Last weekend, a total of 57 anglers travelled down from 10 different countries to Vinkeveen to participate in the Hobie Fishing Euro´s 2017. What was on the line this weekend? Well, the European title, 2 Hobie Fishing Worlds qualification spots, and lots of great prizes provided by our amazing sponsors:...

With great pleasure, we introduce the 2017 Hobie Fishing European Champion… Mr. Albin Falk from Sweden. Albin caught a total of 458centimeters of fish over two days on the Vinkeveense Plassen, which put him above the other 56 competitors winning the title of European Champion! “Wow! This is so cool!...

Check out the photos from the second and last day of the 4th Hobie Fishing European Championships powered by Lowrance & C-MAP.  

After a short night, the anglers were enjoying a delicious breakfast at VVP verhuur followed by the morning briefing. The latest weather update for the anglers was way better than pre fish day. Winds from 2-3 Bft and a little bit of drizzle during the day. When the briefing finished,...

Check out the photos of competition day 1 here.  

Check out the photos of pre fish day here.

  Hobie Fishing Team Member Ronald Traas from the Netherlands introduces the new official measuring device that we use in future Hobie events here in Europe. The board´s length is 130cm and it´s weight of only 1kg makes it easy to handle and measure big fish on your kayak.

Premium fishing tackle manufacturer Daiwa contributes to the Hobie Fishing Euro's prize table. We are extremely happy and thankful for their contribution of the Daiwa PROREX XR and Daiwa PROREX A. Both were introduced at Efftex 2016. the PROREX XR was the runner up in his Best Product category. The...

Mustad Hooks, another sponsor of the Hobie Fishing European Championships powered by Lowrance & C-MAP is providing every participant with their all time favorite Mustad cap and their Mustad Tournament shirt, a fast drying technical fishing shirt with UPF30 sun protection. Mustad Hooks is also sending some more terminal tackle...

We would like to thank Westin Scandinavia for the amazing addition to the Hobie Fishing Euro's prize package. Check out what they bring to the table: W3 Powercast-T The action and characteristics of these rods are designed to meet the demands of Scandinavian predator anglers. These rods are designed for fixed...

Tomasz Kurnik from Poland won the first edition of the Hobie Predator Open in 2016. He tells about his experience and his thoughts of the 4th Hobie Fishing European Championships powered by Lowrance & C-MAP.  Winning the Hobie Predator Open 2016 gave you the opportunity to compete in the Hobie...

Frantisek is a veteran tournament angler. Since 2014 he has been travelling throughout Europe to fish tournaments, make new friends but most importantly, enjoy Hobie kayak fishing! See what he has to say about tournament fishing. You fished the venue before. What do you think of the fishing at the...

Competitors of HFE4 will get to use brand new measuring boards.    It’s a light-weight, easy to handle aluminium measuring board. The board can be used to measure fish up to 130 centimetres in a quick, harmless way. With 3 holes throughout the length, it can be secured with a...

The city of Åmål in Sweden will host the 2018 Hobie Fishing Worlds 7 in May 2018. Situated on the coast of Lake Vänern, Sweden's and one of the three largest lakes in continental Europe. In addition to its chocolate box houses and Swedish history, the location offers incredible kayak fishing withspecies...

Salah el Barbouchi already secured a spot on team Europe for the Hobie Fishing Worlds 7. He won the World Predator Classic Kayak Event in Hellevoetsluis last June. In September he will make a attempt to end up on the podium during the 4th Hobie Fishing European Championships powered by...

Miguel Garrido represented Spain during the 6th Hobie Fishing Worlds held in Louisiana, USA. This year he will represent Spain during the Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & C-MAP, in chase of a spot on Team Europe for the Hobie Fishing Worlds 7. You fished the 6th Hobie...

Anglers from around the whole world already enhance their on the water vision using Hobie Polarized sunglasses. We, from Hobie Kayak Europe are proud to welcome Hobie Polarized as sponsor for this years event. “Our goal is to get the best partners out there and this brought us together with Hobie...

