I want to live here!!

They arrived....

Well the cult Lures are here, and i guess i should give them a go....

Kayak fishing Heaven.....

Yes... fishing heaven... one of those days you think.."IT cant get any better than this...."
Set the alarm for 3:45am... but my phone is set not to alarm on Saturday or Sunday...D'oh!
Sat bolt upright in the bed at 4:15 am and wondered why the alarm didn't go off?
The car was loaded, so a quick Java and away!
Launched in perfect conditions and set the fly rod up with a small red-gill eel on an inter. sinking line ... the mark was a paddle away and i could troll to it..
The rest is history, i watched the gulls working the surface and where ever they went i did too and i got hit after hit of some quality fish and they all fought well on the fly rod..The final tally was ten Bass and two pollack..(usually the other way round without the Bass...lol..)
Back to the launch spot later to see a nice rolling surf in to the beach, so everything strapped down and the mobile slipped inside my dry suit neck!!
I got taken by a wave, but leaned back and braced out with the paddle and surfed in perfectly!!
What a morning!!!!!


Edit.... The video just does not do the situation justice... but its only a mobile phone! Sorry!

weather to fish or not?

Weather is all over the place!
So... Plan hatched..... Monday... Lure only.....North westerly winds....
A trip outside the harbour must be on...
Come On The Bass!


Time to try my experiments!!

Dash for Bass ends in disappointment...

Fly rod and a few bits and bobs... anchor/ drogue nav light...
Straight after work to a spot i found during my paddle training...
And when i got there it was full of weed.... brown sludge weed...no.. not a correct scientific name for it...in the water it was pretty, but it just clung to the knots and flies ... and i could not escape it... i gave up around half ten.....





Again no sign of sprat or sand eel ... still cold and windy too .... summer???????

Cork Kayak Meet....

Well today is the day...over the next two days a bit of plastic navy fun!
Stay tuned for a kayak feast for the eyes!


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I thought i had a plan.......

All set.....

Hmmmm... calm?

Too calm......

Pee time......

tea time......

is that a seal?? yup! a big one... (dot)

Home again......

5 hours on the water... fly... lure... and feather (hokkai)... nothing... what a day though... got the miles in and i could feel it.
Got a bit lumpy later on and i got the most out of the day, a few boats about too, and i think they had the same luck as me.
Next trip is to my favourite reef... outside the Harbour.

Crabs.......

Went feeding the crabs tonight again.......
The only event full thing that happened was, on the way back, a startled bird flew right in to my lap!
so some photo's .... the bait was razor and joey mack... and some S.P's on the lure rod....

Hunting Billy......

Went hunting Billy tonight... ya ...its very early, but its mild enough.
Got there to find the Fog was pretty bad, but went out and took a compass bearing.
(its in the Harbour anyway so i would have not ended up in Wales!)Trolled and jigged some soft plastic's but to no avail.
BUT!
I did see some fish moving in the shallows and located a very promising spot for the summer too...... so things are starting to happen!

Got to try out my new Kayalu Kayak light too... its the dogs!