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It copes fine - I mean you’re not gonna break any water speed records but it does for me! Across or with the tide I get about 5kph - 5.5kph. Into a big strong tide about 3.5 - 4kph. The swell doesn’t seem to affect it much at all. Hope that helps 👍🎣

Get out there and catch some fish! 🎣🎣🎣

@@onthedropfishing Flamborough Head next week if the weather is right. 😀

Thanks very much mate - happy new kayak! 👍🎣

Yes mate, it’s a cheap (£7) toolbox from BnM 😊🎣

Thanks mate, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content. A gear rundown is on my list. Hopefully I’ll get that done soon! Tight lines 👍🎣

@@onthedropfishing Great to hear! Will keep an eye out - cheers mate

Hi mate, new the kayak and the motor would cost roughly £1400 I think. Then you’ll need a battery (50ah liFePO4) at about £200 or so. After that it’s your safety gear again new a drysuit could be £300-£500 plus pdf about £60 then a vhf at around £80 upwards. Fishfinder £150-however much you want to spend on it. It’s quite an outlay if you go brand new. You can spend a lot more as well if you go for the premium brands like Hobie etc! The cheapest way to do it is to buy used as you can often get a complete set up with everything you need for about £1000 - less if you’re lucky. Facebook marketplace is a good place to look. Hope that helps/hasn’t put you off! 👍🎣

Thank you very much, what a nice thing to say! Thanks for the sub as well, it’s much appreciated. Tight lines mate 👍🎣

Do it! 🤣🎣

Do it man! But always have a backup plan as we can go for weeks and sometimes months without a weather window! :-)

Hi Kevin mate, hope you’re well. It was a testing day! Thing about days like that though, even a 1 1/2 lb codling gets you grinning from ear to ear!! 🤣 Tight lines mate 👍🎣

Thanks mate, I’m glad you’re finding the content useful. The weather has been a real pain again this year hasn’t it! Hopefully we’ll get a settled spell soon! 🤞🎣

Hey Darren mate, I’m glad you enjoyed the vid. So when you’re setting yourself up it’s important to remember you need your safety kit as well - a drysuit, pfd and VHF radio as a minimum. Just my kayak and the motor new would be around £1500 but then you’d need a battery and the safety kit. The best budget friendly way to get into it is to look around (Facebook marketplace etc) for a used set up. You can get pretty much everything you need for around £800 or maybe less if you’re lucky. Obviously some set ups will be more than that depending on the brand. Hope that helps 👍🎣

@@onthedropfishing that’s great info cheers…..so definitely dry suit over wet suit….i know how cold that water gets….thanks again, might be my retirement hobby 😎👍

Yes drysuit over wetsuit - so much easier to get on and off plus you’re completely dry and comfortable from the neck down. Top tip, get one with a relief zip! (Pee zip) 👍

I love it out there, it’s an awesome and exciting way to fish. So peaceful as well when the weathers good. 👍🎣

Thanks mate, I’m glad you enjoyed it. There’s loads of vids on the channel for you to get through (about 70 I think!) This was a very quiet day on the kayaks, there’s usually a lot more fish around. Thanks for watching and tight lines 👍🎣

Cheers Davy, glad you enjoyed it mate 👍🎣

It’s the one Galaxy do that fits in the pedal drive. It’s basically a rebadged Watersnake T24 👍🎣

Good to be out mate, the weather has been crap again for ages 🤣. I might emigrate! 👍🎣

Aye it’s a great stretch on its day. Not been so good last couple of years but still has its moments. It was fish a drop all day every day 20/21 seasons. 👍🎣

Cheers mate, a tough but fun day! 🎣👍

A lot of folks have electric outboards on their yaks around this way. When you get to my age it’s a bloody godsend! 🤣🤣 Tight lines mate🎣

Feels like I’ve been complaining about the weather since last July! Oh hang on….I have!!! 🤣🎣

@@onthedropfishing it's not just you mate, we have all had a dig at the weather, not been that good here either.

Yep I love a good juggle! 🤣🎣

you mean when England got whipped by Spain L L L L L

Hi mate, if you look you’ll see that my head (and centre of gravity) always stays more or less in the middle of the kayak no matter how I’m sitting 👍🎣

Thanks for the sub mate it’s much appreciated. The piers have always been a bit of a mess in the summer haven’t they, as far back as I can remember. It’s only a few who don’t tidy up after themselves but it makes everyone look bad. Is Roker open? I thought you couldn’t get on at the mo due to the repairs. Tight lines mate 👍🎣

@@onthedropfishing it still closed unfortunately mate as storm babi took it down theres always other places etc the marina and the jetty i still go to , and yes it makes the city look bad as well when people are littering all over the palce but i take my pride and joy in fishing for mackerel but i have never tried to catch cod on lures iv caught a little squid on a spinner and some sand eels and 1000s of mackerel in my life time lol , tight lines bud 🙂

Cheers mate, tough but fun! 👍🎣

Cheers Jimmy mate - fingers crossed we get a settled spell soon! 🤞🎣

I know, it’s the sea temperature without a doubt - the mackerel this year are the same size as the ones you get year round on the south and west coasts. We usually get the bigger ones heading down from further north in the summer 🎣

@@onthedropfishing The bigger mackerel seem to have stayed further out up to now. We had some real monsters on the 3 mile wrecks last week, but as soon as we moved inside they vanished. Fingers crossed for at least a spell of warmer weather.

