Kayak Fishing Blog

Heritage Redfish 14

Thanks to Bill Sikora for sending us pictures of his kayak!

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Hook 1 Crew Member Steve Mullins takes 1st at the PACK tournament

A quick report from Steve -

“Always have a backup location on tournament day, even with all the weather forecasts you never know what mother nature will throw your way.  With Plan A ruled out due to high wind, Plan B was in effect to fish a wind protected marsh.  With a lower tide than usual the Redfish were easy to locate in the shallows.  The first Red was found chasing Mullet and with a quick cast it was all over, the 23” fish was a good start.  Around the next bend approximately 45 yards away I noticed a large Redfish tailing with half his body out of the water, looked like he was scrounging around for small Crab.  A long, accurate cast landed the lure in the strike zone, the water immediately erupted and it was certainly an oversized fish.  Once landed, the measurement was 27-1/2″, just 1/2” under the slot limit!

Switched gears to Flounder fishing and picked up another 20-1/2″ Red and lost a small 15″ Flounder at the kayak. With very few Flounder around I decided to head to a deep Trout hole two miles away.  First cast, missed one.  Second cast and BAM!  When I saw this Trout it appeared to be +27″ (they always look bigger in the water).  Reached back to grab the net and it was gone so I just pulled the fish over my foot and kicked her in the kayak – it’s not the first time I’ve lost a net and resorted to this method!  The Speckled Trout measured in at 26-1/8″.  What a day!!!”

Congratulations !!

For more information on this Texas tournament - visit PACKTX.org

Congrats to DAVE !!!

Hook 1 Crew Member, Dave Pliska is featured in the Western Outdoor News and has come in 3rd for the “Just for the Halibut Derby” put on by Western Outdoor News.

Leaderboard final standings -

Congratulations to all of the kayak fishermen who placed in this Derby!

 Read more about the Derby HERE

Mackerel - King and Spanish, by Ron Holmes

Two weeks ago fishing off Destin Florida beaches -

One hour and 15 minutes of fishing caught these three - biggest is a King Mackerel, the two smaller ones are Spanish Mackerel.

Lost one fish right at the boat.  That measure stick behind the King is 36″ long, so you can see the fish is around 39-40 inches and weighed 17 pounds…. not huge, but a nice one.  Seas were around 4 feet, marginal for me to be out, but it was a great fishing day.

Caught everthing fly lining a dead cigar minnow on a 4X Treble hook with a seven strand leader.

The Spanish were grilled that night and all my kings are smoked and made into mackerel dip.   I get out every chance I get to the gulf …. yak fishing is the greatest sport.