13-02-2006, 06:27 PM
I thought I would start a thread about kayak fishing - since I have recently bought a dedicated fishing kayak.
It is a Cobra 'Fish n Dive' and is designed to allow you to SCUBA dive from the kayak - I have only done this once, but we caught quite a few nice scallops down at Mcrae in PPB. I have fished from the kayak quite a lot in Port Philip Bay, at Chelsea, Dromana, and majority at Black Rock where we target snapper on soft plastics, squid, and troll lures for snook and salmon. We found an awesome school of salmon a few weeks ago (see photo below), and have been hoping for a kingfish after hearing reports of fish to 4kg in this area. A friend had 3 kings of 70cm hanging underneath his kayak looking at his fsh bag last week, but they weren't hungry, despite him throwing every lure in his tackle box at them. I have also used the kayak to fish off Shoreham in Westernport Bay, and got a nice bag of 11 leatherjackets two weekends ago. It's a great feeling to paddle to where you're fishing, and we reckon the absence of motor noise helps us land more fish than motor boats (aka stink boats). I'm extra lucky beacuse my girlfriend also bought a kayak, so I don't have to bug her to let me go fishing - she actually bugs me to go fishing sometimes!
Hope you guys enjoy the photos.
It is a Cobra 'Fish n Dive' and is designed to allow you to SCUBA dive from the kayak - I have only done this once, but we caught quite a few nice scallops down at Mcrae in PPB. I have fished from the kayak quite a lot in Port Philip Bay, at Chelsea, Dromana, and majority at Black Rock where we target snapper on soft plastics, squid, and troll lures for snook and salmon. We found an awesome school of salmon a few weeks ago (see photo below), and have been hoping for a kingfish after hearing reports of fish to 4kg in this area. A friend had 3 kings of 70cm hanging underneath his kayak looking at his fsh bag last week, but they weren't hungry, despite him throwing every lure in his tackle box at them. I have also used the kayak to fish off Shoreham in Westernport Bay, and got a nice bag of 11 leatherjackets two weekends ago. It's a great feeling to paddle to where you're fishing, and we reckon the absence of motor noise helps us land more fish than motor boats (aka stink boats). I'm extra lucky beacuse my girlfriend also bought a kayak, so I don't have to bug her to let me go fishing - she actually bugs me to go fishing sometimes!
Hope you guys enjoy the photos.