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ast month, a couple buddies and I booked a charter for the opening day of Florida’s Gulf red snapper season with Capt. Brian Smith, of Big Bend Charters out of Steinhatchee. Capt. B. has a 34-foot power catamaran with enough room on the deck to play a game of volleyball. If you’ve ever been red snapper fishing, you understand the process. The day starts with loading the boat with tackle ranging from 8-pound light tackle to 30-pound bottom fishing rigs. A complement of frozen baits, including Spanish sardines, squid and chum blocks fill one of the big coolers. We ran out to a spot south of the Steinhatchee River and broke out light tackle to catch live bait. It’s basically bream fishing gear, using tiny slivers of squid to catch pinfish and other finned critters. All would be used to create an offshore smorgasbord for snapper, grouper, king mackerel, cobia and more. With the livewell full, it was just over an hour’s run at 27 knots to reach our first drop in 65 feet of water. We were anchored over a ledge with about 3 feet of relief. That doesn’t seem like much, but in the vast expanse of flat bottom out there, a small change in the topography can create an entire ecosystem. Each of us took a corner of the big catamaran and dropped live baits down. Before the bait could reach the bottom, our offerings were usually inhaled by either a grouper or a snapper. These were not small fish. The snapper averaged about 28 inches, and the grouper

were well in excess of the 24-inch minimum length. We would catch a couple fish at a spot and then move to another. The idea is that once you get a couple fish on the line, the remaining fish tend to get a bit finicky, and the bite can slow down. When a fish came on board, we paused for a quick photo and shouted “atta-boy” from across the boat. In all, we limited out on red snapper and had five gag grouper as bonus fish for the day. From first-hand experience I can tell you there’s no shortage of bottomfishing adventure to be had in the Gulf of Mexico. The Florida Gulf snapper season remains open through July 25. Alabama’s season runs Fridays through Mondays until July 19. Louisiana will remain open Fridays through Su nd ay s , and on

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holidays, until the state quota is met. Mississippi is open seven days a week with an undetermined closing date as fisheries managers closely monitor catches to avoid overrunning the quota. The Texas season ends Aug. 2 for charter boats and Aug. 3 for private vessels. As summer gets in full swing, give some thought to ways you can get outdoors, enjoy each other’s company at a distance and get rid of those social-distancing blues. Cefus McRae is host of the Nuts & Bolts of Fishing Series, contact him via e-mail at Cefus@ NutsAndBoltsFishing.com

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Finding a productive pattern and making high-percentage presentations wins tournaments; it does not typically catch double-digit bass. Bass large enough for the record books are loners. Anglers who pursue them are looking for one big bite. Here’s a little insight on how successful trophy hunters fish:

LOCATION: With a few exceptions, large reservoirs are not the best trophy bass fisheries. It’d be a good wager that more giant bass are caught from jonboats than from high-performance bass boats. There is a south Georgia gentleman, who prefers to remain unnamed, who has caught countless 10-plus-pounders and several fish that weigh in the high teens. He’s made a practice of looking for out-of-the-way lakes and ponds. Upon getting landowner permission, it takes him a single trip to determine if he’s found the right mix of depth, water flow, vegetation and forage to produce monster bass. If the lake doesn’t have what he’s looking for, he moves on. If he sees what he likes, he fishes it hard, often at night and often concentrating on just one point or drop-off where the biggest fish in the lake is likely to be. The strategy is to make a thousand casts to the best holding water or to sit there quietly By CAM Staff for hours keeping a live bait fresh. When it comes to public waters, smaller reservoirs or hidden gems like oxbow lakes off productive rivers can be pay dirt. Find waters with a reputation for large fish, and then scour them with electronics for the edges where sunken creek channels with plenty of cover lie adjacent to shallower feeding areas. Keep in mind that large fish dominate prime holding areas. Find that magic spot, fish it hard, and it will produce year after year, even if hile perusing the various big-bass records lists, it becomes readily it’s just one big fish for a week’s worth of fishing. apparent that huge bass usually come from lakes with a bigbass reputation. Also, anglers appearing in these lists often have TACTICS: Giant bass don’t like to chase food, and they prefer large multiple large bass to their names. meals. Trophy bass hunting with lures is slow and tedious. Drag a big jig with There is a lesson here for anyone in search of their personal-best a chunky trailer across the bottom, Texas-rig a big 12- to 16-inch worm or largemouth. Whether it’s a 10-pounder or one that weighs into the teens, slow-dance a swimbait. Fish as slow as you can, and then slow down more. luck is rarely the primary factor that leads to a true giant. Most of the time Stick with it and remain vigilant. Remember that you’re fishing for one bite. anglers who catch monster bass use specialized tactics to specifically target If you’re not snooty about it, live bait will absolutely increase your odds. them. Go with the natural forage for the water you’re fishing. If it’s gizzard shad, These are not the tactics used by professional tournament anglers. fish a big one. Largemouth bass have huge mouths relative to their body size.

