Hello all together I´m new in this board

[PerryC]

Greetings Peter,
Welcome to our humble forum I also have a float tube and still use it when I can find the time. Kayaks give you alot more mobility and distance than a float tube which I sure you will see. Being located in Germany, what brands do you have there? I'm sorta curious who's brands are there.

A few years back I was in Europe for a few months and went to West Germany and had a great time. It is a beautiful country and I am very glad I was able to travel and see it in person. There is so much to see you'll never get a real idea from books or even the TV without seeing it in person.

If you have any questions about kayak fishing, we'll try to help here as much as we can. We also have a search feature on these forums which has proven very helpful for fellow anglers looking for information. Take Care and Welcome Aboard,
Perry

[Peter.Beckmann]

Good morn´from germany.
Thanks for your welcome first.In Germany you can see all kind of fishingkayaks.
Here some of the bestknown: Ocean, Wilderness, Fishingski, and for sure the European brands like DAG-kayak and Rotomod.
In Germany the kayakfishing is absolutely in the beginning.
Since about 15 years the floattubes conquered the coasts. And now the people fond out,that it can be safer and more efficient to praktice kayakfishing.
In Germany we also have a Board like this: www.anglerboard.de with about 40000 members all over Germany and North Europe.
The kayakfishers are still a little minority over here, but at the moment there just comes up a kind of hype.
We saw it also with the floattubes.
On 24-th of may we´ll have a meeting of about 50 Floattubers near by.
You can see a picture of the last year below
So far for today Greetings from Germany

Peter

[PerryC]

Peter,
That's alot of float tubers in one place. That would be alot of fun , being with a bunch of fellow tubers like that and hanging a fish or so in the process. You guys mostly fish in saltwater, or freshwater or both?? I like fishing bays here in the kayak or float tube, but alot of guys won't float tube bays here. It's too bad because it can be alot of fun for a short trip for a few hours or so.

I have a friend in Italy named "Ste" who float tubes and catches some monster largemouth bass from his float tubes. I posted some photos in the forums here and there of his catches. Heres a link to an article I wrote with some of his photos etc.. http://www.allkayakfishing.com/fishi..._in_italy.html

Take Care,
Perry