Spinning for estuarine sea trout?

[chesters1]

There's a reminder of how dangerous the river there can be in the pub car park - scroll to the bottom!

 

http://www.shardriversideinn.co.uk/a-walk-thought-history/

Blimey but OK for a doggy paddle ,if there's a bit of gravel in the river about near the toll bridge it maybe worth getting permission from the land owner to detect ,most crossings have been used since roman times and romans placated their river god by throwing in an offering ,its called dirt fishing and is almost as good as angling except there's more digging

[Steve Walker]

I am going to get a fishing kayak, but I don't think I will be going out on the estuary with it.

[chesters1]

I am going to get a fishing kayak, but I don't think I will be going out on the estuary with it.

I wouldn't go anywhere on a tidal river with one! A little rib with an outboard far safer as long as you don't stub out your fag on the tube (experience there)

I remember my mate in our dingy throttle wide open going backwards at mudeford no oar on earth would have helped

Edited December 7, 2017 by chesters1

[Steve Walker]

No, planning to use it in calm seas off the beach and in the Lake District lakes.

[chesters1]

No, planning to use it in calm seas off the beach and in the Lake District lakes.

What with that river just out of the window I couldn't resist its bad enough we used to tow our boat from Farnham to Pompey to get water deep enough to float it lol

We used airbeds at first ,two roped on top of each other (we both had the same !none of that boy on boy hanky panky then) and all the kit went in my sidecar ,then inflatables (4 man things) then we made the mistake of buying a fiberglass dingy and trailer (towed by my reliant regal ,we were buggers even then) and it went downhill from there bigger boats and realised the fun had gone with the effort between getting it off the trailer and getting it back home after a few hours fishing ,we did moor it but that's very expensive even on the cheapest mooring so we flogged it ,we could have filled the freezer with what went in the outboard never mind the land rover towing it

You on the other hand could almost build a slipway to the river and your Mrs could run up a flag telling you dinner was on the table

Edited December 7, 2017 by chesters1

[Steve Walker]

Next door neighbour has a jetty, though she didn't realise when she had it built that we don't own the land between the gardens and the river. Also, her sailing days are now behind her. But would want a powered boat on the estuary. Maybe that's a future project, though my understanding of boats is that they are all basically money pits.

[Ken L]

There's nothing stopping you putting a motor on a kayak.

[Steve Walker]

Seen it done, but I think I would want a proper stable boat if I were going down that route. The attraction of a kayak is simplicity (and exercise) the worry about the estuary is mostly death.

[Martin56]

I wouldn't go anywhere on a tidal river with one! A little rib with an outboard far safer as long as you don't stub out your fag on the tube (experience there)

I remember my mate in our dingy throttle wide open going backwards at mudeford no oar on earth would have helped

oar !! - maybe one of Wayne Rooney's Old Oars might have made one in!!!

Edited December 9, 2017 by Martin56

[Steve Walker]