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omething is better than nothing. That seems to be the consensus of anglers after NOAA’s early June announcement of a four-day recreational red snapper season in the South Atlantic. With open dates set for July 10-12 and July 17, recreational anglers and charter captains are hoping for good weather during what promises to become a mad scramble at boat ramps from the Florida Keys up the Atlantic coast through Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. The well-known reefs and wrecks will be packed with anglers dropping baits and jockeying for position to catch their one fish per person, per day limit with no minimum size. For some, catching those limits won’t take long at all. Reports from captains in the fishery tell of areas where an over-abundance of red snapper is making it tough to target any other species. All the while, data used by federal fisheries managers indicates overfishing for the species is still occurring. Since 2017, the South Atlantic red snapper season has been curtailed each year. Since 2010, a cumulative total of just 37 days has been allowed in South Atlantic federal waters. In May of this year, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) was scrambling to make rule changes that would allow any 2020 season at all. Effective July 15, regulations require descending devices be on board and readily available on all vessels pursuing grouper or snapper in the South Atlantic. Non-offset, non-stainless steel hooks are mandatory north of 28 degrees north latitude, which is near Cape Canaveral. It’s a similar scenario to what played out with red snapper seasons in the Gulf of Mexico over the last decade. Bound by legislation, federal managers are forced to make decisions based on available data on snapper stocks. At the same time, anglers and groups pushing for angler access insist the data is badly flawed. According to the American Sportfishing Association, the trade organization that produces ICAST and lobbies on behalf of the industry, an updated and improved red snapper stock assessment is due in spring of 2021. In the meantime, recreational anglers must be happy with what they get, which is roughly 70 percent of the total allowed catch. Commercial anglers get the other 30 percent.

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As a life-long angler some of my best memories are days spent fishing, well I really mean days spent catching fish. I still remember the very first fish I caught, just a small bass off my uncles’ dock on a small lake in Michigan. This bass was hanging out in a concrete block turned on its side right under the dock. It took me all day, but I finally caught it, he was about 6” long, I was about 5 yrs. old and caught it on a live worm, small rod and a Zebco 202. I remember summer days in my mid-teens fishing the St. Johns River north of Lake Washington in Melbourne with my best high school friend John Lorton - days when we caught over 50 bass each, back then you could keep 10 bass per angler. We brought home over 65 lbs. one day with our best 20 bass and fed all our neighbors with a huge fish-fry. Another great memory was a day fishing with my youngest son Josh Wolf (now 34) in the spring of 2003 on Lake Okeechobee, we had an epic day catching 4 bass over 8 lbs. and our best 7 weighed over 49 lbs. Previously Josh’s biggest bass was a little over 5 lbs., he caught his personal best 4 times that day not including 2 monster’s he lost that were bigger than any we landed. Recently a pair of tournament anglers had an epic day fishing on the famous Kissimmee Chain of Lakes on Lake Toho. A day when you catch a bass over 5 lbs. is a day and a fish catch you will definitely remember but catching a 5 bass limit in a tournament with all of the fish at 5 lbs. and over is a day anglers dream about. Ryan Fleck, owner of RNF Marine, Mercury Marine Specialist on N.OBT in Orlando and his team partner Steve Goree a 20 plus year law enforcement officer with OPD recently had such a day in April of this year while fishing in their monthly Bass Club event with Central Florida Bass Hunters. The pair was competing against another 35 boats

