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Bexhill Festival of the Sea – Finally a Win.

by | Sep 9, 2014 | Cuda, UK

The Bexhill Festival of the Sea is a week-long calendar of events organised by Bexhill Sea Fishing Club and the local Council. There are shore matches, charter boat matches, week long species hunts, and other events including the kayak fishing match. There is also a...

Flamborough 2014 – Every Ounce Counts.

by | Aug 26, 2014 | Cuda, UK

This is another of the established big events on the UK calendar and another chance to spend a long weekend of kayak fishing, drinking and camping with a bunch of like-minded people. Organised by Al and Michele of The Kayak Fishing Shack it has become a regular...

LRF on the kayak

by | Aug 21, 2014 | Cuda, UK

LRF or Light Rock Fishing originated in Japan and came over to the UK a few years ago since when it has just exploded in popularity. It is essentially fishing incredibly light jigs and lures and aiming to catch whatever swims. It has been a revelation over here where...

Smooth Hounds and Surf

by | Aug 21, 2014 | Cuda, UK

Every year I try and get a trip to Huttoft in Lincolnshire. It has some of the best smooth hound fishing in the UK as well as offering a host of other species to target. The only problem is the surf. The conditions have to be spot on to get a launch and more times...

VIDEO- Smooth hounds and surf on the Cuda 14

by | Aug 20, 2014 | Cuda, UK

A short video of todays trip. Launching looked dodgy through the surf but we thought we would give it a go. After a few decent smooth hound we called it a day and set about getting back to the beach. The biggest surf I have been in yet and an opportunity not to be...

A new first for this year..

by | Aug 10, 2014 | UK

I blanked… I really hate to blank and usually scale right down to catch a fish, any fish, of any species and any size but there are days when that just isn’t on the cards and today was one of them. The venue was my favourite bass haunt. I had everything I needed, my...

Battling the Baby Bass

by | Jul 29, 2014 | Cuda, UK

I was in Colchester with work for a couple of days but fancied breaking it up with a fishing trip. A quick call to Martin Collinson, who lives locally and after being given a few options it was decided we would head to Mersea Island and target the bass in the estuary...

Searching for Sharks

by | Jul 28, 2014 | Cuda, UK

I was in Wales for the SWKA Kayak Fishing Tournament and thoughts turned to what to do on the Sunday. I had hoped to try for Tope, a long term target of mine as I had caught small ones but never been in the right place at the right time for the larger beasts, but...

Hounds and Ray make for a great day.

by | Jul 27, 2014 | Cuda, UK

Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsular offers some of the best fishing in the UK. The number of species that can be caught here is phenomenal and I always look forward to my visits to the area. Two of my favourite targets are the hard fighting smooth hounds and the...

Loosing My Crown – Oxwich 2014

by | Jul 21, 2014 | Cuda, UK

The Oxwich Bay tournament is one of my favourite events of the year. The fact that I have fished it twice and won it twice helps but it is really the social side of the event that makes it a highlight as Ed and the SWKA boys go out of their way to make everyone feel...

The Haile Sand Fort – back to where it all began.

by | Jul 10, 2014 | Cuda, UK

Six years ago when my dad first suggested buying kayaks it was solely to target the bass in the River Humber. The first time we launched we knew nothing, but we both caught small bass and immediately all the cost of getting rigged up was forgotten, just those two...

Runswick Bay….a day too late

by | Jul 7, 2014 | Cuda, UK

Friday 4am saw me heading north to attend the Runswick Bay kayak fishing competition. Organised by Ken and Fiona of Wet and Wild this has been a regular in the calendar for many years and is a big fish contest. Local knowledge usually comes to the fore here and I have...