Reader Reports

Boy/Ling/Man
Friday, 09 January 2015
Kristopher Morales is one of kayak fishing's "New Breed." Practically raised in kayak fishing, he's also embraced free diving and is a dedicated kayak spearo. When he finally gets old enough to drive, we will be hearing a lot more...

Portugal Corviva
Sunday, 02 November 2014
It was middle of May and historically, the big ones arrive in the river at this time. My bells started to ring and my biological alarm clock was fired up like crazy. It's time to go fishing for the trophy! I started to call to my friends...

Virginia Musky
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Josh "The Wolfman" Dolin checks in with this fine Musky caught in Virginia this week. "I landed this 42 inch, 25 pound beast of a musky from the New River near Blacksburg, Va. She took a live 10" hatchery Rainbow Trout I was free lining...

Tiger Tiger, Burning Bright
Thursday, 31 October 2013
If you caught a fish this pretty, would you eat it? Northern California kayak fisherman Gary Charles used a chrome jig to fool this Tiger Rockfish in 80 feet of water off the Sonoma Coast this October. Tigers are rarely seen in...

Reader Report: That Fish is Crazy
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Dudi Wittwer sent us this picture from the Oregon Coast. Check out how much air that salmon is getting. "Roy and I went to the Myrtle Tree area on the Coos River to fish for salmon as I have not had the opportunity to fish there. Right off...

Mega-Striper
Monday, 23 September 2013
Werner Paddles and Hobie Pro Staff member Tom Fucini took his Revolution 13 out near the Connecticut coast at Long Island Sound the second week of September to chase some huge stripers. Here’s Tom’s story of what proved to be an epic...

Reader Report: Baton Rouge Specks
Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Justin Speed checks in this week with a reader report from Baton Rouge. Well done Justin! "Left Baton Rouge, LA at 4AM and headed Southwest to Calcascieu Lake with a couple kayak fishing buddies of mine. We made it to Hog Island gully just...

Reader Report: OctoBait
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
James Pratt from CA checked in with this reader report. I don't know what is scarier, the fish's head or the OctoBait. "HMB was like peddling on a lake. Tony hooked into this fat 28" lingcod using the adventureswest.net mini OctoBait. This...

Reader Report: Beverly Harbor
Saturday, 17 August 2013
Reader Matthew Zimmermann sent this picture as well as a short report about a good striper fishing day he had on August 12. "I have been absolutely killing it in Beverly Harbor this past week. Fishing off of my new Jackson...

Foray on the Fourth-Texas Shark
Sunday, 28 July 2013
The day before Independence Day I set out for a four-day kayak-fishing excursion to the Texas coast. I would end up pushing my limits to the max, having a brush with death, and catching some amazing fish in the process. This was an...

Trinidad Salmon Action
Tuesday, 09 July 2013
It's King Salmon season in Northern California right now, and the boys are capitalizing on huge schools of big fish from San Francisco to Eureka. Doug Kaber recentlu got some great footage on the GoPro. Enjoy (and eat your...

Reader Reports July 8, 2013, Bending Branches Schwag
Monday, 08 July 2013
Chris and Heather Judkins sent us this report from their weekend. Nice fish, nice action shot, nice report, and nice husband and wife effort! Chris and Heather have been selected as the winner of the Bending Branches hat/shirt/sticker...

Barracouta Goes Airborn Stealing Bait Next to the Kayak
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
KFM followed up with Bam Blaikie about his recent encounter with a Barracouta. "I was fishing out from Makara on Wellington's west coast (New Zealand). Sitting in around 30metres of water I had a whole pilchard out straylining for...

Reader Reports June 25, 2013
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Reader Fil Martinez from WA starts out this week's reader reports with a nice Rainbow Trout. Fil reports. "Picked up this 22 inch Rainbow at lake Sylvia yesterday (6-23) morning. t was drizzly when I got there and there...