and finished the day weighing in 5 bass for 35.61 lbs. anchored by the tournaments biggest bass at 10.06 lbs, to say this was an epic day is an understatement. Winning tournament weights of bass often get into the 30 lb. class from early spring till about late June on the Kissimmee Chain but usually not much more. 35 pounds plus is a huge sack, even here, at over a seven pound average, WOW! The pair of anglers caught and released over 25 keepers that would make most teams happy to have during the day. All of their fish came from an off-shore grass and hydrilla area that was loaded with keeper bass. After dialing in on a stretch of grass of about 100 yards long where the biggest fish seemed to be the anglers mentioned to another boat that they had about 27-28 lbs. currently and if they could get rid of their smallest fish in the live-well, at just under 4 lbs. that they could have a mega-bag. (35 plus lbs.) Changing baits seem to be the key, so about noon time Ryan picked up a Rattle Trap and started throwing it. After making just a few casts he catches the giant a 10.08 monster allowing them to cull the 4 pounder and adding another 6 pounds or so to their total weight. As a longtime tournament angler culling fish of 4 pounds or so is the best thing that can happen in any event. The pair not only won the event, had Big Bass for the event, they also won over a $1,000 bonus for the largest “Sack of the Year”! Congrats from all the anglers who tournament fish and from the staff here at Orlando Coastal Angler Magazine. If you have Mercury Marine power on the back of your boat, need service or are thinking of re-power with a new motor give Ryan a call to schedule an appointment at 407-745-5020 or to just tell them congrats on their “Catching Day to Remember”.

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hatchlings are now 2-3 inches. Try lures of same size: Rattle Traps (chrome), Rapala Countdown, etc. Gambler’s EZ swimmer rigged on an eighth ounce weighted hook should produce quality fish along hydrilla edges. Zoom flukes worked as finesse baits cast into the shallows are sure to get strikes. Panfish: Artificial fun with a tried and true Johnson Beetle Spin slowly troll 20-30 feet out from the shoreline or seawall along your favorite stretch of the St. Johns with ultralight spinning tackle. Cast to the bank and retrieve slowly to catch bluegill, shellcracker, and stumpnockers. Bonus fish are largemouth bass, many will be keepers. Catfish: Cooler temps at night make the cats hungry. Circle hooks are great for catfish - the fish hook themselves and most times the hook ends up in the corner of the mouth making hook removal easier when handling these spiny fish. Tip: use just enough weight to hold the bottom and tie the weight 10 inches from the hook.

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artificial lakes to fish during the summer. Along the northwest shore fish try fishing open water peppergrass. You should try a zoom vibe magnum worm, Texas rigged. Swim baits are another good choice. Gambler EZ Swimmer in the Copperfield Summer is definitely here and the color likely will get bit. fish know it too. The Kissimmee chain is at low pool and the Panfish: Bluegills are spawning lakes are slowly filling up due in the canals and any place that to the summer showers. The is sandy and any type of Bass bite has been good early flow near it - bait of choice is morning and late evening. crickets. Popping bugs also Goblets cove has been really work well this time of year. Shell good. Try and beat the heat. crackers are in very shallow Most bass are being caught out water spawning; this info was in open water vegetation. On tipped off by accident running the West Lake Toho most anglers airboat up skinny. Best bait for are using plastics, I have been the shell cracker is red wigglers. throwing a June bug or pink Both can be caught with cane trick worm, no weight, working poles or light tackle. Catfish as it over vegetation and waiting bycatch is a good thing, try using for that explosive hit. Also try 8 pound test – it will hold a pretty using a Carolina rig with a 1 oz. good sized cat and still be thin weight to get thru the vegetation. enough that the panfish don’t see Folks are having good success it. Watch for the afternoon storms trolling live wild shiners up and and be safe! down the hydrilla patches. East Lake Toho is still one of the better

