kayak fishing

[gazc]

when is the best time to launch? and how long would you be out there before the tide turned? hopefully getting a kayak soon and will be trying it out at heysham when its a bit warmer as i only have a wetsuit at the moment.don't want to be going out to far as a novice i will be staying close to shore and only venturing out on calm days a bit nervous and I've not even got it yet any advice please will be mainly spinning close to shore at heysham till i get me confidence to venture futher afield

[Paul]

What you need to look at really is the state of the tide, from where you are launching, VS where you are going.

If you wanted to fish around halfmoon bay/throbshire point area with a flooding tide you need to launch half moon bay and work down towards throbshire going with the tide, then come back up once the tide has turned.... What time you wanted to launch would depend on how long you wanted to fish....

Trying to paddle against the tide off heysham is bloody hard work.... even on relatively small tides. So you need to plan where you are going, so that you are going with the tide

If you get one, give me a shout, ill come out with you

[gazc]

cheers paul will definatelty give you a shout when i get sorted.don't want to go to far untill I've got my confidence and more important all the right gear.

[Paul]

Has your re-mortgage come through yet??

[gazc]

can be expensive my missus thinks i'm going nuts will keep on trawling ebay and the like can get most of it second hand if in good nick luckily i'm getting the kayak off a mate pretty cheap as he can't manage it anymore

[robo]

if you think kayak fishing is expensive then try buying your own boat, some of the things we have had to buy near gave me a heart attack, must admit I've always fancied a go on a kayak but a bit long in the tooth now

[Paul]

if you think kayak fishing is expensive then try buying your own boat

I know only too well mate Had two then got a kayak

Relatively speaking, its a cheap way to get afloat.... but all my stuff probably cost around £2k by the time i finished.... You can obviously do it much cheaper than that by buying second hand though.

[Padsta Tel]

if you think kayak fishing is expensive then try buying your own boat, some of the things we have had to buy near gave me a heart attack, must admit I've always fancied a go on a kayak but a bit long in the tooth now

true to robo it's expensive running Your own boat I couldn't get in a kiyak if I tried

[Bill Bodger]

if you think kayak fishing is expensive then try buying your own boat, some of the things we have had to buy near gave me a heart attack, must admit I've always fancied a go on a kayak but a bit long in the tooth now

true to robo it's expensive running Your own boat I couldn't get in a kiyak if I tried

You don't have to Terry, you get ON the type used for fishing.

BB

[gazc]

well me wetsuit and bouyancy jacket arrived today tried them on to check the fit and don't i look like a in a wetsuit i look like I've swallowed a beach ball fortunately the life jacket covers it up a little bit...hoping to pick the kayak on saturday can't wait for a bit of warm weather to try it out..