By Kent Johnsen
Sweden
Kayak fly fishing pictures from Northern Sweden
Month: June 2016
Back in the Keys, wavewalking, snorkeling, and catching fish for dinner
By Captain Larry Jarboe
Yesterday, My wife, son, and I spent the afternoon snorkeling and Wavewalking behind Grecian Dry Rocks. This shallow reef in the Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary does a pretty good job of acting as a breakwater on low tide.
The water is perfectly comfortable and crystal clear.
The W700 is a fine snorkel tender and will make a great lobster scout skiff when the season begins in August.
I am looking forward to combining swimming with Wavewalking to burn off the calories I gained during the commercial fishing season. It is pretty hard for a commercial fisherman not to eat up the profit.
On the way home, we stopped at a patch reef and caught dinner in a few minutes.
As much as I enjoy catching those Blue Cats in Maryland, it is nice to be home.
Please, feel free to visit. The fleet of Wavewalks is ready to transport you to grand adventures.
141 outings in 3 years. Best purchase of my life (almost)
Robbie Cairl
W. Massachusetts
I’m sorry I have not made any videos with my awesome Wavewalk 500. My buddy did take this snapshot of me yesterday. I’m about to land (and release) a nice 2 1/2 lb. smallmouth bass on the Connecticut River in Sunderland MA.
I love my W and keep track of my outings. Yesterday was my 141st adventure in 3 years. My back and all round fishing and kayaking experiences have been heavenly since I made the best purchase of my life. Well, second best, after my wedding license.
Me: Wavewalk 500 owner since spring 2013. I’m 60-ish soon to retire and use my W500 even more. I love to explore new bodies of water and fish (catch and release except for the rare stocked trout I may have to share with camping buddies). The Connecticut and Deerfield Rivers are my favorite haunts, I can put in the Conn just about a mile from home. My usual trip is a 3 mile paddle up stream for cardio and core workout, then crack a beer and float home while fishing, photographing, bird watching and observing whatever nature has to offer. The upright paddling position has allowed me to kayak more often for longer periods of time. The ample room, ability to stand, ease of handling while transporting were all added benefits I continue to enjoy.
Read Robbie’s initial Wavewalk 500 review from 2013 »
Family Fishing Day
By Chris Henderson
Every year on the Fish Washington Free Weekend our church has a “Family Fishing Day” . We gather together and bring all manner of things that float (Wavewalks did most of the fishing) and take all who would like to come fishing.
We have a picnic potluck at 1pm.
This year we went to Lake Devereaux. There were a bunch of little fishermen that got to catch their first fish ever! I got to be the one that helped them.
Since there is no real shore fishing, I would take them out in the W700 and once the fish was hooked up let them reel it in. When they caught one fish I would bring them back and get the next kido. The W700 did the lions share of the fishing and it was great to be able to take out a little and their parent and get them on a fish.
The stocked trout were plentiful and willing and the kids had a blast.
Here are a couple of favorite pictures of the day.
More kayak rigging, fishing and bow duck hunting with Chris »
W700 Outfitted for Catching Catfish
By Captain Larry Jarboe
I took some time off on Saturday from setting up my Chesapeake Fish Camp and Wavewalk friends and family demos to make a run to Mallows Bay on the Potomac River.
In this shallow cove, resides the largest shipwreck graveyard in the Western Hemisphere. There is a beautiful park and public boat launch.
Though the catfish are spread out in the river and up the creeks, you can still catch a mess of catfish if you fish the right tide with the right bait.
The four way removable PVC spreader rod holder rig / anchor line cleat helps put enough baits all around the boat to tickle their whiskers.
8 Blue Cats and 3 Channel Cats did not come close to loading up the W700. But, they will make a fine fish fry.
Just wait till November when the big Blue Cats are lined up at the edge of the channel waiting for me to return…
Looking forward to summer Wavewalk adventures in the Keys.
