Post by philpot on Jul 15, 2014 23:26:21 GMT
Today I had reason to reflect back on the boats I have owned and it even took me by surprise. We all have an affinity to fishing which is why we are here and most of us have the love of being on the water so the two put together makes perfect sense. I started out as a youngster, yes I know, many many years ago around the age of 12 sharing a canoe at a caravan site with several other kids whose parents owned caravans. this progressed to an old GRP rowing boat on which we clubbed together and bought both paint and a very old British Seagull outboard. At the age of 16, my woodwork teacher allowed me to make a 9' paddle catamaran, my first wholly owned sort of boat which did not last very long, about 2 weeks. I actually bought my first real boat, a Campari inflatable and Seagull outboard at the age of 20.
This was the start of my love of boats and simply being on the water, 6 Sibs, 1 Speedboat, 1 Project boat, 3 sailing dinghies, 1 30' fishing boat (shared ownership) and 7 kayaks have spanned 42 years afloat in one guise or another. The kayaks have played a big roll for the last 5 years but my love affair with SIBs have gone full circle as I have just bought another in the past few weeks and possibly another next week.
Whilst I enjoy the kayak, I am not a keen paddler and as those of you who know me will know most of my kayak fishing was aided with a Torqeedo electric motor which gave me the pleasure the paddle somehow did not do. Personal water craft have always been high on my agenda so the kayak fits right in there but the SIB when not in use as a family pleasure boat having picnics afloat also offer that same feel, the ability to be afloat on your own with a fishing rod in your hand.
Over the past few months, a surprising number of people I know in the kayak world have also bought SIBs as another alternative means of fishing afloat although mainly on saltwater but now we can look at just how suited they are to course fishing and in particular, for me at any rate, predator fishing. I think there is also a myth about an inflatable boat not safe with big hooks being hurled around, don't believe it, it is harder than you think to put a hook through a tube and at the end of the day, we have to be careful aboard a kayak with hooks and angry fish.
If anyone is interested in SIB fishing, feel free to join in.
All aboard !!!
Phil
This was the start of my love of boats and simply being on the water, 6 Sibs, 1 Speedboat, 1 Project boat, 3 sailing dinghies, 1 30' fishing boat (shared ownership) and 7 kayaks have spanned 42 years afloat in one guise or another. The kayaks have played a big roll for the last 5 years but my love affair with SIBs have gone full circle as I have just bought another in the past few weeks and possibly another next week.
Whilst I enjoy the kayak, I am not a keen paddler and as those of you who know me will know most of my kayak fishing was aided with a Torqeedo electric motor which gave me the pleasure the paddle somehow did not do. Personal water craft have always been high on my agenda so the kayak fits right in there but the SIB when not in use as a family pleasure boat having picnics afloat also offer that same feel, the ability to be afloat on your own with a fishing rod in your hand.
Over the past few months, a surprising number of people I know in the kayak world have also bought SIBs as another alternative means of fishing afloat although mainly on saltwater but now we can look at just how suited they are to course fishing and in particular, for me at any rate, predator fishing. I think there is also a myth about an inflatable boat not safe with big hooks being hurled around, don't believe it, it is harder than you think to put a hook through a tube and at the end of the day, we have to be careful aboard a kayak with hooks and angry fish.
If anyone is interested in SIB fishing, feel free to join in.
All aboard !!!
Phil
