Jeff’s Kayak Fishing Action Report – Florida
-”Today was an excellent day to be kayak fishing, especially from the W. I started with a topwater plug called a Super Spook Jr it caught a number of bluefish before being ripped off the line when it was swarmed by a two or three of them at once. The topwater action was fantastic with hits on every cast. It was so good I stayed staked out in one spot for nearly four hours catching and releasing ladyfish, bluefish, and jacks.
Even managed three undersized flounder. I’m sure if I had been in any kayak but a W that long in the boat in one place would have been nearly impossible. All of the topwater fish were caught using my little Rugged Flex Emmrod equipped with a Curado 200B casting reel spooled with 16 mono line. I did add a short 20lb fluorocarbon leader since all of this action was with very fast toothy fish. Once that Super Spook met it’s fate and was bitten off I tied on a Chug Bug and continued catching fish on the top.
Once the topwater water bite cooled off I changed over to another of my vintage outfits. The rod was a first generation Ugly Stick four piece fly/spin pack rod. I had it changed over to a spinning rod years ago and rewrapped with SIC guides. Combined with one of my Daiwa 1300SS reels spooled with 8lb mono it’s just plain fun to fish with. I used a short fluorocarbon leader just like the other outfit and for a lure used a small Cotee jig head and a 2 inch Gulp shrimp. Once again fish after fish fell to that combination.
The day was an absolute blast. The kind of day I wish I had someone along who had really never caught to many fish since today they would have had a ball. You can never predict having days like this only keep fishing and hope they will happen. I did not get any so called game fish, many would call today’s catches trash fish. As far as I’m concerned the day could not have been much better. It was loaded with action and by the time I headed in just after 2PM my arms hurt from all the fish fighting. –Jeff”
Tags: bluefish, Emmrod, fishing kayak, fishing report, flounder, jack, kayak fishing, ladyfish, saltwater, shallow water, topwater
April 12th, 2009 at
Very interesting report and great movie!
Marco
April 12th, 2009 at
This blog can certainly be entertaining sometimes
Blue
April 12th, 2009 at
Nice!
April 12th, 2009 at
That’s a cool movie even if the fish aren’t lunkers
April 12th, 2009 at
Loved the movie!
April 18th, 2009 at
Jeff,
Great vidoes.
It was nice to meet you today. I really appreciate you taking time to talk with myself and Marc about your unique fishing craft and your Emmrod. Very cool.
Question? Which model of Emmrod are you using? The one with the two tips. Would be interested in ordering one. Is there a specific model you would recommend that could be interchangeable between a spinning and casting rod through the purchase of an additional rod tip.
Enjoyed fishing 206 today. Look forward to the next adventure at 206.
Good luck Sunday morning.
Respectfully,
Kevin
April 19th, 2009 at
Hey Kevin, The two tip model was the Rugged Flex that was the one with the Shimano Curado. The short pistol grip was Emmrod’s original Packer with a ABU Record 40. To combine both reel types into one handle section you would need to use one of the straight grip handles like on the Kayak King or Do-All but you would loose the trigger. From my use so far the best version is that Rugged Flex wth a good low profile reel. Buying new right now on the reel side I would say for the money a Shimano Citica in the new E version or the D version which I’ve seen on sale for around 90 dollars. It fills the spot price wise of my old B series Curado with some nice enhancements. The new Curado is nearly 60 dollars more. Having that trigger on the rod while limiting it’s use with a spinning reel adds a load of control with a casting reel. The best comparison to a “normal” size rod is the same as comparing a 2 inch revolver to say a 6 inch revolver. While both are extrememly accurate the 2 inch as the Emmrod requires you to be much more dialed in to control accuracy and distance. The Emmrods are just a blast to fish and once you catch something on one or really start to play with them very hard to put down. It’s a feel thng just like the W kayak. You get started using a W then find all these cool advantages other boats lack and you are hooked on them.
January 6th, 2010 at
I am looking for Jeff to purchase a Kayak…..is he still in bussiness? Please email @b4crow@gmail.com if Kayaks are still avilable for purchase. Thanks
January 6th, 2010 at
Brad,
Jeff recently got into the tackle business, but he isn’t selling W kayaks, and never did.
You can order W kayaks directly from the Wavewalk company, see:
http://www.wavewalk.com/Ordering_Info.html
Yoav