Tampa Bay 1-21
Gerald Mendez
School's been keeping me real busy lately but this morning I finally made some time and got out on the water! Pops and I tried the backwaters in UTB and scored! lol. We pulled in about half a dozen Snook, a bunch of school-sized Trout (one big one), and a couple Reds. I saw a couple of really nice Diablo kayaks out there on the water also.
Good luck and tightlines!
The HardCore Kayak Anglers Club is based around avid anglers that have chosen a kayak as their main method of fishing. The goal for this club is to have fun, catch fish, and become the best anglers possible ! Our main chapter is based in Pinellas County, FL. We also have a South Florida chapter and a chapter based in the U.K.
We help to preserve our local fishing resources through conservation, "catch and release", and re-nourishment/ clean-up efforts. We are very active in our fishing community. The club participates in many local tournaments and hosts a 6-event tournament series annually.
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2-Man Fish N_Munch!
Glenn Sellers
Today i get a text from daveyt asking if i wanted to go fishing. Well, we set up a time and we launched on the south shore of beautiful tampa bay around 12:30pm. I have never fished the particular area before and Daveyt was going to show me some spots. We made our way out to a small flat in between 2 islands with channels on either side. Not too long into the trip i get hooked up with a beautiful red.
i get to another spot and picked off 3 more within 15 casts or so. One fish was had 20 spots. My personal best spotted red.
So now i have 4 reds landed and daveyt still has his skunk on. I convinced him to throw on the same paddle tail i was using and boy did it pay off. Davey gets hooked up less than 15 minutes later on a nice red. Once the red was close to the boat he decided that he wanted to go and stay under the boat. A little coaxing and out he came into the hands of his master.
and the fish stache!
After daveys fish i picked up another small red.
So now we chased all the reds away so we decided to move. The next area was on the back side of an island where there were thousands of mullet. So we work the mullet groups one after another. Then the ladyfish showed up. Every cast it was lady after lady. Davey managed to pick a slot trout out of one group of mullet and found a flounder on a nice sandy area. Since the ladies were demolishing the paddle tails we decided to move. We headed out to the flats on the bay. As we get around the corner i pick up a decent trout!
Then shortly after a carolina skiff scoots across the flat and marine patrol pulls them over. This scared off all the mullet so the bite shut down for about a half hour or so. We found some thick grass and started picking off reds one after another. I told davey the technique i was using to skirt the paddle tail just above the grass and he picked off 3 in a row. We almost had a double, we were about a minute or so off.
So about now the sun is going down and we see what looks like a bird orgy in the bay we wanted to check it out and see what was feeding on the bait that the birds were feeding off of. Well at the same time there was a cruise ship coming down the channel and i tell davey that we better not be on the flat when the wake hits so i decide to go and see what the birds are up to and what they are eating, of course when i get there all the bait is gone and the birds are just chillin. so we decide to call it a day and head in.
As we were heading in the cruise ship wake hit the flat. We were in deep water and had 3 foot rollers so i imagine the wave was the same on the flat. We hit beef o bradys for some much deserved beers and food. What an awesome day on the water with an awesome friend. Thanks for getting me out of the house today bro. Total count for the day in 6 hours was 15 reds, 3 trout, 1 flounder, ass load of ladyfish, and 1 mullet
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KEEP IT HARDCORE!!
East Coast Monsters!
Nicky D
Nicky D
In one night we caught 23.5 feet of redfish. Drifting
through Haulover Canal. Snook and BullReds were crushing topwater when sun first
went down and I broke off on two snook right next to the boat. Artificial and
live bait...didn't matter! It seemed as if one of us was always hooked up. Had a
blast! Took out my buddies Jay in Hobie and Marc (his first kayak fishing trip
ever!) and we fished until our feet froze off around 1:30.
Friday the 13th gotta love it.
Friday the 13th gotta love it.
Vid From The Past!
Teach Him The Art Of Reeling And Cast
Adrian Correa
Adrian Correa
The Future!
Steve Gibson
My boy Jacob and I took a quick trip around the pond in our new Emotion tandem. He quickly surprised me and stood up and said he was going to find us some fish. He will be a future HardCore member for sure!
