porth dafarch-the 160 test

[kayak07]

well i got the car packed up this morning the venue was porth dafarch with the hope of a few fish :)i met up with shark at the conwy industrial estate for 9am .

there is one thing i noticed straight away loading the yak on the car slightly heavier and most definately longer than my old p13,and also the bounce on the front of the kayak at a steady 55-60mph i will be investing in a sucker pad for my bonnet .

we arrived at dafarch about 10am unloaded the kayaks and sorted things out ready to get on the water

here is shark on the way to mackeral rock

it was a bit lumpy just outside the bay but we plodded on heading further around the headland

we were after a few mackeral but there was none about not even the charters were getting them or the small boats :

i had the only fish of the day three whitting taken on a shrimp rig on the drift but i didnt get the camera out for the white rats ;D ;D

we did numerous drifts up and down but the maccies wouldnt come out to play

after having a good few hours drifting about it was time to put the 160 through its paces i found it a very stable kayak and a great fishing platform the rudder is a very handy bit of kit which i enjoyed playing around with ;D ;D

i then handed the 160 over for shark to try out and got a few pics to

having a paddle around in the bay

then it was time to try the re-entry and stability out a bit more which shark did very well,here are the pics

lying down

the squat

re-entry

on the whole a great few hours in great company and im sure shark will be adding a bit more ;D ;D

[GLF]

What draws the mackeral to that spot? Water temps, structure/bait fish, spawning?

[kayak07]

i think its slightly warmer and deeper water theres been some good mackeral to 2lbs and pollock to 8lbs caught recently but just not today

[GLF]

Do you keep track of water temperatures in your fishing log? What about tides?

[kayak07]

no glf we dont keep log of the temps as for tide times yes we fished up and over high water 2 hours before and after

[Priority1]

Steve, nice pics.