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Gary’s New Kayak Fishing Club – Florida

Gary Rankel from Hernando, Florida, and his friends founded a new, local kayak fishing club called the Nature Coast Kayak Fishing Club.
Congratulations Gary – We wish you and your friends success, and hope you’ll have a lot of fun!
:D

Gary has already contributed great reviews, stories and pictures to our website and to this blog, and today he sent us some more pictures of his W500 kayak fully rigged for fishing:

Gary's rigged fishing kayak

Gary’s unique and ingenious way of mounting a compass between the hulls of his W kayak:

Gary's fishing kayak rigged with compass, and a redfish caught

And this is already a classic: A doormat attached underneath the hull tips, enabling Gary to drag his fishing kayak on asphalt and concrete pavement for long distances. When Gary reaches the water he simply folds the mat inside one of the hull tips.

Gary's fishing kayak rigged with a mat for draggint it on the ground

Gary’s tackle box:

Gary's tackle box in his fishing kayak



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7 Responses to “Gary’s New Kayak Fishing Club – Florida”

  1. Bluefish Says:
    December 11th, 2009 at

    That new club sounds like a good initiative because many people feel uncomfortable starting to fish from kayaks on their own, and they need some company and guidance.
    I hope the club will be a great success!

    Blue

  2. Gary Rankel Says:
    December 11th, 2009 at

    The club is actually the idea of Captain Adrian Englert who is in the process of developing a club website: (http://sites.google.com/site/nckfishers/) and email address: (kayak.fishing.crystal.river@gmail.com) . I’ve simply tried to help him get the word out. Good luck, Adrian.

  3. Mike M Says:
    December 11th, 2009 at

    Cool, as long as you succeed in keeping it a club and not a commercial venture …
    Mike M

  4. Akali Says:
    December 12th, 2009 at

    I think it’s ok to have some vendors promote their yaks and gear on kayak fishing club websites, as long as their activity isn’t prevalent or intrusive.

  5. Marco Says:
    December 12th, 2009 at

    They should all take example from this blog! ;)

    :D :D :D

    Marco

  6. Gary Rankel Says:
    December 12th, 2009 at

    I agree with you Akali. The Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Club’s site is first class (www.jaxkayakfishing.com) and incorporates several vendors.

  7. Rox Says:
    December 12th, 2009 at

    The yak looks great Gary. :)
    Can’t wait to see some fish sliming the hulls!!
    Clubs are a good thing, gets new people out and about, and its
    always nice to fish with a few people in their yaks!
    Yakers unite!! http://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/attachments/chrismed-27143-high5yy4.gif

    Tight lines and Paddle safe!!
    Rox

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