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Old Saybrook Just4FunWe are here to promote the sport of kayak fishing and to help others by educating them and ourselves in the process. We all started as beginners and welcome beginners and will go out of our way to make sure you have a safe and pleasant experience kayak fishing. If you are a seasoned veteran kayak fisher you may still pick up some tips and tricks and we encourage you to join and share your knowledge with us.

Sit down and take your time while reading some of the articles here. Participate in the forum read the posts and share your knowledge or questions. Here you are joined by a group of people from New England and the rest of the world who has a love for fishing and are willing to share that knowledge with beginners and pro's alike.

If you are looking to get your first fishing kayak or would like to join us on a kayakfishing trip, just ask where we are fishing and we can hook up and catch some fish. If you have a rigged fishing kayak post your review on that kayak, your experiences count. Kayak reviews are important because they can save the next guy some headaches when it comes to selecting that perfect fishing platform. If you are looking for that ultimate rigged fishing kayak read the reviews and ask questions, we use different kayaks and the kayak that I use may not be what you are looking for. Do we need electronics on a fishing kayak will a fishfinder help you catch more fish. Check out the electronics forum to see opinions on that.

Kayak fishing tournaments, are there any in your area? Would you like to submit your tournament to our schedule or join us in the kayakfishing rodeo or maybe you would like to join us as a sponsor. Sponsors should contact me by email or in writing so we can add you to the sponsors page.

The Dark Side got you. Welcome to the Dark Side where sand pounding rock hopping or boat fishing can't get you the kayak can. I hope to see you on the water someday and always wear your PFD (personal floating device).

Parts of this was the original Welcome message for this site - December 2005...

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Saltwater Kayak Fishing In South Florida

- Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:20:47 +0000

I live in Cape Coral, FL and fish the flats on a regular basis in many different ares. I am usually out alone and am just looking for people that have the same interest i do that live in my area

Sessions 2011

- Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:06:00 +0000

Hello

Here is my fishing season in a short movie
watch in HD.. thanks

Mounting Rod Holders With Screws

- Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:44:22 +0000

I received a Future vision Fusion 124 kayak as a present. It is not fancy, but for a beginner it should do. I want to add a few rod holders but I can not use nuts and bolts since i don't have access underneath to where I want to add them. I also need to mount scotty hooks but same problem. Will screws hold up? If so, is there a better method/approach to holding them. I took pictures of how I want to lay everything out, but can;t get pics up now.

2003 Tarpon 160 Purchase

- Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:05:40 +0000

Hello All,

I am looking at a 2003 Tarpon 160. I plan to use it in the intracoastal for some light fishing and cruising. First of all, anyone have any comments on the 2003 version of the Tarpon 160? Would you buy a Kayak that is that old? Assuming it is in decent shape, what would you offer for it?

Thanks, Bill

Kayak Electronics

- Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:45:07 +0000

After fly fishing for many years and several countries, I bit the bullet last spring and bought a kayak to fish from, an Ascend FS10, and love it. I did a small amount of rigging last summer to get me going, but now after a season of use, I'm wanting to do more. I plan on adding some electronics for bait tank, running lights, and a fish finder/gps.

I have most of my plans intact as far as what i will be mounting, where, and most of my wiring worked out. (At least good intentions at this point) I was wondering where has everyone located their switches, and what layouts have you found useful or should I stay away from? I'm really considering making a switch panel, if I can determine a good location for it.

Any experiences or ideas would be a great help.

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Longrange Kayak Trip

- Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:21:59 +0000

I have been thinking about taking my first long range kayak trip out of San DIego aboard the Excel. Has anyone done a long range kayak trip? I know this is the biggest boat in the fleet and it will also offer skiff, as well stay on the boat fishing too. Its a 6 day trip 6/10/12-6/16/12 and its only $1560 which seems great. I think it would be exciting to fish baja's coast from a mothership of this caliber. Any thoughts? Here A link to their site http://www.excelsportfishing.com/

Trident 4.7 Tampa

- Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:26:16 +0000

Hey Guys,
I have an Ocean Kayak Trident 4.7. I really like it, but I am having a hard time setting it up. I mostly fish the flats for reds. I will be on the East Coast very soon. I would love some advice rod holders etc. i am new to this sport and I would like to just set my kayak up. I live in Tampa and would like to fish. Thanks.

Kayak St Augustine Fl.

- Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:15:46 +0000

St Augustine offers some of the best kayak fishing in Florida and beautiful views. This is a great group to paddle with if you ever visit. kayak St Augustine

Mini Shark Bonanza...

- Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:12:14 +0000

A recent trip to the rugged shores of North Devon in Southwest of the UK, brought a few surprises. I used the side imaging sonar to locate a new mark, very close to shore and passed by about 99.9% of boat fishermen on their way to deeper water. Well after our trip, they might think twice !

Myself and my kayak fishing buddy started picking up fish right from the word "GO"... small turbo charged mini shark or smoothounds. Adam was doing well...

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And I was having some real scraps on my light gear - the fish really go well on this set up - Shimano Calcutta 400 loaded with 12lb line and a new COnoflex Jedi QT kayak rod with a yellow spliced tip - a fantastic bit of gear which really showed its strength...

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We also had pouting, rockling, pollack and ballan wrasse...

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But the smoothounds were the highlight, and we really bagged up with fish in the 8 to 10lb bracket...

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A day to remember, and a video to savour...



Enjoy !



You can read more here...

http://dizzybigfish.co.uk/north-devon-smoothound-bonanza/

Chilled Trip In The Uk...

- Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:00:41 +0000

I havent been kayak fishing much this year, so apologies for not posting much.

Its autumn in the UK at the moment, so the wind is blowing and things are starting to chill down; but a couple of weeks back, we had some really unseasonal hot weather, and I just had to get out on the kayak.

I hope the video cheers you up as much as it does me, sitting listening to the wind blow and thinking of happier times on the water...

Video...



More information on the trip (side imaging wreck info etc etc)...


http://dizzybigfish.co.uk/12-hours-10-miles-70-degrees-and-a-happy-dizzy/

Dizzy.



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