AND SO IT BEGINS - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

jorluivil · 02-01-2017, 10:28 PM

How did you find out about BWE?

Stuck20 · 02-01-2017, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jorluivil

How did you find out about BWE?

Caught a trout at Silver Lake on my old OK frenzy. Told my fishing buddy at work that fishing from a kayak was really fun, and he sent me to this site. Had no idea there was such a big group of dedicated kayak fishermen, but I ended up finding a new hobby for life.

King Saba · 02-01-2017, 11:42 PM

Googled "kayak fishing forums". Found bwe and recognized all the smelly sewer folk from YouTube on here. After that it's just been a fun learning experience always thinking of the next trip.

Orca Winfrey · 02-02-2017, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by King Saba

Googled "kayak fishing forums". Found bwe and recognized all the smelly sewer folk from YouTube on here. After that it's just been a fun learning experience always thinking of the next trip.

From this guy.

goldenglory18 · 02-02-2017, 07:24 AM

When I found out I was relocating to LA for work, I asked around the AZ fishing forums and this was the #1 recommended place.

You guys can be a tough crowd, but I'm really happy to be here.

MITCHELL · 02-02-2017, 08:16 AM

I drifted in from the outer banks....after my second rebuild on my outboard couldn't find a woman to marry with an Evenrude...with no government funding and was peddling to get by I thought padding might be more fun....the rest is history in the makings......

Deamon · 02-02-2017, 08:55 AM

I was fishing an epic LJ squid tail bite w my buddy on our 20' Mako. We ended up whacking four biggies inc a five two. A yak dude goes by towed off towards the horizon screaming to his buddies "see you guys in a bit". I'm like, I gotta get me some of that action.

cell128 · 02-10-2017, 01:13 AM

I was drunk one night online trying to find big women's legs.... Stupid auto correct brought me here😣

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Baja_Traveler · 02-10-2017, 08:33 AM

Been kayaking since the 70's - heck, back in those days people would point and stare as I paddled by - kayaks were a very unusual sight in those days, more associated with eskimos than anything else.

In the 80's there were a few informal kayaking clubs here in San Diego. We would get together and paddle or fish out of our touring boats on weekends.

I remember when the first rotomolded kayaks came out, and even though they were primitive by current standards, we saw great potential for fishing in them.

I was heavily involved in signing up for Ed Gillett's Baja trips through his Southwest Kayak shop in the late 80's and early 90's. Great trips that were super inexpensive as you were expected to feed and transport yourself. God I miss those trips, and his shop. There used to be a great emphasis on expedition kayaking here, which no longer exists. Hell, I wouldn't even know where to go to find a good expedition kayak anymore...

Plastic Navy came along next, and somewhere along the line I stopped kayaking for some years as I was doing other things. I'm sure an internet search lead me here when I got all hot and bothered about kayaking again.
In the intervening years nearly everything I had known disappeared and faded away. Ed and Katie closed up their shop and Ed went into teaching high school, all my old paddling buddies moved away or quit paddling. My touring kayaks sit in the rafters of the garage waiting for that next Baja tour that may never happen. Replacing them is a PA14 that I would have never dreamed of years ago...

PapaDave · 02-10-2017, 09:11 AM

I had read about kayak fishing about four years before my divorce, it looked like a cool adventure.

Once that mess cleared up stumble across another article about kayak fishing, which referenced this site, and decided to try it out.

Never looked back.

wiredantz · 02-10-2017, 11:40 AM

I got kicked out of Malibu Kayak sport fishing forum , for exposing white sea bass bites.

Found out about this site.... and stayed

jorluivil · 02-10-2017, 12:51 PM

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I was drunk one night online trying to find big women's legs.... Stupid auto correct brought me here��

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Were you also drunk the day you set the refinery on fire?

cell128 · 02-11-2017, 01:46 AM

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Were you also drunk the day you set the refinery on fire?

No sir... I swear I only had 2

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02-01-2017, 11:42 PM	#3
King Saba Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SGV Posts: 848	Googled "kayak fishing forums". Found bwe and recognized all the smelly sewer folk from YouTube on here. After that it's just been a fun learning experience always thinking of the next trip. __________________ Baitfish catcher extraordinaire

02-02-2017, 08:16 AM	#6
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,273	You might say..... I drifted in from the outer banks....after my second rebuild on my outboard couldn't find a woman to marry with an Evenrude...with no government funding and was peddling to get by I thought padding might be more fun....the rest is history in the makings...... __________________ Duke Mitchell

02-02-2017, 08:55 AM	#7
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	I was fishing an epic LJ squid tail bite w my buddy on our 20' Mako. We ended up whacking four biggies inc a five two. A yak dude goes by towed off towards the horizon screaming to his buddies "see you guys in a bit". I'm like, I gotta get me some of that action. __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"

02-10-2017, 09:11 AM	#10
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,473	I had read about kayak fishing about four years before my divorce, it looked like a cool adventure. Once that mess cleared up stumble across another article about kayak fishing, which referenced this site, and decided to try it out. Never looked back. __________________ So long and thanks for all the fish...

02-10-2017, 11:40 AM	#11
wiredantz Currently @ MLO Territory Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Under the Shadow Posts: 2,290	I got kicked out of Malibu Kayak sport fishing forum , for exposing white sea bass bites. Found out about this site.... and stayed __________________ Team: Disbanded You only have one chance in this life...make the right decision(s)...so you don't regret it

02-01-2017, 10:28 PM	#1
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	AND SO IT BEGINS How did you find out about BWE? __________________ www.facebook.com/Teamsewer

02-02-2017, 07:24 AM	#5
goldenglory18 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Seattle Area Posts: 861	When I found out I was relocating to LA for work, I asked around the AZ fishing forums and this was the #1 recommended place. You guys can be a tough crowd, but I'm really happy to be here.

02-10-2017, 01:13 AM	#8
cell128 lizard king Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Lakewood Posts: 520	I was drunk one night online trying to find big women's legs.... Stupid auto correct brought me here😣 Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

02-10-2017, 08:33 AM	#9
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	Been kayaking since the 70's - heck, back in those days people would point and stare as I paddled by - kayaks were a very unusual sight in those days, more associated with eskimos than anything else. In the 80's there were a few informal kayaking clubs here in San Diego. We would get together and paddle or fish out of our touring boats on weekends. I remember when the first rotomolded kayaks came out, and even though they were primitive by current standards, we saw great potential for fishing in them. I was heavily involved in signing up for Ed Gillett's Baja trips through his Southwest Kayak shop in the late 80's and early 90's. Great trips that were super inexpensive as you were expected to feed and transport yourself. God I miss those trips, and his shop. There used to be a great emphasis on expedition kayaking here, which no longer exists. Hell, I wouldn't even know where to go to find a good expedition kayak anymore... Plastic Navy came along next, and somewhere along the line I stopped kayaking for some years as I was doing other things. I'm sure an internet search lead me here when I got all hot and bothered about kayaking again. In the intervening years nearly everything I had known disappeared and faded away. Ed and Katie closed up their shop and Ed went into teaching high school, all my old paddling buddies moved away or quit paddling. My touring kayaks sit in the rafters of the garage waiting for that next Baja tour that may never happen. Replacing them is a PA14 that I would have never dreamed of years ago...