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Big Rig 4 Months On!

by | May 10, 2014 | UK

After taking delivery of the Big Rig back in February I have been out on the boat a good few times now and feel I can give it a fair going over. I have had it out on fresh water and each trip has been very bad weather. Loch Lomond twice with winds and rain easily over...

Winter Cod Fishing Scarborough

by | May 7, 2014 | UK

Through the winter here in the UK the opportunitys for getting afloat offshore are few and far between. But with a gap in the weather and the sea conditions looking good I took advantage and planned to fish from Scarborough in North Yorkshire. My alarm clock went off...

Sweden team trip report II- The lake of black pikes

by | May 5, 2014 | Sweden, UK

Hey guys, so we are up in Sweden, Karlskrona archipelago. And here comes devilish wind. At around 20 metres per second it was impossible to fish from a kayak. Mind you we did try 🙂 This is 20km/sec wind in Karlskrona… the Kilroy held its own, did not take any...

Swanage – A kayak anglers dream venue

by | Apr 30, 2014 | Fishing, UK

Swanage really is one of those perfect venues in the UK. It is a sheltered bay into which you can launch with most wind directions. There is a huge reef inshore and then deep sand just past that. In the spring, for just a few weeks very large Black Bream come into...

Chasing the Ray in Clacton – a video

by | Apr 29, 2014 | UK

Having acquired the Go Pro late last year I keep meaning to learn how to actually use it. The reality of the situation is that I enjoy my fishing too much and keep forgetting to turn the camera on and off every time something happens. Last week at Clacton I was pretty...

Esox Lucius (the mini Pike hunt!)

by | Apr 26, 2014 | UK

Being a self employed landscape gardener is a dream job for me, I love it, however the only problem is I’m at my busiest in the wamrer months when the fishing is best! Living in England though means rain is never far away so sometimes I’m rained off work,...

Big Rigs and Scottish Sea Lochs

by | Apr 24, 2014 | UK

Well this weekend being the easter weekend and the weather for once was meant to be the best we have had this year, My plan was to take the Big Rig out on the salt for the first time and see how it performs and catch a fish or two into the bargain. Myself and a friend...

The Chase for Plaice – Heroes on the Water fundraiser

by | Apr 22, 2014 | UK

The Poole Bay Plaice Chase is in its second year in the UK. This is a fun competition with no prizes but gets everyone together and raises some much needed cash for the UK Heroes on the Water Charity. Plaice fishing has never been my forte. I have caught them and...

Fishing with Heroes On The Water UK

by | Apr 17, 2014 | Cuda, UK

Heroes On The Water is a well known charity in the US helping injured servicemen by taking them kayak fishing, the injured servicemen find it to be an excellent kind of therapy. After seeing this first hand whilst visiting the US, ex-servicemen Paul Fennel of the UK...

Fishing Bonnie Scotland

by | Apr 16, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, UK

My fellow Jackson UK Fishing Team member David Blair emailed me last week explaining how a chap in Scotland that owned a few lochs in the Lomond Hills and would we be interested in kayak fishing them, wasn’t going to say no! It was a chance for me to finally...

Floundering around on the River Teign

by | Apr 15, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, UK

The River Teign is a blast from my past. It used to be known for its record breaking flounders and I spent many an hour standing on its shores hoping for a big one. I haven’t fished this venue since I was a teenager and then never from a kayak. The last time I fished...