We are already 4 months into a new year, and already, its been a pretty hectic time fishing-wise. I seem to be spending more and more time lure fishing from the kayak. At the tail end of last year, I had an amazing kayak fishing trip in Cornwall chasing pollack…
I managed to catch a new PB pollack of 12lbs – which went like a rocket on my Blackrock Hellboy 7 foot rod and Okuma RAW II reel. They really hit those SG sandeels hard, and vertical jigging in the deep clear waters is as good as it gets on a kayak…
My buddy Ian, made my fish look small, by boating possibly the biggest pollack caught in the UK in a kayak. A beauty of 21lbs…
And not to be outdone, buddy Steve caught a smashing 10lb coalfish the next day – you don’t get many of those these days.
The lure fishing craziness continued with some freshwater trips targetting big perch on ultra light soft plastic lures. This is real finesse style fishing, using fine braid of 4 to 10lb breaking strain and ultralight rods and reels. When you get a double figure pike on this gear, you really know about it – quite a revelation if you have been used to skull dragging rays and cod across reefs on beachcasting gear… the fish do not know when to stop. Using a 2g jig head on a small soft plastic such as a 2 inch Z-man grub or a Savage gear 3D bleak takes alot of focus and concentration. Sometimes it all pays off; and I have been lucky enough to have caught 2 lovely perch this year from different venues, both on lures…
The first weighed 3lbs 13ozs (So close to a 4lb’er !)…
And then just last week, I visited a new lake, and managed this beauty of 4ls 4ozs; a new personal best for me; I was so happy, as I think you can tell from the picture !
With all the interest in lure fishing and my love of kayak fishing, I decided to start a new Facebook group called Kayak Lure Fishing. Please check it out and come and join in with the fun…
