Kayak Fishing Match

[Glenn Kilpatrick]

OCEAN KAYAKS & TRISTAR ANGLING

SCARBOROUGH OPEN KAYAK FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP

Heaviest Single Fish Match

SATURDAY 27th SEPTEMBER

Boundaries: Marine Drive At Scarborough - Marked by Buoys on the day

Fishing 8.00am to 12.00noon High Water 15.57 5.50 Metres

Weigh in by 12.30 at designated Weigh In Station

Winning Competitor to receive the Scarborough Evening News Trophy

and one of the following prizes:

Caper Angling Kayak presented by Ocean Kayaks and Tristar Angling

£250 presented by The Festival Committee

£150 presented by The Festival Committee

£100 presented by Hull Tool Repairs

£100 presented by Keepers Cottage Pets Hotel

£100 Tackle Vouchers presented by Baxter Angling.com

£50 presented by The Festival Committee

£30 presented by The Festival Committee

£20 presented by The Festival Committee

£20 Scotty Tackle Voucher - donated by Dave Jacketts

Free MOT presented by Boro Tyres

TICKET £10.00

OPTIONAL PAIRS £2.00

SEE SPECIAL KAYAK RULES

PRIZE PRESENTATION WILL BE DIRECTLY AFTER THE WEIGH IN

Extra Information on this event and kayak fishing in general can be found on the Whitby sea anglers website, please click the following link to go there - Kayak Fishing.

Everyone Is Welcome

Our event is open to all kayak anglers. The area we have picked for the match is locally renowned for its excellent catches. We hope as many of you as possible will attend the match. As you can see we have an excellent prize table with quality prizes right down to 10th place. We are aware that several users of other forums will be heading up to Scarborough and staying in the local campsites on the Friday and Saturday nights. The day will start bright and early when everyone is invited to meet for a bacon Sandwich and a cuppa at the oasis cafe on Marine drive. After the match their will be sandwiches at the Scarborough angling club and again everyone is invited along for a pint, a natter, and to collect their prizes.

For those of you not familiar with the area The marine Drive is one of the top fishing marks in the area with Cod, Bass, Pollock, Coalies and most other species a possibility. The pictures below are just a few of what catches we have enjoyed this year in the area (admittedly not all from marine drive but mostly fromthe Yorkshire coast.).

Hope to see you all there.

[eddie t]

cracking pics mate hope every thing goes well good luck.

[Glenn Kilpatrick]

They say that good things come in three's and after landing 2 double figure cod in his first season kayak fishing Sam Baxter (AKA Sambo) was waiting for number 3. Well this time it wasnt a double figure cod but a 5 pounds 6 ounces Pollock which won Sam the first ever kayak match in the Scarborough Angling Festival.



Sam won the Ocean Kayak sponsored by Tristar Angling on a fantatsic day that saw 42 kayakers fishing off the marine Drive at Scarborough.


My day started when Mike picked me up from Home at 6.30 this morning, probably the first time I've been out of bed in darkness for a long time. We loaded up the landrover with the yaks and all our gear and headed for Scarborough. We left Whitby and a beautiful morning behind us and we were soon in dense fog on the moore tops. I thought the event would have to be put back a few hours to allow the fog to clear but as we drove onto MArine Drive it was clear this wasnt going to be the case.



We unloaded the gear and then went for breakfast at the oasis cafe on the sea front. It was soon clear it was going to be a great day and that there had been an excellent turn out, there was yakkers and yaks everywhere you looked.







First plan of action was a bacon sandwich and a coffe. Next stop was the locals and Phil France was on hand with what turned out to be some top advice . On the beach the lads were getting ready and waiting eagerly to get away. Jellyworm was clearly chomping at the bit and even prebaited his hooks prior to setting off. Robq was taking it a bit easier allthough sounding a little concerned about what may happen to his favourite team Hull City at the hands of Aresenal this afternoon.









8am Soon came round and it was time for the off. We were met on the way out by the safety boat that was arranged by Dave. It was great to see the boat come out of the sunshine to meet us and I was pleased to see them all day, giving us peace of mind that if anything did go wrong they would be there to lend a hand.





The plan for the day was to fish big baits getting a scent trail running and then staying put to capture any fish lured to our swim. 10 minutes after leaving the beach we were dropping anchor and I was fastened to the back of Mike Yaks by the most expensive washing line in the world. :whatever: :happy: and out went my first bait, a rather large cocktail of Mussel, Squid And Telpie. Instantly a bite registered but never returned. 20 minutes later I wound in to find the fish was laid on. A rather nice Mop of around 2 pounds. Next cast another bite instantly, but sadly no fish, and this was to be the case for the next 3 casts with lots of codling bites in the strong tide but no fish. Then I changed tactics and shot a bait downtide. Not long after I was into another fish, this time around 5 pounds. After that the bites dried up a little and became non existant when the tide eased right off so I spent the rest of the time taking a few snaps.

Mike with a wrasse



A visit from the safety boat. Big thanks to the lads for keeping an eye on us all.



A poacher who found a 5 pound cod in the middle of our swim :surprise: :cheesy:



A sunbather :happy: :happy:

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More yakkers across the bay



12 O'clock was soon around and it was time to head for Port. Word on the Radio was that Sambo had done it again finding a big pollock towards the end of the match. Arriving at shore we headed to the weigh in and it became clear Sam had indeed won the match - well done Sam.









Soon everyone was ashore and Dave with Pete Atkinson summonsed us over to the presentation.

First Up was Sambo who won the Ocean Kayak sponsored by Tri Star angling



Followed by the rest of the prizewinners.

[eddie t]

Excellent report and pics mate glad yous had a good turn out.

[Charlie_Thompson]

Absolutely fantastic report - cheers. Mad sport, it must take some effort and some cojones. How much closer can you get to your quarrie (?), I bet its amazing fishing. Brilliant.

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

WOW .. as already mentioned ...

What a report ,it feels fantastic to get that tug on your line under any circumstances but to go out there under your own steam and catch fish that some people only dream of from shore and boat ....well a pat on the back all round ,thanks for that mate.