Changed It Up A Bit

by Steve Gibson | Mar 26, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Freshwater, United States

This past weekend I changed it up a bit from the normal saltwater species I target. A good friend of mine James aka”Crappie Slayer” spends most of the winter months targeting Crappie. He talked me into loading up the kayaks amd heading out to Lake Manatee...

2014 Adventure Fishing World Championship Flamigo,FL

by Steve Gibson | Feb 28, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, JK Team Posts, Saltwater Fishing, United States

The AWFC, is not your average fishing tournament. It’s an endurance/fishing tournament that will test your mind and body. To some it up quickly, your team of 2 anglers is given a map at the start of the event. All 50 teams open the map at the same time. No one gets to...

Boondoggle !

by Steve Gibson | Feb 27, 2013 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing

My son and I hit the road Saturday morning to head over to Merritt Island Florida to attend the Boondoggle. We arrived early and set up camp and then walked around a bit to meet some new faces. It was great to put FaceBook names with faces. Shortly after we hit the...

River Snook and a hungry Gator

by Steve Gibson | Feb 25, 2013 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Saltwater Fishing

Decided to get out on the Myakka River in Venice Florida. The goal was to get on some of the Snook that venture up into the river when the water temperature drops. It was a tough day on the river. Wasn’t much happening. Rick caught the only Snook of the day...

Big Red’s in Merrritt Island Florida

by Steve Gibson | Feb 24, 2013 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Saltwater Fishing

Decided to start the year off with a fishing trip over to the east coast. Met up with a friend of mine that was in town from Washington State. We left at 2am and made it to the launch location just before sunrise. The fishing started off really slow with artificial...

Hardcore kayak Anglers Club Event #3

by Steve Gibson | Sep 19, 2012 | Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Fly Fishing, jacksonkayak.com, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Tournaments

On Saturday Sept 15, the hckaclub.com held their 3rd kayak fishing tournament of season. The event was held out of Economy Tackle/Dolphin Dive in Sarasota Florida. Over 30 anglers showed up to fish the event. The fishing was excellent. I caught 4 Slams before 9 am. My...

First Outing in the Big Tuna

by Steve Gibson | Jul 1, 2012 | Big Tuna, Fishing

Good times with my son on our first outing in the Big Tuna. We were on our way to break in the Big Tuna with some Redfish but Mother Nature decided that she didn’t want to cooperate with us and sent us some high winds on this day. Shortly after switching gears I...

Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Classic 2012

by Steve Gibson | May 19, 2012 | Big Tuna, Coosa, Cuda, Events, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Fishing Tournament, Fly Fishing, Tournaments

On May 11, I loaded up the Jackson Cuda and headed north to Jacksonville, Florida to fish the 9th annual Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Classic. This was my third time attending this event. This event brings in close to 400 kayak anglers each year. The captain’s meeting...