Jack gets in on the action 23/09/13

After quite a dismal fishing trip this morning I decided to get Jack out in the tandem and paddle him around see if he could latch into some fish so as soon as he had eaten his tea we met up with Mark at Redcar and launched he couldnt wait to get going

He was into fish from the off with a few Coalies

and a small Pollack

He was having a great time and needed no instruction from me today apart from bringing the fish on board and unhooking them
After a while he latched into something with a bit more spirit in it and I was over the moon to see him bring a nice Bass to the surface weighing in at bang on 2lb



One very happy little boy and a massively proud dad
Andy

30/08/2013 a PB Bass and a lost monster

Launched at Dawn today 2nd day running into a nice clear calm sea but with the wind forecast to pick up a quick dash out to my marks resulted in a few Coalies to 2lb and then whilst over the Kelp it was non stop Pollack action mainly small fish but had one fish that was around 6lb that looked perfect filleting size but as I reached for my pliers to unhook it in the net it threw itself back in leaving the trebles in my net!


After that slight disappointment and a few greedy Mackerel hitting the plugs I had 2 decent fish kelp me one after the other and lost my favourite pink headed yo- zuri too!
Switched to another pattern Yo-Zuri and was soon attached to a fish of awesome power I couldnt do a thing with it after smoking the drag for quite some time with nothing I could do to control it I felt the horrible feeling of it entering the kelp beds gutted to lose it without even seeing it but amazing to feel the power of which I presume was a very nice Pollack

I managed a few more 3-4lb fish and countless smaller ones before being kelped yet again with the wind increased now I managed to get the Kayak over the top of the kelped fish and could feel it bumping now and again so knew I was still attached  I was getting blown around and needed to get the rod to the right hand side of the Kayak as I was drifting away from the fish with the rod on the wrong side so let some line off and tried to pass the line over the bow where it promptly tangled with the drain bungs  so I was effectively anchore from the very tip of the bow after a few minutes of trying to get free it was time to get wet so off the yak quick swim to the bow untangle and reboard the fully rigged kayak 2 rods landing net and so on but this is exactly why its good to practice this kind of thing

Ended up pulling for a break but managed to get the lure back but sadly the fish had long gone.
After that I switched to a deeper diving Rapala and after a few more Pollack I was heading into some shallow water less than 5ft so stopped paddling to reel in the lure to prevent it snagging but as always gave it a few twitches on the retrieve when the rod banged round at first I thought it was the rock edge  but then it went mad with a big eruption on the surface and violent head shakes at first I thought it was a Salmon or sea trout as they often fight likewise up on the surface but after a while I could see the shape and spikey fins of a nice Bass so out with the net and scooped him up first time I knew straight away it was my best Bass yet and would have just unhooked it and released it but it had engulfed the lure and was hard work getting it out without damaging the fish so took it home for the pan and when weighed on the beach it went 4lb 14oz well chuffed


The wind was now increasing again so decided to call it a day and paddle/troll back in had to keep checking with the pot buoys that I was making headway against the wind quite a slog and after a few more Pollack interupting me and drifting further offshore whilst unhooking them packed the rods away and slogged on to the beach
A great little session and result and a few fish for the freezer


Andy

Jacks 1st Kayak fishing trip 20/07/2013

Me and my son Jack (7) met up with a few lads at Runswick Bay yesterday to take delivery of the latest Stealth kayak arrivals Chris arrived with a trailer full of brightly coloured kayaks of all shapes and sizes including some very nice carbon/kevlar models

The North Yorkshire Coast is starting to look more like the beaches of South Africa with all these ski's appearing
But this was the one that I was most looking forward to seeing my long awaited Stealth Evolution DUO

Me and Jack had a quick look around it and with Jack very keen on getting afloat we trollied it to the water

After a short paddle I let Jack drop some feathers down and showed him how to work them just off bottom and it made my day seeing him hook and land his first kayak fish only Mackerel but great to see him enjoying himself





after the fishing we spent a few hours just paddling about before having our dinner on the beach towards Kettleness

Jack relaxing with his lunch not a care in the world

I eventually managed to convince him it was hometime much to his dissapointment as he was loving the new hobbie

and a quick pic of his catch

A cracking day and hopefully the start of some great adventures
Andy

A Dawn raid on the Pollack grounds 19/07/2013

There is no better way of ending the last nightshift of the week than a dawn raid trolling lures in crstal clear kelp filled waters so as the sun was just about up I was launching into a fantastic sunrise


As I began to paddle out through a gap in the rockwork where the tide was funneling through I noticed some action on the surface with a few fish attacking baitfish in very shallow water possibly Bass I should have really had a few casts at these fish but instead just watched in awe as I headed into deeper water

After almost an hour of inactivity the rod tipped pulled hard round and line peeled from the spool as a Pollock was diving for cover after a short but hard scrap I could see the fish well down in the clear water over 30ft visibility today and soon had a nice Pollock in the net


A new PB pulling the scales down to 6lb 10oz

I managed another small Pollock and a small Coalie before taking some sub surface pics






A pleasant way to finish the working week


Andy

First session in a sea Kayak

I have recently taken the decision to try my hand in a proper sea kayak and was delighted to be shown the ropes by two very experienced friends Ken and Fi and a shiny new Delphin 155 from 1st wet & wild
I couldn't have had a better introduction to it than having Ken and Fi to answer all my questions and also demonstrate different moves loved the day thanks again guys
some pics of the day thanks to Fi's photography skills