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I am glad to be here and look forward to participating with you.
My reports will not be huge or drawn out unless I do something out of the ordinary.
My reports are pretty basic. Business's and websites to run and a family to take care of leaves me with my own time limits I spend on the internet anymore.
If you have any questions I'll be glad to put in my 2 cents, but other then that I stay clear of a lot of the " how do I and what do you think" threads in the kayak forum.
Kayak fishing and rigging is all about what works for you. What makes you comfortable.
I can't re-invent the wheel. There are tons of kayak info, videos, and websites out there.
I got into this sport towards the end of 2007 after Wilderness sent me a couple yaks as a sponsorship, when I still had a local fishing show.
I tried them out and realized this was awesome and I loved it.
Ric Burnley had been pushing me for years to try it--knowing I would probably fall for it. He was right.
I've chased fished from the planks of Sandbridge to Avon, fished the surf from Carova to Ocracoke and caught many a fish from the different fleets on the Outer Banks. I've shot underwater video in some precarious situations in depths exceeding one mile. I know no fear of the water, but I have alot of respect for it and what's in it.
This was a natural progression for me, as this has been some of the hardest fishing I've done.
After 6 months of picking up a paddle I started guiding. I had already chased fish all over the Banks in many different arenas, with the area's best fishermen and now I just needed to apply those skills to the plastic.
Within 14 months of picking up a paddle I organized the first East Coast Gulf Stream mothershipping adventure.
Myself, Ric Burnley, and several others split up between 2 boats and headed out into the deep blue.
We had a few people who had never kayaked or fished before with us and everyone caught that day. It was awesome.
This gained me a few local, regional, and national articles and even a nod from the a hardcore kayak inventor, Jim Sammons.
Since then I've done this quite a few times.
In 2010, I spent over 100 days in Diamond Shoals perfecting my hardcore skills.
I put down citation drum, cobia, and a ton of other fish that year in one of the East Coast's most hostile enviroments. I punched out on days when most wouldn't have launched the sound--and I caught a lot of fish.
In the winter of 2011, I tore my Achilles tendon twice in a 90 day period. The resulting time spent on crutches lead to me herniating a disc in my neck, which was a huge nail in my physical coffin for the year.
I ran 2 guides last year.
By the fall of last year I hit the gym and began to train for 2012 and I am happy to report that I am back in the saddle in full force.
I've already run close to 75 people this year and I've lost that many and then some to the harshest summer weather I can remember in almost 12 years of living on the Banks.
My books look good through October, so I hope to get most of them out.
That's it..not much more for me to say.
I am glad to be here and I hope I can help.
My reports will not be huge or drawn out unless I do something out of the ordinary.
My reports are pretty basic. Business's and websites to run and a family to take care of leaves me with my own time limits I spend on the internet anymore.
If you have any questions I'll be glad to put in my 2 cents, but other then that I stay clear of a lot of the " how do I and what do you think" threads in the kayak forum.
Kayak fishing and rigging is all about what works for you. What makes you comfortable.
I can't re-invent the wheel. There are tons of kayak info, videos, and websites out there.
I got into this sport towards the end of 2007 after Wilderness sent me a couple yaks as a sponsorship, when I still had a local fishing show.
I tried them out and realized this was awesome and I loved it.
Ric Burnley had been pushing me for years to try it--knowing I would probably fall for it. He was right.
I've chased fished from the planks of Sandbridge to Avon, fished the surf from Carova to Ocracoke and caught many a fish from the different fleets on the Outer Banks. I've shot underwater video in some precarious situations in depths exceeding one mile. I know no fear of the water, but I have alot of respect for it and what's in it.
This was a natural progression for me, as this has been some of the hardest fishing I've done.
After 6 months of picking up a paddle I started guiding. I had already chased fish all over the Banks in many different arenas, with the area's best fishermen and now I just needed to apply those skills to the plastic.
Within 14 months of picking up a paddle I organized the first East Coast Gulf Stream mothershipping adventure.
Myself, Ric Burnley, and several others split up between 2 boats and headed out into the deep blue.
We had a few people who had never kayaked or fished before with us and everyone caught that day. It was awesome.
This gained me a few local, regional, and national articles and even a nod from the a hardcore kayak inventor, Jim Sammons.
Since then I've done this quite a few times.
In 2010, I spent over 100 days in Diamond Shoals perfecting my hardcore skills.
I put down citation drum, cobia, and a ton of other fish that year in one of the East Coast's most hostile enviroments. I punched out on days when most wouldn't have launched the sound--and I caught a lot of fish.
In the winter of 2011, I tore my Achilles tendon twice in a 90 day period. The resulting time spent on crutches lead to me herniating a disc in my neck, which was a huge nail in my physical coffin for the year.
I ran 2 guides last year.
By the fall of last year I hit the gym and began to train for 2012 and I am happy to report that I am back in the saddle in full force.
I've already run close to 75 people this year and I've lost that many and then some to the harshest summer weather I can remember in almost 12 years of living on the Banks.
My books look good through October, so I hope to get most of them out.
That's it..not much more for me to say.
I am glad to be here and I hope I can help.