Rod N Paddle Kayak Fishing

05/01/2025

Some good things to unpack in this ..

It's time to ANNOUNCE the 2025 Yak Hunters Kayak Fishing Series calendar! 🎣

This year holds a brand new and exciting feature - We're introducing several events this season with the ability to now fish ANYWHERE within your state.

This now opens up access to the series for Anglers who may live in remote locations and are unable to travel long distances 🤠

It also allows Anglers to select a different location if the wind / weather is bad, fish their own favourite 'Spot X', fish multiple locations over a weekend.. or perhaps you may want to camp out somewhere with a few mates and enter the competition together 😎

New species. New features. New locations.
This one's gonna be epic 🤘

Entries for the 2025 series will OPEN 8am AEDT tomorrow morning (Monday 6th January)

Let's go!!!!!

03/01/2025

With all the Cicada's singing from the trees for the last month or so, it has been happy hunting using Cicada lures, and not just for Bass.
EP's love them, as do Bream and you can also get smashed by the odd Flathead, it's true, I know.
Fish them slow, on a medium action rod, a long leader and with plenty of pauses, early morning or late afternoon - but just watch those big 'Crocs', a sure fire way to loose the lure. If you ha e and other tips poat them in the comments below.
I will put up a new video by Mick E, fishing the Hacking river for Bream at Christmas time in the comments below, note: - it comes with some hard won advice.

31/12/2024

25/12/2024

I Love the eyes on these creatures. Considered to be an easy fish to catch, they dont always play ball, top that off with the insane winds lately, and times can be tough, but persist, think about whats happening around you, and you can turn the tables. I will leave a link in the comments to my newest video, you may want to check it out, see you at the premier, boxing day evening, Bill

23/12/2024

It is that time of year again

17/12/2024

If you are not already aware, my latest video dropped to the channel last night - please consider a sub, like and comment - it sure helps, Bill.

In just on 5 minutes I will impart - a Few bits of useless information. Hi, I'm Bill from Rod N Paddle. I am part of the Australian Kayak fishing fraternity...

14/12/2024

The Cicada's are off the charts this year along the south coast, great time to brush up on your surface game

07/12/2024

With all the spring storms getting around at the moment, fishing before and after the fronts move through can pay big time, particuarly if there is a sudden drop, or increase, in the barometric pressure.
I think also, the darker it gets, the less sensative to their surroundings, or perhaps the move up more in the water column, either way the fish become more active. Its certainly worked for me before.

Fishing before the Storm - Australian Kayak FishingI decided to bundle everything together and get onto the water at lake Burley Griffin to fish an area that...

03/12/2024

Lastest Video short loading tonight

01/12/2024

Today is the start of Cod season, best of luck to everyone in your endeavours, & remember to look after the fish as well as yourselves.

25/11/2024

Update - the competition has been won by Johnathon Lawrence - mate if you could msg your mailing address, the lure will be on its way to you this coming week ✅️.

Time for an early CHRISTMAS GIFT.
Watch my video, and if you still don't get it, instructions are pinned in the comments below - good luck, and happy Cod season All.
Note - just make sure that the comment is on the Rod N Paddle page or I wont nessacarily see it.

19/11/2024

If you are someone who has a Wilderness Systems RADAR, especially the 135 model, you may agree that they are a great kayak, but that the rudder is hard to deploy.
I have a new video out, that shows a simple way to improve this, and also how quickly the kayak turns, as well - I have included my fix for the whole in the deck that exists when using the pedal drive (my pet hate). Hope you enjoy, and as always, please like/comment/share and Sub 👍

How to improve the RUDDER on a Wilderness Systems RADAR - Rod N Paddle Kayak FishingHi, I'm Bill from Rod N Paddle. I am part of the Australian Kayak fishing...

12/11/2024

11/11/2024

Interesting ...... 🤔

Are kayak anglers shark bait? Should you sand the bottom of your kayak with sandpaper for speed? Are bananas really bad luck?

Kayak Angler investigates some of the biggest kayak fishing myths. Check out what we found here: https://bit.ly/3IPCxee

📷: Ben Duchesney

10/11/2024

Well, the estuaries along the far south coast of NSW are finally starting to warm up, with off shore streams being in the low 20's for weeks, most of the estuaries have lagged behind.
Warmer waters bring life, not just fishy critters, but also w**d beds, that supply living structure to smaller fish and little critters, as well as helping filter the water, for the first time this spring, I have noted the surface temps in local waterways being around the 20deg mark, depending on the tide situation at that time.
Saturday had a low barometer, rising late in the day, also late in the day, the wind was blowing hard, with high tide between 2 and 4 pm dependant on what part of the system you were fishing, and the peak feed times being percentually very low, you could be forgiven for thinking it was a good day to watch fishing shows on the tube.
However, if you were prepared to battle the elements you may well have been on a winner.
The Moruya River has some great sand flats near the mouth that continue all the way downstream for many kilometres, and w**ds arecstarying to flourish again. The difference in temp this weekend from the flats at the mouth (nearly 22c at low tide), and flats 4kls downstream at high tide, was 2 deg less, but this is a good 2 deg more than 2 weeks ago, and even though things did not appear to be a good time to fish the flats, it was, as for an hour either side of the low tide resulted in something like 12 fish, Flathead, Trevally and Blackfish and then again, in the afternoon, again either side of the high tide, another 6 Flathead to the kayak.
Rod N Paddle Kayak Fishing

01/11/2024

You know what they say about catching a fish on your first cast ..... 🤔
1/8 Drop shot rigged with a Bloodworm Crush City Assassin