The 4th Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & C-MAP will be held at the Vinkeveense Plassen in the Netherlands from the 8th till the 10th of September. In 2014, this beautiful lake was the tournament arena for the 4th Hobie Fishing Worlds. “After visiting France in 2015 and...

Florian Le Hetet, the Hobie Fishing European Champion wanted us to share this with all of you: Greetings to everyone, I just want to write a short note to thank you a lot! I really had a blast with you all, I'm sorry that my English is really bad because it...

Lake Mjörn brought us the new Hobie Fishing European Champion. Florian Le Hetet from France managed to get the most centimetres of fish (461 cm!) from the immense lake into his kayak and beat all the 47 other anglers. The Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & GoFree started...

The 3rd Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & GoFree are over. It has been an amazing weekend with lot's of fish caught. A total of 40 out of 48 anglers managed to get on the result list. Going into day two, Mikael Puhakka from Sweden had a small...

Competition day one of the 3rd Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & GoFree have ended. This morning, 48 angler entered the beautiful tournament arena, Lake Mjörn. 11 countries are represented this weekend in Alingsås, Sweden. Anglers  had the opportunity to scout the lake yesterday during the pre fish...

Let’s start out with last year. You finished 1st in the 2nd Hobie Fishing European Championships powered by Lowrance & GoFree in France last year.  You are still the Champion. Do you feel the pressure? No, I don't feel any pressure at all. Winning the Championships last year was much more...

How did you get into kayak fishing? I wanted to be able to reach the spots that I couldn't reach from the shore. I started to watch YouTube videos of a guy fishing from a Hobie Outback. I thought that was the perfect way to do it so I went out and bought my...

  Lowrance has put together a great prize package for the 3rd Hobie Fishing Euro’s. Check it out!   1st place prize Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3  All-NEW Lowrance High Definition System that integrates leading-edge fishfinder technologies and the latest advances in navigation into one easy-to-use multi-touch display. The All-NEW, Lowrance High...

Ready for another tournament? Well I'm ready for some vacation and I approach a tournament as a vacation so I'm always ready for a tournament! What do you like about fishing a kayak tournament? What I most like about a tournament is the social aspect. Just spending time on and...

How´s your Swedish? Only sign language... What are your thoughts about the new HFE Tournament arena, Lake Mjörn? What major challenges do you expect this year (except of talking Swedish)? A little far for most europeans, but I'll make the effort to go there as it seems to be a...

German Hobie Fishing Team member and competitor of the 3rd Hobie Fishing Euorpean Championship powered by Lowrance & GoFree, Torge Schindler gives thoughts about tournament fishing and the preparation. My first Kayak Fishing Tournament was the HFE14 at „De Banaan“, Netherlands. I had bought my first Fishing Kayak only some...

VMC Hooks is an official sponsor of the 3rd Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & GoFree. VMC is one of the oldest companies in the world. It was established in 1796 as Viellard Migeon and Company. In 1910 they started to produce fishing hooks. Since then they grew and...

The International Hobie Fishing Association has appointed the 3rd Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & GoFree as a qualifier tournament for the 6th Hobie Fishing Worlds Location and dates are still to be confirmed, but it is already certain that the Hobie Fishing Euro's 2016 is a qualifier...

Already 40 anglers signed up for the 3rd Hobie Fishing European Championship powered by Lowrance & GoFree. From 9-11 September Lake Mjörn will be flooded by competitive kayak anglers, all looking for the biggest fish to claim the European title of 2016. In only three weeks time, 40 European kayak...

Stellendam, 22-1-2016, Sweden is going to be the host nation for the 3rd Hobie Fishing European Championships powered by Lowrance & GoFree. The iconic Lake Mjörn in the west coast region of Sweden will be alive with kayak anglers from all over Europe trying their luck and skill at catching...

The 2nd Hobie Fishing European Championships powered by Lowrance & GoFree was held on the 11th – 13th of September. The championship started on Friday the 11th with Registration and Pre Fish Day followed by the mandatory Captains Meeting including the initially presentation of the GoFree Hooked app in Europe....