Hi there all
I normally stick to saltwater fishing but I ventured over to the Esthwaite kayak competition over in the lake district for the 2 day competition and was also invited to a practice day on the Friday before on Derwent water in which I was to hone my fresh water fishing skills as the last time I fished fresh water was when I was about eight years of age (a while ago) so this was going to be a fast learning curve although fast may not have been the way of the day as in the full days fishing I had 2 bites and missed them and hooked one perch that saved me from a blank. After this we headed over to Esthwaite water to do some preparation for the competition. The 1st day of the competition was very slow for me probably did not help with my lack of fresh water experience but I managed one of the species required and a first for me a little jack pike of 43cm so I was well chuffed and spent the rest of the day looking for the other two species a perch and a trout but unfortunately these did not materialize but on the up side I did come 19th in the full competition so not too bad especially as I did not have chance to fish day two.
This was a great weekend and looking forward to having another go hopefully with a few more appropriate pieces of kit to help.
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