Stay Safe When Kayak Fishing – You Know It Makes Sense !! Anyone who knows me will know that I despair when I hear the words “Health and Safety”. Not that I don’t believe in keeping ourselves safe whilst pursuing our beloved hobby, but rather because it reminds me of all the good things in [...]
set off friday night 6th august at 12 pm mini bus picked us all up at my house for a very long journey up to Lyngenfjord 70 degrees north into the arctic circle,2 planes 2 buses and a ferry on our journey up to the arctic ,after a long journey we arrived at the fishing [...]
Fishing Charter Boat Valhalla The story i am about to tell must be every skippers and anglers nightmare (Sunday the 11th August 1985), it started off as a good days angling aboard the charter boat the Valhalla out of Bridlington with a group of anglers from Negas SAC Hull, the boat was skippered by Ian Taylor known [...]
the forcast was excellent for wed morning so we arrived at the compound at 3.15am light allready ,should have got there earlier?,we launched at around 3.45 am plenty of petrol onboard and most importantley plenty of pack up lol ,after nne winds the day before we expected a bit of swell as i say a [...]
With Reference to the Byelaw regarding Flamborough Head No Take Zone Boundary Limits : Shore side and Seaward Markers Western Boundary is directly South from Sewerby Steps in the Byelaw I propose to amend this so that the Western Boundary still starts at Sewerby Steps , but follows the line of the sewer pipe and [...]
Filey Brigg Angling Society have fixed the date for the 2nd Annual Summer Kayak Match. The match will be held on Sunday 25th July, if the weather is unfit on that day the match will be held on Sunday 8th August. Both dates have been picked to provide the most suitable fishing times, that been [...]
Anglers from across the UK recently competed for the prestigious title of the Whitby Uptiding Festival Champion. The annual event which takes place over a full week sees the competitors fishing from the boats of the Whitby Charter Skippers Association. The rules are simple enough with anglers using the well known uptiding method to attempt [...]
The new Prowler Ultra 4.7 has been designed for serious kayak fishing. It incorporates all the practical features anglers have come to expect from Ocean Kayak plus innovations including a multi-functional reversible hatch cover, a live bait tank and also an ice box storage well. The 4.7 metre (15’ 5”) performance hull offers speed and [...]
Uptiding explained This article is reproduced with kind permission from PlanetSeaFishing.com Uptiding is no black art and should hold no fears for those who haven’t done it before. Holyhead charter skipper, Gethyn Owen knows and understands the benefits of being able to cast a baited rig away from the boat and getting it to stick [...]
Uptiding Gets Off To A Real Flyer 15 November 2009 No Comments With the uptiding festival just around the corner, the winter uptiding season has kicked off big style at Whitby with cod into double figures already coming from the inshore grounds. Today saw Paul Kilpatrick fishing 3/4 of a mile off Sandsend and the [...]