Jeff’s Fantastic Fishing Day in His Wavewalk Kayak – Florida

-”My fishing last Sunday was off the chain.  I caught a red an inch bigger than the one a few days before so it was just at the top of the legal limit.  It hit a topwater lure that I worked with what we call a “walking the dog” action .  Pulled like a freight train and actually had me and the W in tow for almost three minutes.  It headed right down a long channel between oyster beds pulling line against the drag at times.  Finally I was able to turn it’s head and within another few minutes got it to the net.

I managed to top off the red with three nice chunky legal seatrout so the meal should be great.  Other than the fish that went home I caught 11 more trout and 12 redfish of which 4 were actually legal as well but the limit is one per day to take. On top of that I got 4 jacks and three ladyfish.  In the interest of the gear heads like me the tackle was as follows:
Redfish 27″ – 16lb Momoi mono line with no leader tied with a loop knot to a Rapala Skitterwalk the smaller size.  The rod was a St Croix glass 5’10″ casting rod and the reel an ABU Record 40
All the others  – 10lb Fireline with either a 15 or 20 lb FC leader.  The lures were a Mirrodine plug or a 1/8oz red jig head with a Sugar Glow Gulp 3 inch shrimp.  The rods were St Croix 7′ Med light Premiers and the reels my old favorite Daiwa 1300SS Whisker Series.

I also tried out a new W accessory that worked very well called a shallow water stick pin.  I’ll write that up soon after a few more weeks of trials.–Jeff”