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Hard Hitting Reds In The Shallows

Kayak Corpsman and Texas Tarheel Yaker find hungry and hard hitting reds in the shallows.

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Hard Hitting Reds In The Shallows

Kayak Corpsman and Texas Tarheel Yaker find hungry and hard hitting reds in the shallows.

(Texas Tarheel Yaker’s cam)
(Kayak Corpsman’s cam)

If you like the videos please subscribe and we will do the same.
Tight Lines for the summer season coming up.

Pelican Persuit/general 'yak Fishing Questions

I got ahold of a Pelican Persuit 100 yak on the cheap ($100) so I grabbed it to test the waters of kayak fishing. I modded it with a couple of rod holders and added an anchor trolley and for a total investment of around $150, I think I did okay. BUT as I have been using it, I have some gripes and I'm wondering if it is my sorry kayak, me, or this is just the nature of fishing out of such a light boat.

1) The boat just doesn't track for squat. If I'm just drifting, it is just a matter of seconds before I have to get the paddle back out to make an adjustment.

2) The boat, whether from wind or chop from other boats LOOOVES the shore. Add this to #1 and I'm pretty much cussing the boat non-stop unless I'm in a cove.

3) Since the boat is so light, a decent size fish will literally pull me. I caught a 3 - 4 lb bass last night and I ended up in the grass bed I caught him in cuz he dragged me into it. This is kind of cool in a way, but I'd hate to lose a chance to catch a 2nd fish becuase I end up stuck in the cover I catch every fish from.

I really enjoy how quickly I can get on the water with this boat. I also love catching the fish that low and close to the water. Part of me is thinking about investing in a 12' sit-on kayak - but if I'm going to be fighting all these issues with that boat too, I wonder if it is worth a $500-odd investment.

My house is 5 minutes from a 6600 acre lake so I'm able to fish 2+ times a week. I mainly added that to make y'all jealous.

Awesome Day!

My partner jazz and i getting hooked up to big reds in the shallows.

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Just To Prove We Occasionally Catch Colourful Fish....

Normally, you would not associate the UK with unusual/exotic/colourful fish - but we do get occasional exotic visitors to our shores, brought here on the warm(ish!) Gulf stream currents.

One such visitor is the Gilthead bream - it is more commonly found in southern Europe - the Mediterranean and Spain, but very occasionally we get them in our estuaries in the UK. I have been trying to catch one from the kayak for over 4 years; its become an obsession... this year, I was determined to be one of the very few people in the UK to catch one... Last week, I ended my search in style...



Not bad for my first Gilt, and just check out the dentures on these things... awesome....



The same weekend, I wanted to catch probably the most colourful fish in the UK; the Cuckoo Wrasse. These fish are almost tropical in their colouration. I managed to catch a few, and what they lack in size, they more than make up for in appearance...





It was one of the most memorable and enjoyable weekend's kayak fishing I have ever experienced in the UK - all made possible by a couple of friends who told me the most important thing in kayak fishing... "Where and when" !

A video short of the cuckoo wrasse...



The colours on those things are fabulous.

More info on the blog...

http://dizzybigfish.co.uk/kayak-fishing-for-gilthead-bream-and-cuckoo-wrasse/

I have also recently written a FREE guide to kayak fishing which I am giving away via the link below. Time to give something back to the sport which has given me so much. Feel free to download a copy and let me know what you think (its aimed at beginners, but I have had lots of great complements from experienced yak fishermen who learnt a few new tricks)...



http://dizzybigfish.co.uk/free-guide-to-kayak-fishing/

I Need A Bigger Yak

http://youtu.be/IGiId61ilS0

North Vs South Trivial Fishing Facts

These are two of the places I like to fish. Even though species and techniques may vary both offer the kayak fisher great opportunities for fishing.


About Cape Cod Bay

Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Measuring 604 square miles (1,560 km2) below a line drawn from Brant Rock in Marshfield to Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, it is enclosed by Cape Cod to the south and east, and Plymouth County, Massachusetts, to the west. To the north of Cape Cod Bay lie Massachusetts Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.[1] Cape Cod Bay is the southernmost extremity of the Gulf of Maine. Cape Cod Bay is one of the bays adjacent to Massachusetts that give it the name Bay State. The others are Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay, and Massachusetts Bay.

About Charlotte Harbor
Harbor Size: 701 square miles; 448,640 acres. 365 miles of canals; 190 miles of saltwater and 175 miles of freshwater. Charlotte Harbor, is formed by the blending of saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico with freshwater from the Peace and Myakka rivers. Tarpon, snook, redfish, trout, barracuda, cobia and grouper are some of the many species fished for. Charlotte Harbor & the Gulf Islands includes the areas of Boca Grande, Don Pedro Island, El Jobean, Englewood-Cape Haze, Little Gasparilla Island, Manasota Key, Palm Island, Placida, Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda

Recharged

Hello everybody. After two or three years of barely getting out on the water, I've been recharged with enthusiasm. Kayak has been given the once over and tackle will be checked, inventoried, today. I need to rethink my tackle storage options, possibly get another one or two AquaSkinz bags. Hope to hit the Thames or Salmon rivers in the next week or so.

Is there going to be a Rodeo this year? The two years I participated were fun. My wife might even join in too.

Tight lines, soon.

Good Day In The Yak

Well the wind and weather cooperated today and I managed to get out for about three hours. The nice part was the fish also cooperated This is a sample of the 8 red fish and 4 snook - the largest snook was about 24" and all were caught on a white jig head with a D.O.A paddle tail

Thief Caught On Tape

So I went out the other day. Since I was targeting kingfish, I got some sardines and a few mullets.
The seas weren't bad but I was still getting bounced around. Anyway, after 10 minutes I reeled in my bait to check it. It was gone. I had no strike, no bent pole, nothing. This went on for a while and I couldn't figure it out.
I had a new underwater video camera with me so I tied it on my fishing line, right above the hook. I re-baited the whole and sent the whole thing underwater... here is what I captured on film...

http://youtu.be/x1BNdZoiync