Redfish in the Lower Florida Keys

by Randy Morrow | Apr 3, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Kraken, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing

The Lower Florida Keys have never been known as a hotspot for redfish, but some careful hunting in the right places can give you opportunities. I particularly like to fly fish for them since they are generally willing to respond to a well-presented fly. For reasons I...

Spending 26 days in the winter, covering Florida’s longest river, The St.Johns River.

by Bart Swab | Feb 23, 2019 | Coosa FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Subjects, Kraken, Outdoor Adventures, Trip Reports, Trips

Fifteen days into a twenty-six day kayak fishing trip and it was finally happening. A bite!  At first picking up a couple nice large mouth bass, then the stripers turned on.  Most fishermen know Lake George as a great bass fishing lake, with miles of...

Don’t Overlook Your Paddle

by Bill Schultz | Jan 17, 2019 | Fishing, Kraken

I’ve touched on this in the past, but after the kayak itself, the next big question relates to your paddle.  For years I have recommended buying the lightest, most expensive paddle you can afford.  Andrew Stern, Marketing Director for Bending Branches and...

Big Jim’s 2018

by jimrussell | Dec 16, 2018 | Fishing, Kraken, Video

I had a really fun year of diving!! I dove from my Kraken 13.5, from shore, from boats and was even lucky enough to do a mothership trip with Jameson Redding off my friends sailboat!! Below is a video of some of the highlights of the year…species featured...

November in Monterey County

by jimrussell | Dec 2, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Internationalisation, Kraken, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, United States

Blew off work on Saturday AM and headed down to the beach. Little bit of a shorebreak but was able to get out between sets. Nice and glassy once offshore, but very foggy…was very glad I had my Navionics GPS app to help keep me oriented. First area produced one...

Keeping a Log and Setting a Goal Can Be Fun

by Bill Schultz | Nov 22, 2018 | Fishing, Kraken

Like many of us, I got the bug as a kid fishing with my Dad.  But, things got busy after high school with college and life after college.  For me the bug bit again in 1991, and I’m so grateful it did.  Having kept a log during my swimming years at the...

Bring The Ling

by jimrussell | Nov 6, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, Kraken, United States

A new fishing and diving shop recently opened up on the Breakwater Pier in Monterey, and they put on a Lingcod Tournament with both hook and line and speargun categories. The conditions were pretty bad, but I paddled out in my Kraken anyway… All my usual holes...

Alligator Bellows: Side-Trip Down A Rabbit Hole

by Jean Wilson | Nov 5, 2018 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Kraken

Spending lots of time on the water kayak fishing lends itself to endless opportunities to observe and witness phenomena using all of the senses. As the seasons go by there is an unfolding of the life cycles of the fish I’m pursuing, along with the plants, insects and...

Early Season Teal

by Michael Ernst | Sep 15, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, Kraken, United States

This past weekend was the early teal and woodduck opener for Tennessee. I had done a lot of scouting and found a pretty decent population of birds in the back of a large cove with a creek coming in. But when I was scouting with my 14’ johnboat, I found that about half...

Spearfishing California Halibut

by jimrussell | Sep 5, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Internationalisation, Kraken, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, United States, Video

I have put in a LOT of time this year either diving off my Kraken, or just jumping in from shore, staring at sand looking for California Halibut. These fish are delicious, but can be frustrating to hunt as you can stare at miles of sand without seeing any, or you can...

Sharks and Squid!!!

by Andrew McIlhone | Aug 30, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, Ireland, Kraken

I was suppose to head as far south as possible last weekend to one of our Irish Kayak Angling meets….. tho the boss is expecting soon and I did not feel comfortable being around an 8+ hour drive away… A 2.5 hour drive up north sounded better...

Irish Kayak Angling Donegal Competition

by Andrew McIlhone | Aug 26, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, Ireland, Kraken

Throughout the year Irish kayak Angling club host around half a dozen competitions in Ireland, stretching the length and breadth of the country. The Donegal competitions each year on the Inishowen peninsula, Ireland’s most Northerly point is the one I personally look...