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Most of the fishing of late has been taking place in the Kissimmee River and Canals due to low water levels out in the lake. The bass fishing bite has been sporadic, biting in spurts with the early morning hours, a lull midafternoon then picking up again late afternoon to evening hours. The water temperature has been in the high 80’s which makes for some good top water action at first daylight, as the morning progresses you may get in on some schooling activity, fast and fun action. Late morning you may want to slow your presentation down and throw something like Senkos or big worms and jigs on the bottom. Since the water temperature is hot, the bass will be slow to react but when they bite, they hold onto the bait and swim off with it. Some of my customers have been opting to fish with live bait for bass to help

Some areas on the lake to try have been Kings Bar; 3rd & 4th point; Indian Prairie; the flats out from Dyess Ditch area and the Shoal and some areas on the east side on out a ways from the grass edge around J & S area. The bream bite has been the most consistent lately fishing with live red wriggler worms and crickets on ultra-light spinning tackle. Live red worms work best. Remember to always use caution when boating on the lake due to low water levels. To book your fun-filled and productive day on the water call or text Capt. Angie at 863-228-7263. www. southfloridabassfishing.com - all the information you need to book your trip. Capt. Angie’s sponsors are: G-Loomis rods; Lews; Gill; Maui-Jim; Mercury Marine; Real Magic; Pradco Brands; Mega Strike; BnM Poles; Bullet weights; Mid-South Tackle and Gene Larew.

Summertime patterns are turning on for largemouth bass. This time of year, fish big soft plastic worms 10inch or larger to entice the big trophy sized fish. You can find many types and colors but try to stick with junebug or a black and blue. Try working these baits around deeper water such as dropoffs, points, ledges, and shell bars. Some fish stage along the drop-off but usually big ones are deeper. Another bait to try out is any sort of lipless crankbait in a ½ ounce size. Harris Chain fish have been liking the golden shiner or sexy shad color. Remember to make long casts and try different retrieves when fishing these types of lures. Topwater baits can really make for some fun fishing

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when a monster chokes your bait down. Word of caution wait a second to feel the fish before cracking ‘em. Hollow body frogs can be fished in and around areas of heavy cover such as lily pads, docks and other fish holding areas. Do not be afraid to make casts that other anglers would be afraid to make under a dock, boat ramp etc. Remember that bass can be caught with various techniques and in the same locations. So, if you caught some in previous years it would be a safe bet to try out the spot again. Another bait to try is casting a spinnerbait around some shallow cover. You can fast retrieve the bait and give it some slight stops to make the blades clack together. Check with Capt. Mark for available dates and book your own guided bass fishing charter on the Harris Chain of Lakes. Visit cprbasscharters.com for more information and fishing pictures. Tight lines.

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How can you stay safe, social distance, and not get sick during this terrible pandemic? Fish more often! It has been a very difficult time for most everyone. The majority of the past 90 days has been spent at home with your family. Many events, shows, tournaments, and activities have been either canceled or post-poned. A number of families have either been affected by this virus or have been overwhelmed with work and layoffs. It has been a very trying time for all most everyone. Let us all hope the ‘normal’ returns soon. Bass Fishing has been put on hold for Seminole Junior Anglers. Our tournaments in March and April were canceled. Our student anglers have been practicing when possible and waiting for their next event in May out of Camp Mack / Lake Kissimmee. Teams Kinyon and Ashley, Dunn and Thornton, DiMauro and DiMauro, and Wyndam and Lawrence all had great tournaments. Kinyon and Ashley came in 9th place with just over 18 lbs. It was a slug fest for sure. It took over 20 lbs to hold a spot in the top 6 at the weigh-in. Most fish were caught offshore in Lake Toho along weed edges. Finding the right scattered hydrilla in about 4-5 ft of water seemed to be the ticket. Fishing a spinner bait, Chatterbait or speed worm through the grass was working for most teams. Our next event is our State Tournament on Lake Seminole. June 12-15. We have 5 teams competing in this event. The goal is for one of our teams to place in the top 4 to qualify for the National Tournament in October this year to be held on Kentucky Lake. Seminole Junior Anglers have already qualified two teams for this event: DiMauro/DiMauro and Wyndham/ Lawrence. These two teams will represent the state of Florida in this huge National tournament. Wish them the best of luck!

