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Standing In Our W Kayaks And Scouting For Redfish, By Gary Rankel

No pictures of fish today, but Bob Smaldone, Dick Sherman and I spotted several of them standing in our W’s. We had a great day on the water while spooking more fish than we caught. Gary

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A Beautiful Day To Paddle And Fish In Ozello, Florida. By Gary Rankel

Bob Smaldone is back so we hit the water in Ozello, Florida to be treated to a beautiful sunrise (notice the great blue heron having breakfast as the sun rises). I managed 2 trout on an otherwise slow, hot day. … Continue reading

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Gary and Dick Kayak Fishing For Reds in The (Too Much?) Sunshine State…

Dick Sherman and I braved the heat again and got a few nice reds. Please send some cool weather down this way! Continue reading

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Gary VS. Jaws – Yak VS. Shark… a New Kayak Fishing Trip Report From Florida

I had a nice week in Titletown catching several bass in a nearby lake using my sister’s W and one of Jeff’s Emmrods, which fit nicely in my travel case. Then, back home in Florida, Dick Sherman joined me today at Ozello where we got some nice seatrout and missed a couple of redfish. I also got my first topwater Jaws. I think I got real lucky getting him in on a 15lb test leader with those choppers. The same lure got the bass, trout and jaws. Continue reading

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Great Kayak Fishing Trip in Ozello, Florida

I was alone today so couldn’t share the great action. The redfish have been spooky lately, but they found their appetite today and hammered my topwater lure all day. Got 7 or 8 reds and also a few trout. Missed several others. Days like this really make up for the slow ones. Continue reading

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