The MoYak 2021 July Online Challenge (tourneyx.com) is done and I did not end up where I wanted. My goal was top 50%, and I was definitely short of that (by quite a bit). I know why. I know what I could do better. I just need to make it happen. Due to timing, I’m…
Tag: bassfishing
Caught Some Fish, Fought a Tree
Trying to get some big ones on the board! I’m really lagging on the MoYak July Online Challenge and went out hoping to get some 20 inchers. Spoiler … I didn’t get any huge ones, but I did move from 28th to 24th place. Bonus for you: lots of hilarious fails! I catch a log!…
New Fishing YouTube Channel
I’ve been really focused on fishing, and specifically kayak fishing, for the last two years. I’ve been recording more videos based around this so I created JPenney Fishing on YouTube. This channel will only have fishing and fishing related content: gear, trips, boats, kayaks, fishing reports, tournament recaps, etc. Any personal/family videos will go back…
LiteTackle Changed How I Fish
When I decided on the Crescent LiteTackle, I was so sure of what I wanted, that I bought modifications before I even had the kayak. Now, I’m rethinking some of those. In the 3 Water Big Fish 120 the seat was always in the high position. I used an anchor in conjunction with and Anchor…
Family Boating and Grandma Catches a Fish
Growing up, we went to the Lake of the Ozarks nearly every weekend during the summer. Grandma and Grandpa always had a boat and we would spend all day out on the water. We were either bar-hopping or just enjoying cruising around. That hasn’t been a regular thing for our family in a long time….
MoYak Lake of the Ozarks Recap
I had been scouting out launch areas for months. I kept coming back to a place I found on Google Earth. I spent the day before hanging out with Sawyer driving to a few other places. That evening, Sawyer, Mom, Grandma, and I went to checkout the spot I’d found. When I was describing where…
First Fishing Altercation
I had about 30 minutes to kill and headed to Lake Jacomo. I went to Ligget cove which has a few spots good for bank fishing. That’s what’s in the image above. When I pulled up, there were two people on the rocky side to the east. A car and a truck were parked in…
Where I Started
My father-in-law took my kids and I to a youth pond to fish. I helped them out with baiting their hooks, but I didn’t know how to do anything else. This was 2016. Fishing was all around me, and I realized that I had never caught a fish. That’s not exactly correct, I did catch…
Fishing Report – From the Boat With Sawyer
Sawyer and I took the bass boat out to Lake Jacomo. We put in at the Marina and headed north from there. We saw a ton of common carp, but nothing else. We then headed east and went back in a bunch of the coves. We were getting bites in 4-5′ of water mostly just…
Caught a Limit In April!
My first tournament goal has been achieved! I’ve submitted 5 fish to the Mo-Yak April Online Challenge! All in I have submitted 7 fish. There were 4 I didn’t submit because they were small. One darted around a stump and broke my line. And another (18″ of course) that I lost. I wasn’t prepared and…