Articles by KayakFisherman
The Longing
First you imagine success. Then, if it matters enough, you learn in ways that help you achieve it. Too many times before Pete had followed me out to Montauk and either the conditions prevented our launch or he landed fish that, while entertaining, were fairly unremarkable. Pete...
With 2020 in our rearview and cold weather upon us, the heart and soul of Misfit Kayak Fishing was back out on the water in pursuit of the first stripers of 2021. Pete had spent a warm afternoon on the Housatonic River recently and landed over 50 bass. This was NOT that day
This was a 19-degree...
I consider myself fortunate in a lot of ways, not the least of which is that most recently I am able to pursue my favorite activity largely unaffected by closures and personal distance restrictions. (Misfit Kayak Fishing Team has proudly been socially distant for over a decade now 😉.) Anyway...
Tons of bait in J-Bay, like everywhere else. Had a great day on Thursday, so I went back Saturday. Like Thursday, I didn't fish the back bay by JFK, but I know there's bunker back there and I'm hopeful that the bass big enough to swallow a bunker (or shad) would be bigger than the schoolies I...
Been catching steadily during the top of the incoming at the bridge. Mostly 24-26 inches, but I managed a couple of keepers in the mix. Deep swimming plugs cast and retrieved (on the troll wasn't working as well).
I headed out last night later than I had hoped (overslept), but decided that it was a good idea anyway. Normally at the bridge I fished the incoming which means that the water is Flowing from east to west under the bridge. I'll work the west side so the current pulls me away from the pilings and...
"Back bays" and bridges are getting a little crowded out on Eastern L I, so I went to Ponquogue Bridge, hoping that some of the schoolies that everyone's getting in the bays and Quogue Canal had made it as far as the Bridge in Shinnecock Bay. Wasn't marking much at all and the only bass I caught...
Made a couple of trips north to catch some stripers in the Housatonic again. My buddy and I struggled just to catch. Only rats for us and not many. Interestingly - to make this a fishing report - last weekend on the Housey everyone who used soft white plastics seemed to suffer a sub-par day. I'm...
It used to be that I stowed away my kayak gear sometime in late November (or early December even) and even if I stuffed everything into a closet “rode hard and put up wet,” invariably in the spring I’d devote a week to gearing up again. The hardware, accessories and apparel all changed as my...