Posted 11.8.09 

Today ends a stretch of 12 kayak fishing trips in 13 days.  A steady stretch of breezy conditions are giving way to even higher winds and some "rescheduling." The previous twelve trips held a lot of excitement for Adventure Kayak Fishing clients. There were also success stories from past clients. Nevin, who was mentioned in the last report, had left town hours after we concluded that outing. Five days in Pennsylvania, then at sunrise the morning after he got back there I spotted him launching his own kayak to go fishing! The report I got later was that he used lures to catch a variety of fish. I was just amused that he fished up until he left town and was out there pre-dawn as soon as he got back!    Another addict! Joe McC took home his first redfish. Ed V. took his fly rod out and did some catch-and-release fly fishing.

But my favorite story: Logan Mabe wrote to tell me about his excursion after our trip about a month ago.  He caught a 22 inch redfish on the 12 Fathom SlamR (GloShrimp) : "If fish travel in schools, then the one I hooked must have been in Special Ed.   I stayed out a little longer, but couldn't find any more retarded fish ... thank you for your guidance. I'm learning through practice, which is how you do it with any sport." Well said. Thanks for the report Logan!

The feature photo for this report is Kate's redfish: Her "one spot per inch" fish. 26-inches, and 26 spots.


 

Brothers Bob and Bill Herrin got out for a morning trip. It was around the full moon and the redfish did not make a stellar showing. Bill had one nice one on that spit the hook. Older brother, Bob, was very good with the 12 Fathom lures and caught and released a lot of feisty fat trout. Bob, who lives in the area, got all his questions answered on inshore fishing from kayaks on what was a "slow" Fall day of fishing. Bill really enjoyed the day and will probably make more trips in to fish with his brother.

Both "retirees" why not do a lot of fishing? Tough bite, great time for these men. "Mad"Marco Lavalle fought a slow feed morning and still caught two redfish (both 24 inches) and one 18-inch trout. The guy loves to be on the water, and he is getting very good at all aspects of angling. A favorite of mine to take fishing, Brenda who I know from The Adventurous Woman outdoors club, wanted to get out and target some redfish.   We did some successful adjustments adding more distance to her casts. She caught some trout on the lures but we had a hard time even finding redfish in areas they would normally gather. Shawn and Crystal got out with me for the first time since Shawn caught a 33-inch redfish on a night trip in the Spring. Shawn's become very smooth with the lures with more experience.   

They didn't have any trouble connecting: First trout, then Shawn hit a couple of redfish on the 3" mullet. Then flounder. Shawn closed it out with a nice snook! Crystal hooked a considerably larger snook but it went berserk and broke the line. In the next report: Raul's first kayak fishing trip: Will he "Slam" his first time out? Ryan Richter "Slams" on a single lure (snook caught on his first cast of the day!)   "Cat Daddy" Ryan and Amy target redfish and snook.