Spud christens his new kayak
Apr 28, 2008 17:17:49 GMT -1
Post by dorado on Apr 28, 2008 17:17:49 GMT -1
Got a call from George C, we were going to target the tope but Curly said to go to his Blackpool area - met George there, Curly was already out on his own, anchored up and emptying the sea of fish 
We got the kayaks ready - I'll let George tell you about his. Then just as we were about to trolley down to the water (tide was out, so it was a LONG way to go) he pipes up, "you did bring my paddle didn't you?"
i was stunned, he hadn't said anything about a paddle and being totally organised I hadn't looked at his receipt......
So there we were, 2 kayaks and 1 paddle. Oh well G says, why don't you paddle me out there, drop anchor and then I'll go for a paddle - so thats what we did. I gave him a chauffered kayak fishing session for his first time out, towing him with my towline belt.
We got out to Curly who had already caught a load of doggies and a couple of thornbacks. I dropped anchor so that I was about 50 yards off him and let george go from the towline and he went off for a paddle leaving me marooned. The fish werre still bting and I get 4 doggies on one crab bait - managed to save it each time! I was using a 5/0 semi circle and it works well, far better than the full circle I tried last year - the Daichi octopus are a much better design (well they work better for me anyway).
After a few doggies they suddenly went off and we hoped that meant there were better fish about - sure were. I got a big, thumpy bite which then just moved off slowly - I lifted into a nice thornback of about 7lbs or 8lbs. My first thornback for about 10 years, so I was chuffed to bits.
Curly had more doggies and then a small whiting, which went down as a livebait on his tope rig - and within 5 minutes it got a screaming run and he landed the first of his three tope for the day - biggest about 6lbs, but even so, great fun.
George turned up sometime during these proceedings and dropped anchor near us, and promptly christened his new kayak with a very welcome thornback about the same size as the ones we had had.
Then it was my turn again. A new crab went down, well baited even though i say so myself, the whipping elastic had been done nice and neat and the whole crab looked lovely. A series of thumps and then the line went upstream. This time when I lifted the reel screamed and the fish tore off, not far but like lightning - and up came my very first smoothound, ever. Not a big one, about 7lbs but very welcome and a smashing fish which was almost silver with white spots - so a starry smoothy.
Thank you George for the crabs that caught me my fish. Thank you Curly for stopping us going all the way to west Wales and wasting our time! Chuffed? You bet I am.
Comin back in was a reverse of the outward. George sat back and lit a smoke while his chauffer took him back to shore!
I wonder what the safety police will say about it?
We got the kayaks ready - I'll let George tell you about his. Then just as we were about to trolley down to the water (tide was out, so it was a LONG way to go) he pipes up, "you did bring my paddle didn't you?"
i was stunned, he hadn't said anything about a paddle and being totally organised I hadn't looked at his receipt......
So there we were, 2 kayaks and 1 paddle. Oh well G says, why don't you paddle me out there, drop anchor and then I'll go for a paddle - so thats what we did. I gave him a chauffered kayak fishing session for his first time out, towing him with my towline belt.
We got out to Curly who had already caught a load of doggies and a couple of thornbacks. I dropped anchor so that I was about 50 yards off him and let george go from the towline and he went off for a paddle leaving me marooned. The fish werre still bting and I get 4 doggies on one crab bait - managed to save it each time! I was using a 5/0 semi circle and it works well, far better than the full circle I tried last year - the Daichi octopus are a much better design (well they work better for me anyway).
After a few doggies they suddenly went off and we hoped that meant there were better fish about - sure were. I got a big, thumpy bite which then just moved off slowly - I lifted into a nice thornback of about 7lbs or 8lbs. My first thornback for about 10 years, so I was chuffed to bits.
Curly had more doggies and then a small whiting, which went down as a livebait on his tope rig - and within 5 minutes it got a screaming run and he landed the first of his three tope for the day - biggest about 6lbs, but even so, great fun.
George turned up sometime during these proceedings and dropped anchor near us, and promptly christened his new kayak with a very welcome thornback about the same size as the ones we had had.
Then it was my turn again. A new crab went down, well baited even though i say so myself, the whipping elastic had been done nice and neat and the whole crab looked lovely. A series of thumps and then the line went upstream. This time when I lifted the reel screamed and the fish tore off, not far but like lightning - and up came my very first smoothound, ever. Not a big one, about 7lbs but very welcome and a smashing fish which was almost silver with white spots - so a starry smoothy.
Thank you George for the crabs that caught me my fish. Thank you Curly for stopping us going all the way to west Wales and wasting our time! Chuffed? You bet I am.
Comin back in was a reverse of the outward. George sat back and lit a smoke while his chauffer took him back to shore!
I wonder what the safety police will say about it?