Summertime has officially arrived as the mid-summer doldrums are currently amongst us. It is the time of year when tropical weather systems and offshore water temperatures are as hard to predict. Just when you think you’ve got things figured out, a summer squall will blow in and kick up the seas, or the coldwater Labrador Current will move in and shut down the seaward bite. Near-shore, kingfish will be the staple on the reefs and wrecks in 70 to 90 feet of water, with a mixed bag of three, wahoo, dolphin, and an occasional sailfish, thrown in. The preferred method for targeting these species is slow trolling live bait (pogies) on steel stinger rigs. Ballyhoo trolled for pelagic is good, but live bait trolled very slowly will yield a trophy sized kingfish!

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On the Port Canaveral buoy line and along the beaches, an assorted beach bag is available with smoker kings (large king mackerel), silver kings (tarpon), cobia, sharks, and colossal jacks all available at any given time. To target these species, focus your attention in areas of bait concentrations. A good cast net is needed nearshore, 3/8 mesh and 1.5lbs. lead per foot should do the trick.

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At some point later this month expect it to completely shut down. Why you ask? Every year we have the cold-water upwelling show up and lower the water temperature drastically and usually shuts the bite down. This does a few things. It makes it harder to locate the bait, and pushes the fish out of the area till the warm water returns. It’s actually pretty cool. Check your bottom weights and I’m sure they will be nearly frozen. If that’s going on then be sure the bite is gone. The other thing this does is enables every boat to become a professional Cobia fisherman. The cobia will show up at some point on the shoals. This is by no means a secret. Slow troll live pogies is best, and have a bucktail ready on another rod in case there are two cobes. Good luck and have a great July from your premier fishing guide charters of Cocoa Beach Port Canaveral Orlando Florida area.

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I had contacted Steve to go for a test-ride because he is a new advertiser with Orlando CAM and had made several statements in the new ad about this machine - I wanted to see if it could measure up. I met Steve in Sanford at Lake Monroe and the I-4 Bridge on the St. Johns River. Previously I had only seen pictures of this new machine and his many claims on performance on his website and the information they provided for us to build his new ad. I was eager to climb aboard soon after taking some pictures and splashing it at the boat ramp. With a stiff 12-15 mph breeze out of the NE I knew that Lake Monroe would have a pretty good chop on it. We idled under the bridge towards the lake as I asked several questions. This boat was equipped with a new 115 hp Mercury 4-stroke with a 4-blade 26” pitch prop, half a tank of gas, coast-guard equipment and a modest amount of gear. He said it will get on plane in less than 3 seconds with us in it, both of us at over 200 lbs. each, clearing the “Resume safe operation Sign” it effortlessly did just that. Heading into a moderate quartered-sea chop at about 32 to 34 mph it was extremely smooth and incredibly dry. We drove a few miles looking for some calm water but soon headed back to the river.

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This boat has a large gunnel and a 94” beam, extremely wide for an 18’ boat and was very stable when I jumped up and walked around on the gunnel. It has a huge storage compartment up front with a removable tackle storage system and 2 other large storage compartments in the rear of the boat, both port and starboard, 1 live-well up front and another in the rear. It has a custom divided sport seat and removable back-rest like you see on Off-shore Racing Boats. The console is very sleek and sports a 12” monitor screen, fish-finder, GPS and supports all the normal gauges. Tachometer, water-pressure, temperature, gas, speed by GPS, all linked to the motor and fuel system, very cool! Steve was telling me how fuel efficient this boat is to run, getting as much as 10 miles to a gallon of fuel cruising around 30-32 mph at 3400 to 3600 rpms. As we got back into the river we jumped on plane and cruised up to about 32 mph, looking at the monitor it was reading 3400 rpms. We hammed down on the throttle and it responded achieving 62.7 mph at 6150 rpms with just a little throttle left before backing off, very impressive for a stock 115 hp. engine with a polling platform on the rear creating drag. Steve asked if I would like to drive back to the ramp. I said yes before he changed his mind. Once again, throttle down and quickly jumped on plane, cruising a bit to get the feel of it I was able to drive it with confidence once getting used to the throttle and trim switch. Cruising up to over 55mph and only burning a little over 6 gallons of fuel per hour on the fuel gauge. This boat also floats in 10” or less and room for 4 anglers with a huge front deck. If you’re in the market for a new flats boat in the 18 ft. range the new Hydrasteep is one you should take a look at and go for a test ride yourself. They are currently taking orders for production, so get your place in-line! Nicely equipped at a little over $45,000.00 for boat, 115hp motor and custom trailer by Ameritrail. Checkout their website or give Steve a call at 407-718-6695 and tell him your read about it in Coastal Angler Magazine!

