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…
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Weekend Fishing Recap – March 7th, 2021
This is a follow up to Weekend Fishing Recap – March 6th, 2021 – Justin Penney Sawyer and I fished quite a bit early last year, but school diminished that a bit. After COVID and Winter, it’s been tough to get him away from screens. I finally just made him go with me. We took…
Weekend Fishing Recap – March 6th, 2021
I’m still new to fishing overall and very new to kayak fishing. That said, I tend to jump fully in to anything that I do. This year, I’m committed myself to fishing in two tournaments in the Mo-Yak Fishing Series. I preparing for that I’ve upgraded my boat, started learning the electronics, and most importantly,…
First Paddle at Lake Remembrance
There was a nice break in the weather here yesterday which gave me an opportunity to test out this new kayak. I took it to Lake Remembrance since I’m pretty familiar with that water. I had just a few things that I wanted to do: make sure it floats, test how it paddles, and setup…
Fish Finder Update
This new kayak came with its own new toy: a fish finder! I’m really excited to use this so I can get a better feel for what I’m fishing in. I spent some time on this rainy day updating the software and downloading some of the Social Maps from C-Maps. I’m hoping this helps me…
New Kayak
I’ve really enjoyed kayak fishing, but I haven’t really liked the kayak I have. I got a great deal on it, but it’s not really a good kayak. (An Ascend FS10T, for anyone interested.) Yesterday, I was helping a friend look for bass boats on Facebook Marketplace and dropped in “kayak” just to see what…