please dont laugh....
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SIXFOOTSTEVE
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I\'ve heard of sea kayak fishing mate ,one of the NESA members does it ,not sure about Scotland though.
when i was a young un a long time ago i was fishing for flatties from the small beach at shields, this guy in a canoe paddled over and asked if i had any feathers as there was a huge shoal of mackerel a bit further out. i attached the feathers to my line put the reel in free spool and my new found friend paddled out with the feathers jigged them up and down a bit at the right spot and then let go of my line and i reeled in four mackerel. we repeated this a few times with the same result until he got a bit sick of it and disappeared never did get his name, gud fun tho!
TIM
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I used to fish off a canoe around oban, you have to plan the trips with the tide! Good fun but hard work! more like paddling white water in the river if you get it wrong.
Around here on a calm day its great fun and the tide is not as fast.
I will be out this summer around Whitley if you fancy a go, I have a two man ocean kyak I bought last year .
Around here on a calm day its great fun and the tide is not as fast.
I will be out this summer around Whitley if you fancy a go, I have a two man ocean kyak I bought last year .
Mike.Haley
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Boat Fishing Monthly has done a few write ups about this, even one about fishing for tope from a kayak.
willywetegg
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\"Boat Fishing Monthly has done a few write ups about this, even one about fishing for tope from a kayak\".
LMAO Mike is that not called water skiing lol.
Jim.
LMAO Mike is that not called water skiing lol.
Jim.
SIXFOOTSTEVE
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Did anyone see IFISH on tv , they caught Marlin from a jetski .... honest then hauled it up to get the camera shot . 
A friend of mine does this. He asked if I would make him up a trolling rig. It\'s a sea kayak social type of thing. A group of them go over to the West coast among the islands, launch some place, then paddle towards somewhere else. Bottles of wine, sleeping bags, tents etc are carried inside the kayak. The idea of the fishing part, is that as they paddle, they trail the fly behind them. Anything caught is then cooked to accompany the wine when they haul up on a beach somewhere to be eaten by midges. Can\'t quite understand why they do it, but if someones got to be eaten by the midges, better them than me.
SIXFOOTSTEVE
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Welcome aboard Scottyjim.
Neil
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Anth ,
You would be surprised how many of us go fishing from sea kayaks. It is quite safe if a sensible approach is taken. At the moment it is the fastet growing discipline in sea angling, ask any of the Kayak retailers.
You have the advantage of a boat angler but with the costs of shore fishing. Saftey is paramount and if you take all the precautions it as safe as standing on the shore or floating about on a small dinghy.
If you use the tides and wind to your advantage you can reach the marks that others can\'t.
Neil.
You would be surprised how many of us go fishing from sea kayaks. It is quite safe if a sensible approach is taken. At the moment it is the fastet growing discipline in sea angling, ask any of the Kayak retailers.
You have the advantage of a boat angler but with the costs of shore fishing. Saftey is paramount and if you take all the precautions it as safe as standing on the shore or floating about on a small dinghy.
If you use the tides and wind to your advantage you can reach the marks that others can\'t.
Neil.
SIXFOOTSTEVE
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It sounds great and I can see the benefits but I\'m not sure I\'d try it ,maybe I\'m too carefull 
davem2005
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These guys with the kayaks are really keen and brave, Take a look at that for more information on kayak fishing. http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=62560 There is even a report on a skate fishing trip somewhere on that thread and some great pictures showing how the kayaks are setup
