Category: Lure Fishing

Penzance Kayak Fishing Meet 2018

27/8/2018

After perfect conditions during the 2017 meet, this year the wind had returned to spoil the show. Luckily there was a lull in the weather on the Saturday and a hardened contingent of kayak anglers descended upon Sennen Cove to enjoy a day in almost perfect conditions....

ROKK, Wrasse and Wrecks

30/4/2017

A few weeks ago i was contacted by George, Product Designer at Scanstrut. The guys at Scanstrut are releasing an exciting new range of accessory mounts for the kayak and small craft market using their ROKK Mini mounts. We had planned a day on the water to test a range of the new products, discuss future products and provide George with a taste of kayak fishing to better understand the needs of us kayak anglers. The day went to plan, the weather was perfect and i caught a stunning new PB....

The Unexpected Pollack

18/4/2017

It would be the Revo 16's second time out but i wasn't the only one with a new kayak. The Viking Kayaks have arrived at Cornwall Canoes and Andrew is now paddling and fishing from the very nice Viking Profish Reload. We both now have our weapons of choice rigged and ready for the season. A small weather window showed itself so we launched early on Sunday morning to make the most of it....

Birthday Bass - 2nd October 2016

4/10/2016

I haven't been kayak fishing since the Penzance meet 4 weeks earlier. The weather has been rubbish but with good weather forecast for Sunday and with it being my birthday I was treating myself to a session on the water. The plan was to lure fish the reefs for Pollack but i was in for a surprise.....

Making Soft Plastic Lures: Part 2 - Homemade Lead Heads

27/2/2016

After the success of making split belly shad bodies, the next step was to make lead heads. Ideally an aluminium mould would be used but these are expensive to have custom made. After some research and helpful advice i decided to create a mould using high temperature resistance RTV silicon. This blog post outlines how i created a two piece RTV silicon mould to make homemade lead heads for the split belly shad bodies created in Part 1.....

Kayak Reef Lure Fishing Video

28/11/2015

Kayak Fishing, Reef Fishing and Lure Fishing - put the three together and you can have some great fun! I've put together a video of some of the Kayak Reef Lure fishing action i've had over the last couple of trips, featuring Pollack, Wrasse and Ling. Check it out in this blog post.....

A Narrow Window - 23rd November 2015

28/11/2015

Wind, Wind, Swell, more Wind, Rain, more Swell and even more Wind. The last month's weather has been terrible with not even the hint of a break. Finally a narrow window showed itself and by a stroke of luck it coincided with a day off. Time to go kayak fishing! The tide was good for fishing the reefs for Pollack and with a shed load of homemade lures in the tackle box, things were falling into place....

Making Soft Plastic Lures: Part 1 - Split Belly Shad Bodies

25/10/2015

Lure fishing has brought me great results this year. It is a fantastic way of fishing but there is one problem..... lures are expensive! I have been aware that the moulds and kits are available to pour your own soft plastic lures for some time so I took the plunge and brought everything i needed to pour my own lure bodies. It is surprisingly easy to do and it will save a lot of money replacing lures that have torn or have been chewed to a rubbery death. Here is a run through of how to make them....

Lure Fishing Fun! - 14th October 2015

14/10/2015

The forecast was much calmer than last week and i fancied my chances at getting Andrew hooked into some hard fighting Pollack. We had struggled to even get a rod in the water last week with the rough conditions but things were looking much better. Little wind forecast and only a drop of swell. The sun was out too!

Deepwater Lure Fishing Fun! - 6th September 2015

6/9/2015

With the success of fishing lures in deep water during the Penzance Kayak Fishing Meet i wanted to give it another go! This time Holly was coming along on the tandem. I had been to Seaview Angling at Plymouth to top up with some new lures - Fiiish Minnows and the new HTO Arctic Eel. The forecast was looking good with light winds and sun. On arrival at the launch it soon became apparent that the wind forecast was wrong!

Penzance Kayak Fishing Meet 2015

1/9/2015

The weather has been notoriously unpredictable and unsettled this summer however in the weeks leading up to the Penzance Kayak Fishing Meet the weekends had been reasonably settled. Fingers were firmly crossed the weather would be good after last years disappointing weather. At the start of the week the forecasts were looking awful and I could see the meet not going to plan once again. Wednesday brought a much-welcomed change in forecast. A drop of swell would be around but light winds were forecast…..would the promising forecast hold out?

Tandem Pollacking - 16th August 2015

16/8/2015

Pollack caught Kayak Fishing in Cornwall

I decided to get a new tandem kayak - the RTM Ocean Duo Angler in Grey Storm. Despite wanting to get out on it for several weeks then weather had other plans, but this gave me chance to rig it ready for fishing. Finally a weather window on a Sunday arrived which would give me and Holly a chance to try it out. The plan was to fish Sennen - the venue where the Penzance Kayak Fishing Meet would be taking place in two weeks time in similar tidal conditions.

First Light Lure Fishing

2/7/2015

Ballan Wrasse caught kayak fishing at Plymouth

Theres only one reason i get up at 4am.... fishing! I was meeting Kevin at the launch venue at 5:15am for a first light launch into Plymouth Sound in the search of Bass - not a fish i usually target. I had my fingers crossed that the early morning would be worthwhile....