Ultimate Kayak Fishing

Which Boga?

Hi , looks like my cabelas lip grip n weigh chite the bed on me....Im interested in picking up a boga. But cant decide wether to get the 30lb or 60lb model. The 30lb is about 11'' long , the 60lb is 15'' long.

The 60lb is almost 300 bucks..ouch....but i figure itll last me a lifetime. plus , what if i do catch a 50lber someday. rare i know.

something tells me to go with the 30lber. it'll be good for the blues and well, 30lb stripers fluke and tog....as well as for our freshwater friends.

like to hear your opinions/ reviews.

birthday is in april. ...........by

the way, anyone use the new shimano curado 300e reel?

Ok! Who Is Going To Jacksonville

Start planning and put some money away. Lot's of us from Texas are planning to make the trip to Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Classic. The tournament is on May 7, 2010. There are lots of tenative people that say they're going to go. So now is your chance to speak up for yourself.
You can register now and pay later.
http://www.jaxkayakfishing.com/tournament.html
Online Tournament Entry Form
http://www.jaxkayakfishing.com/regformdsaj.php
WHO'S NEXT TO SIGN UP.
Here are the people that are going and have registered for the 2010 Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Classic.
Richard Faver ----- Redfish529
Craig Jones ----- Big Country
Tom Stubblefield ---- TKFStubb
Jim Tesch ---- Ninja
Jim Dolan ---- Double Dip
Sally Dolan ---- Pink Lady
Fil Spencer ---- FISHMAN
Vincent ---- Vincent
Jeff ---- Birdsnest
Clint ---- bogdog
Rick ---- thfishrmn
David Haley ---- Nueces Bay
Joe Pool ---- GoinCoastal
Jay Koog---- Jay61 and wife
Kaylin Barlow ----Ms addicted
Kendal ----blesker
Travis Meier ---- ReelDrag
Steven ----CCRed
Josh ---Neumie
George ----Kingz
jennifer----MRSRIDE
Dean----slowride
Gary Gilbert----Dolfan
John Morris----NaplesJohn
Chet Couvillon----Chet
Derrick Eaton---- Kold Front

First Flies

After all the searching I did through patterns, I opted to make up my own flies for the first ones. These are not my first flies, but they are my first flies tied in my new vice and without any advice!

Salt Water Licensing

I spent this last weekend at the Hartford Boat Show working at my buddies boat display and I had lots of spare time so I used some of it to talk with the CT Dept of Environmental Protection. This is what they told me about marine licensing;

Connecticut has a reciprocity clause in the law. We will honor any states license as long as they will honor ours.

GOOD NEWS!!! RI and MA will not have licenses in place for the 2010 season but they DO have a law. Their laws include reciprocity to all states that return the favor. The law is in place although the physical licensing is lagging behind therefore MA & RI residents that register with NOAA for the 2010 season will be able to fish CT waters.

BAD NEWS New York grants reciprocity only to states that have "common waters". This means that common waters with CT are only those IN long Island Sound. (the race is the line) and for RI it is the waters outside the race excluding the south shore of Long Island. MA residents will have to purchase a NY non resident license at $15 to fish anywhere in NY while CT & RI residents will have to purchase the license to fish NY waters that aren't "common".

Sandy Point Restrictions

http://www.theday.com/article/20100128/NWS01/301289480/1018

Casting For Recovery

One of the things that drives me to learn to tie flies is the desire to donate tons of them to Casting for Recovery.

If any of you tyers would consider either tying a few extra or giving away last year's unused flies, we can gather them and send a batch or you can send them yourself. They always need flies. UKF has in the past supported the Wareham MA retreat. Thank you!

Tube And Worm Instructional Video

I had the good fortune to work with Don Coyne in the filming of an episode of Fishing The Ocean State, which aired last year. The approach is a little different in that it combines a lot of nice kayak fishing scenes with clips of poetry that I have written about fishing. I am honored that Don presently has the entire show on his website (in three parts), because he has done many excellent shows and has only a limited amount posted on his new website

http://www.fishingtheoceanstate.com/

Not sure how long it will be up on the site, so I wanted to share it with UKF while it is available. If you live in the RI market, this is a really nice show featuring all local fishermen that airs both on Cox Cable and Channel 6. One of the neat things about the show is that people have good days and bad days of fishing on it vs. most shows where the guest always does very well. I liked that aspect of the show until he asked me to do an episode, at which time I did everything in my power not to have a bad day. Fortunately I was sucessful. While not a highlight reel, there was a lot of nice action.

The first two segments double as an instructional video for tube and worm fishing from a kayak, so those who are new to this technique might find it helpful. The third section is on kayak rigging and safety. The kayak featured is my old Outback. I am using a new one now, which I have rigged a little differently and like much better.

If you want to watch the show in its entirety, be sure to click on the first "Poetic Kayak Fishing" (7:12) link first; my favorite fishing scene is in the second "Poetic Kayak Fishing" clip (6:53) which shows a good portion of a fight with a 16 pound striper in moderately rough water. The third section "kayak fishing equipment" is on kayak rigging with an eye toward safety.

I value the resource Nils has put together here and all of the information provided by so many of you. As a relatively new member and wanted to try to share something of substance. I look forward to getting to know you as time goes on.

Best,

Bob

Gary - You Are Member 1000 (sounds Like An Sales Ad)

Gary - http://www.ultimatekayakfishing.com/forums/Gary-m1197.html you are member 1000 so congratulations and welcome to the site.

Kayak fishing is what we enjoy and I hope you do the same.

Nils

Winter Doldrums When Will It End

I am so ready for fishing, this winter is messy and cold. Started raining tonight - raining...

Then dude sent me a nice picture where he's on his way down to fish Florida, and I know my kayak have more fun than I do.
http://www.ultimatekayakfishing.com/forums/post-a1076-mykayak-on-its-way.jpg

I have added an Ultimate Kayak Fishing page on facebook for anyone who are cruising the internet instead of the ocean in this cold weather...

so what is you cure for winter doldrums? I know Dude's cure is Florida...

Very Important If Going To Fl - New Regs !