Eastern meet 09 , Lowerstoft , England

It has only been 2 weeks since the last big meet on the South coast . But another meet had been organized and this time it was in Suffolk on the North sea coast .  .  A few words of explanation , 'the broads' or Norfolk broads , as they are called in full , are an area low lying land in the east of England of interconnecting rivers and shallow lakes .


Its a few days late but here is my post of the east coast meet . Thanks must go to Mark for organizing everything there must be a lot of running around and stuff before hand . All we do is turn up , get drunk and maybe catch a few fish . ;D



First thing Friday morning a few of us met up at Snappers house for a bacon butty , a mug of tea and a pre-meet chin wag . Weather was top of the conversation list and it was decided we would walk down to the sea front and see what it was like , I think we all knew what we would find and sure enough the strong easterly wind was kicking up an unpleasant chop so it was decided we would have a day on the broads .

 



Curly patting an invisible dog

Snapper also rescued a small tit


We then picked up some bait and headed off onto Oulten Broad . Some fished live baits , some fished lures , some paddled to the pub and had a beer and some food . : I elected to fish live baits . I was catching a roach a chuck on the swimfeeder so there was plenty of bait to be had .




After spending the afternoon piking , we drove the 50 metres or so to the Holiday village , that was to be home for the next 2 nights . We were divided up between 3 chalets and after sorting ourselves out headed for the bar and some food .



The following day the wind had , as predicted , eased off and swung round to the West . So with a few nursing hangovers , we headed to Hopton between Lowerstoft and Gt Yarmouth . The tide was fairly fierce and many had problems holding the bottom . Including me , at one point I wiped out Steve [ lureman ] . Cod were being caught as well as whiting and doggies .



All I could manage was whiting . Coming back onto the beach was fun as there was a small swell running from the previous days wind .






Once back at the site Ocean Kayak had brought a couple of yaks round for us to play on . A narlu stand on paddle board and the new torque electric yak .




As it got dark Tratty and Starvin tried to do hand stands on the narlu .......they fell off . It was hard enough standing on it the right way up . ;D




Again the evening was spent at the bar , the food was good and the real ale well kept so no complaints there . Afterwards we watched kayak porn . You had to be there !





The following day we again set off from Hopton . This time I took out a 3 kg anchor , I was dragging nowhere This time I did much better and managed 6 or 7 cod , two of them keepers .




At the end of the day it was time to head home , some stayed on another night .
It was a great meet and it was terrific to catch up with old friends and make new ones .
The anglers afloat kayak community are a really friendly bunch and for those that missed it this year , I urge you to make the effort to go next year .

Roach, I remember fishing for those in the canals around Timperly back in the 60s' when I lived there for a couple years. We used maggots under a porcupine quill float, long rods and 2lb test line. As I recall, Roach, Bream, and Perch were the fair. Cool to see some of the old country. Thanks for sharing.

and all this time i thought NorCal was the biggest KayakFishing spot.....now i know the truth!  Thanks for sharing!  you guys(and gal) sure do look like you know how to have fun.

Cool report

  Great report, really enjoyed the pictures and video, can't go wrong with Flamenco Scetches either!  Please give kind regards to our brethern over the pond from here in the Napa Valley!

Looks like another great hookup TM. Always a treat for me looking at your report,
pictures, and videos. Thanks for sharing.

Jedmo

What an awesome report with great pictures and cool video!  I really enjoyed reading your report, please keep it coming...

Very cool report. Thanks for sharing with us.

Great Report! I enjoyed watching your videos of you guys and gals playing and having fun!

The  kayak'r with the sail was ON IT! and the one with the inboard electric motor Just Sick!


Thank for the report.

Alex

Cool report, meuller.  You guys know how to have Good Times.