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I know there are a few kayakers on the forum, so thought I'd ask if anyone has any experience of fishing kayaks...

After a lovely afternoon lure fishing for pike around moored boats in the lakes yesterday, I've been daydreaming about those sit-on kayaks... There are some very reasonably priced ones (about £250) on the ebay, are they any good? Anyone tried one?


 
Posted : 16/05/2016 10:02 am
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I have a OK Prowler that I just used for pottering around but which has seen no use since I bought a packraft. It has rod holders, bait /catch area and can be fitted out with a sonar/fishfinder and rudder.

If you want to pick it up from Aviemore it's yours for £300 🙂

I'll even throw in a paddle


 
Posted : 16/05/2016 10:12 am
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Thanks Scotroutes, they look nice - what are they like to fish from? If anyone has any experience catching pike from them, I'd be interested to hear... I can imagine it would be a lot of fun, although I unhook most smaller pike in the water, so probably wouldn't be too much drama...

I'm down in Lancashire, so picking up from Aviemore would be tricky! 🙂


 
Posted : 16/05/2016 10:17 am
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Went fishing/paddling in Finland with a mate on 2 of these. Can't remember the makes, but I'll dig them out. Really stable, loads of room, great to be able to have room for kit, tackle, camera, beers, sandwiches.


 
Posted : 16/05/2016 10:31 am
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I can't comment on the landing experience as we didn't catch anything.

I was pretty much instructed not to: he was looking forward to home made pizza that evening and he said he'd be pretty unhappy if he had to gut and scale fish!


 
Posted : 16/05/2016 10:33 am
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Prowlers are great,you cannot go wrong with one.


 
Posted : 16/05/2016 10:36 am

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