It’s been another tough year weather wise hasn’t it. In thh hi is vid I’m on my Galaxy Sturgeon FX. Hope you get out on Friday mate 🤞🎣

I’ll have to check it out mate, thanks for the sub it’s much appreciated 👍🎣

Thanks mate I’m glad you enjoyed it. Happy new boat!!! ⛴️🎣

Haha both to be fair! Thats why the vid is up tonight rather than tomorrow! 🤣 Hope you’re well matey 👍🎣

@@onthedropfishing yeah just the same old. Trying to find a break in the weather 😂

Thanks mate, tough day but still great fun 👍🎣

Thanks mate, I’m glad you enjoyed it 👍🎣

This weathers nuts isn’t it! It was like this last year as well. Hoping we get a settled spell soon!! 🤞🎣

I hope you’re feeling better Chris mate, I’m glad you enjoyed the vid. Hopefully get out a lot more when this weather settles. Fingers crossed anyway! 🤞. Tight lines pal 🎣

Thanks very much I’m glad you enjoyed it - what kind of fishing are you hoping to do? That’ll be a big influence when it comes to picking a kayak 🎣

@@onthedropfishingMostly sea fishing, I actually fished off the rocks at port Logan after watching your channel. Caught a few but would be nice to get out on the water.

You need something over 12 foot long for the sea really. There are often full used set ups on FB Marketplace which have all your safety gear as well. If you buy new remember you will also need a vhf - a floatation device and a drysuit etc. 👍🎣

@@onthedropfishingThanks mate, appreciate it 👍🏼

Yeah the Norwegians tagged thousands of fish to test the theory and they were being caught months later and hundreds of miles away proving that they're no more vulnerable than other species when it comes to handling 🎣

Thanks mate, this weather has been a killer! Keeping my fingers crossed for a settled spell! 🎣

Hi mate, I crush the barbs down to make releasing easier 🎣

Thanks for the sub John it’s much appreciated. You’d be surprised how close to the shore the fish come. I think if more people lure fished close in they’d be quite surprised at the numbers. Tight lines matey 👍🎣

Hi mate, I'm glad you're enjoying the content. I have done the motor in one of the vids but can't for the life of me remember which one! It's super easy though - I extended the cables with a couple of butt connectors and self amalgamating tape from Halfords and keep the battery in my box behind the seat. That's it really - no drilling or cutting for me. Hope that helps and tight lines 👍🎣

Thanks mate! I’m glad you’re enjoying the content. There’s plenty there to keep you going if you’re new to the channel and an upload tomorrow night. Tight lines 👍🎣

Thanks very much mate, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🎣

Getting my supernova ready to get out for the first time

There are no runners at the back on this one mate plus the seat wouldn’t fit the front runners if it wasn’t the supernova seat - I know this as I took the sturgeon fx seat by accident once and it’s not wide enough. Sounds like you do have the correct seat there. Tight lines 👍🎣

@@onthedropfishing so what are the straps for because there's nothing to attach them to? And what stops the seat from flipping up if you capsized?

Hi mate, I’m using a 40g penn prevail rod and a spinfisher V1 reel in 2500 size. Rod is the 8” version with a couple of inches cut off the butt 👍🎣

Hi mate, thanks very much I'm glad you're enjoying the content. Where are you going to be fishing would be the first question. If you are going to be at sea and could stretch to the Sturgeon FX that would be better in my opinion because of the extra length 👍🎣

I mainly fish the lakes down here in cumbria, but i would fenture out to sea if the kayak was up to it, but ill look for a stureon fx now youve put me right, thanks very much chris for the advice, happy fishing pal

Hi Neil I’ve replied on your other comment pal 👍🎣

Hi Robert, the Drysuit is the Typhoon PS330 Extreme and as you probably know this is the wildcat kayak. I really like this, I still have one here. The only reason I’m not using it at the moment is because I’ve done my hamstring in so am on the Sturgeon with the motor! 👍🎣

Is the galaxy sturgeon the better kayak

I would say it’s a dead heat, which I know doesn’t help you! Gun at my head I’d keep my Sturgeon if I had to choose one 👍🎣

Thanks Robert! I’m glad you’re enjoying the content. I’m using my Galaxy Sturgeon FX in this one 👍🎣

No I’m up near Beadnell on this one buddy 👍🎣