BWE Amazing Kayak

[Baja_Traveler]

I've been kayaking almost 40 years now (Damn I feel old!) Been fishing out of them off and on for about 35 years. I guess I was part of the original kayak fishing crew, but I never really socialized much, and still don't. Heck - I've only got 62 posts since 2005! - and most of those have been in the past year...

I guess my PB would be a 40lb Yellowtail that took the jackpot on the very first Mother Ship trip out to San Clemente. That was quite a few years ago...

[min-va]

How did you all come upon the sport of kayak fishing?

Having a boat has been my dream since i was kid, but having a boat is not as easy as i thought after i started to making money... For some reason, did a lot of research online about fishing 3 years ago , and found out about Kayak fishing, and been dreaming about if i can do kayak fishing, had a lot of concerns, like will i get shark attack?? what will happen if i flip? and can i really handle this kind of sport....?? and about Aug of 2011, i decided i should just give it a try, so bought a kayak....from then, i enjoy every single trip, no matter it was a skunk or i caught my PB hali...and i really like to paddle......and really, is not that easy to flip as i thought
And this is the only thing that make me wake up at 4AM in the morning.

How did you find BWE?

Google search "kayak fishing form"


What is your PB off of your kayak?!

26" Halibut ??lbs

[StinkyMatt]

Wife and I went to Catalina for a romantic trip. I "accidentally" brought a rod.


We rented a tendem, she paddled in the front while I trolled a rapalla behind us. We got into 6 species of fish in 2 hours on 1 jig.

Years later after float tubing for a decade, Tim (tagyak) and I were in a canoe in NPH getting worked by bat rays. Saw some kayaks.

Thats all I think about now.


Kayak PB:

YT 19
Hali 21
WSB 43

[Jimmyz123]

Well back in 2003 some buddies of mine from another fishing wed site were getting Kayaks to fish from. I personally thought they were crazy. Then I kept hearing about Jim Sammons catching Marlin from kayaks and started seeing more out on the bay and ocean. Finally in 2009 a buddy picked one up and that got me thinking, why not. So my buddy sent me a link to a kayak that was listed here on BWE and that's how I found the web site, funny thing is I already had a hat that had BWE on it from the Fred Hall Show that I went to the year before. So Kayak fishing and BWE were kind of launched at the same time.

Personal best right now from a Kayak I would have to say is the Angel shark I caught this last weekend. Up until then I had caught plenty of bass, halibut, and other fish but nothing with the size and weight as the shark. This year I will be pulling some better fish over the side of he Kayak for sure. Pictures to follow.

[taggermike]

Kayak fishing was sort of a natural progression for me. I grew up here in SD and always fished with my dad; bay, kelpbeds off shore, mexico. I made a float tube out of a car tire, an old pair of levis, and some rope. I fished off a short board in Baja, off a long board, off a paddle board, off a POS little row boat, off a crazy Huckleberry Fin log raft thing to fish the little gravel quary lake when I was kid. A kayak was like a dream come true to me, and after all my other wierd water craft felt like a real, almost, boat. I got my first kayak about 14 years ago and havent looked back. East Coast, West Coast, SD, Orange county, Baja, Salton Sea. It's all good. I guess I had a quick lerning curve from surfing since I was 12, fishing since I was 3, being on the ocean my whole life, and paddling and fishing so many not too fishing friendly "boats". Mike

[wildwing621]

I got into kayaking when i was twelve got my own boat when I was 15...It was a much easier way to get to the fish then getting a boat. I love it tho its my life the past 7 years have been amazing wouldnt trade them for the world....


PB

Spotty-5 pound
Ray- Bat ray 150 pounds
Hali-24' 10 pounds

[wildwing621]

Oh and I heard about BWE due to the fact that hear at my work (La Jolla Sea Cave Kayaks) we use the boat launch cam everyday lol

[wildwing621]

not 24 feet 24"