Welcome

Devonkayakfishing aims to help you get the best from your kayak fishing in Devon.

I’ve built this site for two reasons, firstly to let people who want a signed copy of my book get a copy direct from the source, so to speak, and secondly so that I can teach myself to build websites.

It’s still very early days for the site, and I’ll be adding more stuff as and when I get the chance, so if the weather is bad, expect to see a lot of changes the next time you visit, but unfortunately, during periods of good weather, chances are I’ll be out fishing. If you’ve got any venues you’d like to see featured on the site, then please drop me a line at andy@devonkayakfishing.com and I’ll incorporate them.

I’ll be adding some of the stuff that I have published in Sea Angler, as well as reviews of some of the kayaks that I’ve been lucky enough to paddle. I’ll also try and put up some step by step fitting out sequences to save you drilling as many holes in the wrong places as I have!

Jersey wrasse bashing

6 Jul 2012

I was lucky enough to be able to spend a week on Jersey last week with a couple of old friends, Derek Hairon of Jersey Kayak Adventures, and Keith White of Jersey Bass Guides. I went over for a week to sort out some BCU stuff with Keith and Derek so that they can start to run kayak fishing training courses, but while I was there it would have been rude not to have picked Keith's brain about fishing with soft plastic lures off the kayak, after all the method really came to the UK via Jersey.

BCU announces local course dates

6 Jul 2012

The BCU has announced a couple of local dates for its kayak fishing safety courses, The courses will be running on August the 12th and August the 19th at Wimbleball Lake. The cost will be £60 and for that you'll get to spend a day with myself and Sam Roberts, a Level 5 Sea Coach from Bude. We'll be running you through the foundation material that you'll need to enjoy a day's kayak fishing.

A day at play with the RNLI

13 Jun 2012

I was lucky enough to be invited up to the beautiful Oxwich Bay, to help run the BCU's new kayak fishing course for a group of RNLI bods and a couple of members of the South Wales Kayak Anglers club.
It was interesting to see that RNLI had actually purchased a couple of kayaks to take along to some of the events they attend to help get across the kayaking safety message, and part of the day's course was to give the RNLI people a taste of paddling.

AS Watersports new shop

30 May 2012

I was down at AS Watersports' splendid new shop last week for a Sea Angler photo shoot. We are taking a complete newbie to the sport of kayak fishing and taking him through the whole process, from choosing a boat, to getting kitted out, through training and then to catching his first fish.

Recommended book


Discover Kayak Fishing
by Andy Benham

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