{"id":19942,"date":"2018-12-15T22:28:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T02:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=19942"},"modified":"2020-10-15T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T15:52:09","slug":"new-kayak-fishing-book-by-gary-rankel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/15\/new-kayak-fishing-book-by-gary-rankel\/","title":{"rendered":"New kayak fishing book by Gary Rankel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gary Rankel has just published a guide to kayak fishing in the heart of Florida\u2019s Nature Coast:&nbsp; \u201c<strong>Finding the Treasures of the Trails \u2013 Kayak Fishing Citrus County<\/strong>\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/store\/buendia-press\">https:\/\/squareup.com\/store\/buendia-press<\/a>).<br \/><br \/>The tragic deterioration of water quality and associated sport fisheries throughout much of Florida has prompted a mini migration of anglers to the Nature Coast looking to paddle their kayaks in the relatively pristine lakes, rivers and inshore area.&nbsp; Ditto for central Florida\u2019s burgeoning \u201cboomer\u201d demographic seeking something more adventurous. <br \/><br \/>The book\u2019s how-to section provides a comprehensive review of all things kayak fishing, including a few tips, tricks and techniques you may not have seen before.&nbsp; The where-to-paddle-and-fish section contains 27 color maps depicting launch sites, fishing routes and hotspots for targeting redfish, snook and seatrout in and around the Crystal, Homosassa, Chassahowitzka and Withlacoochee Rivers bordering the Gulf of Mexico, as well as largemouth bass and other freshwater species in the Tsala Apopka Chain of Lakes.<br \/><br \/>Anglers who\u2019ve paddled around the marsh a time or two and think they know it all, as well as newbies to the sport, no matter where they dip their paddles, should find the book educational and enjoyable.&nbsp; So should manatee watchers, scallop snorkelers and other tourists to the Nature Coast looking to broaden their overall outdoor recreation experience.<br \/><br \/>Gary&#8217;s new book may be ordered online at <a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/store\/buendia-press\">https:\/\/squareup.com\/store\/buendia-press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Rankel has just published a guide to kayak fishing in the heart of Florida\u2019s Nature Coast:&nbsp; \u201cFinding the Treasures of the Trails \u2013 Kayak Fishing Citrus County\u201d (https:\/\/squareup.com\/store\/buendia-press). The tragic deterioration of water quality and associated sport fisheries throughout much of Florida has prompted a mini migration of anglers to the Nature Coast looking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/15\/new-kayak-fishing-book-by-gary-rankel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New kayak fishing book by Gary Rankel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":19943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22946,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19942\/revisions\/22946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}