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By Capt. Alex Locallinescharters.com Summer is here and the fishing is hot! Seasons don’t really change much here on the Space Coast. It kind of just goes from warm in the fall, winter, and spring to superhot in the summer! The air gets increasingly heavy with tropical moisture and afternoon showers become an everyday occurrence. Hurricane season brings the threat of nasty weather and big surf, but also the potential for some outstanding “outflow/culvert” fishing. The beauty of our Space Coast fishery is easy to see this time of year. One of the things that make our lagoons so fishy; is our geographic location! Nestled on the convergence of tropical and sub-tropical climate zones with ocean influence, and over 100 miles of lagoon for fish to travel this watery wonderland; we get many visitors. Our yearround resident fish have many summer friends to share the flats, mangroves, beaches, and Inlets with. Some never leave, but only move to different locations in the winter. Only to come from their hiding spots and join their brethren who “migrate” up when the days get long. Let’s talk tips - and tactics for one of my favorite summer targets. Summer marks the spawning time for snook, so they protect them with a closed season as they invade the inlets. Port Canaveral does not see the spawn activity of the inlets south of us. Though a fair share still calls Port Canaveral home until the fall mullet run. Snook are an angry and structure orientated fish. Built for currents they love some churned-up surf. A true gamefish if there ever was one. Sizzling runs with Jedi like precision at finding places to cut you off. A gill plate that is easily sharper than a razor blade. Yep, the snook is one bad animal. Larger fish in the 8 to 20-pound class will be most prevalent in Port Canaveral, the beaches, and the inlets south. While smaller fish in the 1-10lb. class can be found predominately in the Lagoon backwaters, mangrove areas, and dock lines. For the Port fish look to use med-heavy tackle with 20-40 lb. braided mainline. Attach your live bait hook or lure with 40 lb. leader to prevent the snooks rough lips from causing leader failure. Hot spots during the day are both Jetty’s and the draw bridge area. The day bite seems to be much more consistent on live baits like mullet, spots, pinfish, and pogies fished close to the bottom. At night utilize Slayer Inc.’s SSTXL’s and lipped plugs like Bombers or Yozuri to actively fish shadow lines created from lights on the wharfs. The smaller “lagoon” snook will be found around areas of structure and many times deep in the structure. Mangroves and docks can be effectively fished by skipping your baits far under the overhangs. Just because these are of the smaller variety than their port bound cousins, doesn’t mean they will not spank you on some cutoffs. Even the small version of this fish is a powerful opponent. I like to use the Slayer Inc SSTXL on a weedless hook setup. The weedless hook allows you to pitch way back in cover and trees without fear of snagging as often.

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ayak fishing has become very popular in the fishing industry, giving us anglers an easier way to launch and get out on the water, dodging those busy boat ramps. It is a great way to get that fresh air, enjoy the outdoors and get a little exercise too! Yak fishing is all about the adventure, being out there scouting new area and finding new honey holes. Fishing from your kayak gets you back into those skinny waters skimming only inches deep across those grassy flats, marshes, down narrow creeks and canals getting you to spots even flats boats can only dream of.

Accessories

Time to deck out your kayak! You want to be sure to have all the proper accessories, ones beneficial to your kayak fishing needs. Basics being an anchor, tether, rod holders, a storage system for your tackle and tools.

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