North East Open Kayak Competition Report

 

It’s 7am and I’m on the road making the short 1hr drive 

north to fish the annual North East Open Kayak Angling 

Competition based at Blyth on England’s north east coast. 

This is the second year of the competition and is 

popular with the kayak anglers based in the north east, with 

a choice of 3 different launch sites spread over a 14 miles 

it can be tricky deciding where best to fish!

It was only my second time fishing this area with the first 

being last year’s competition, my target was Pollock so

 I checked the O/S maps for shallow scaurs and what 

I hoped would then lead to kelp beds (Pollock’s favourite home). 

St Mary’s Island was my choice, a small headland with lighthouse 

that looked to have some nice scaur and kelp beds.

Kayak loaded and carried down the hill to the

 beach just in time for the start of the match. It was a windy 

day so was making good use of my rudder! 

Arrived at the headland but ...more

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