weights – a guy flogs breakaways for 50p and I needed more for one of my guests. Then back home and start getting the gear together. Then David rang and I directed him in, in the meantime knackering my bike pump trying to resurrect a flat on one of the C-Tugs so we had a coffee instead. David is one of my new colleagues and a keen fisherman so of course I invited him out and he turned up with a demo Drifter and a bag of boilies. More of which later…

Scott turned up next, another local who came out with me once before - he had the bait too, the best lug I’ve seen, ever, and a bunch of good peeler crabs He’s heading off on Friday for a substantial period and so we had to get out come what may - and get out we did with the Prowler 15 on David’s roofbars and me walking the Trident down to the beach on the C-Tug.

Highpoint of the pre-launch was David asking us if we hair-rigged baits Not having a clue about boilies and hair rigs but knowing they were carp things I looked blank.



Down on the beach we set up, got our kit on, divvied up bait and posed nicely for the chap who dropped by to see us off, being in the area. I was slightly concerned passing my camera to one who needed a haircut but it turned out okay.



We launched. It looked really pleasant and pretty flat really. Perfect in fact. It didn’t last though, past the surfline (if you could call it surf) we had the 2ft swells and they were fine. Past the overfalls on the sandbanks we carried on heading out to the Stanford Buoy where we usually find some codling. I started up the finder and by the time I had the right screen the other two were out of earshot due to the wind direction. Five minutes later I regretted this as the swell was picking up out here and there was no way I was happy about getting them to anchor in it – David not having anchored before and Scott only once. Frankly I didn’t want to anchor in it either as the leads would be bouncing and it never feels comfortable anyway – especially being wind over tide for the next few hours.







So, having had a nice gentle calorie burn we turned and came pretty much most of the way back. It was a bit more tricky though as we had the current coming crossways and some chop as well. It didn’t take long though and we found some calmer water of around 2-3ft in 23ft of water about quarter of a mile off the wooden pier. A pity really as we’d knocked a reasonably good mark on the head for one that I wasn’t so confident in. I kind of felt guilty making them paddle all that way to turn back but fair do’s – they felt the same! Then out came the first windsurfer I’d seen in years:



So, the other two anchored off (easily) I dropped mine down and started tackling / baiting up. Then came a shout – David was in – his first yak fish and first sea fish in the UK! Jammy sod – I only had one rod in by this time. It was a baby so it went back in.



I dropped my second rod down and hauled up the first with my first ever sea double-shot – a pout on the lug and a whiting on the squid. Two more species for the year.



Off they came and smiled for the camera:

Pout:



Whiting:



More of each followed and then Scott was in – a pout.



I carried on pulling out the odd pout and whiting and then Scott was into a better fish – Codling. It fell to peeler. I had some on one of my rods (just bought myself some new ones – Masterline John Wilson prime 7ft 2-piece boat rods. 2x12lb and 2x20lb. They’re the same trim as my other rods. TART!).



Then out came the kite-boarders…



…followed by some tosser in a gin palace that was heading straight for David (and presumably us afterwards). Now, I wouldn’t be in trouble if I didn’t bring him back but he had two of my rods and so I raised my paddle as he put his back together to do the same (no paddle keeper). Thankfully Captain Twatt looked up from pouring another and stopped, turned tail and fled. I dunno, shouldn’t be allowed on the sea.

Meanwhile Scott continued to haul in codling. We weren’t that far from each other but I didn’t attract a single one. It must be down to superior skill, that’s all I can think of. Bastard. Then I got a rattle and wound in my PB Whiting! Lovely stuff. Not long after David saw the porpoise surface a metre or two from my starboard side but guess who was reeling in to port?



It was nice out there, a bit lumpy but really pleasant to be out. I tried to have a sleep at slack water but the sun was in my eyes so I couldn’t. Then David shouted across the question of all newbies – “How do you have a **** from one of these things?” I don’t know how he managed it in the end but he did, without falling off.



The wind had moved around, the tide was supposedly running the other way, the swell had flattened a bit but was more choppy, the lines were slackening constantly and the fish had disappeared. After last drops we up-anchored and headed in…



…riding the small surf into the beach with no casualties.



Of course we had to unload and play in the surf then. David didn’t want to miss the opportunity and I figured it’d be fun to play in the surf with the Drifter which has a nice looking keel and is shorter than I’m used to. It also had thigh straps which I’d often wandered about but never got around to getting. So after he had a couple of goes I let him take the Trident out.


I surfed in a couple of times and then caught a lovely wave. I rode it nicely for 50 metres or so and then the nose went down to the rear of the front hatch and I was dumped. Luckily the water is not quite as cold as it as been (although I still wouldn’t go in it if I wasn’t yakking!) and apart from getting some in through the cag/pants I got back in and played some more. I then watched as David saw what I meant about the Trident wanting to go sideways in surf as he calmly fell off One last go, both of us catching the same wave in and then it was time to pack up and head back to mine. Scott had sat this out and was lovely and dry. Typical eh? Dry, and with the best fish too.

Final tally was 4 pout and 7 whiting for me, 3 good cod for Scott (and a few whiting/pout) and another 3 fish for David. Most went back apart from Scott’s biggies, my big whiting and 3 smaller ones that were hooked deeply – they’re fishcakes tomorrow.

Top day, cobwebs blown away, a PB, 2 more species for the year and a good day out with good company – who can ask for more?
]]> Mark Crame commando Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:24:24 +0100 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:45:02 +0100 101966