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I called Kevin and we made plans to head out for a lesson in sight casting Stripers. We paddled to the hunting grounds and began looking into the murky water. Kevin quickly stands up but I am still not confident enough to stand and fish out of my Tarpon 140. I decide I am going to buy a Wilderness Systems Ride 135 at that moment so I can hunt and not be led to fish.  Soon Justin and I see Kevin Trade his paddle for his rod. He fires a couple times, he hooks up. Justin and I…

Stoked to be invited to join the Wildy Pro Staff...

http://www.wildernesssystems.com/pages/index/angling/fishing_team/george_stevens

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Look forward to contributing(by way of south Texas) to a company that produces best fishing kayaks made...Been fishing a Wildy since I was first introduced to yak fishing years ago...Had a good evening...Including my PB redfish…

Did I mention they are FREE!!!! Regional Challenge

This is another week leading up to a week off with the Marines so I had to make the best of it. I was watching the forcast and it looked beautiful for both my days off. I picked up my new Ride 135 the week before and had it rigged for sight casting so I was ready to slime her for the first time! I met up with Kevin late on the first day. The light was fading and we hadn’t found any fish. The Ride 135 was much more stable than I thought and made standing and casting an easy task. Kevin…

Follow our blog and GPS track in real time during our 2012 Devils River trip, on this trip are Juan Verueta  with Kayak Fish Pa llc, Ray Benash (Rbenash on KBF) and River Smallies, Tom Cadwalder and Brent Schnupp  (schnuppdagwg1 KBF).

Team Devils River Blog…

Three fellow kayak anglers and I are headed to the Devil's river in Texas to do a four day fishing float trip down this remote river in the middle of the south west Texas desert. Follow us cross country, into the desert and down the Devil's through our blog.…

I received a text from a buddy who said I should be fishing the Eastern Shore VA, so I loaded up with hopes of big Reds. I have been through this before and knew when in search of big fish the payoff can takes weeks or even years before you get your trophy. I know the fisheries in TX and LA can produce lots of fish on any given day but in Virginia they grow few and large.

I went out to the shoals a popular spot for targeting the big boys and began fishing with blue crab but didn’t…

  i would like to welcome and congratulate the two newest members of the Wilderness Systems Pro Staff here in texas.





first of all, long time TKFer and one of the coolest dudes i ever fished and paddled with.....george "kingz" stevens is coming on board and we are all looking forward to his contribution to the pro staff. his reputation speaks for itself and his kayak fishing bio reads like a novel.



he comes out to all the beach clean ups and…

Here is a video I pieced together from our paddle on the Red Deer River... we tried to paddle upstream but the current was pretty strong. Think we ended up making it maybe 300 meters... But we had fun and got to try out the new boat and some of the cool new items from sponsors.

Give it a look..

And yes I know I used the same music as my rigging video but it just fit!!

Enjoy...

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Here in Virginia the water is still mid 50s but I needed to make it a point to get out and work on my stand up fishing skills. I passed up a day of fishing to make sure I was prepared for the spring fisheries rapidly approaching. I own two boats, a Tarpon 100 and a Tarpon 140, each boat excels in…

I went back out for some Tautog/ blackfish. The forecast was temps to 75 and nearly no wind. Well that was off... On the way out the cool wind was in my face, the fog bank bluring out everything but the front of my boat, and the sound of fog horns in my hears I knew I was in Virginia. I ended up…

 killer day out on the ultra shallow flats of redfish bay today. had an epic paddle out to my favorite camping spot and caught a few fish on the way. we paddled out to the camp and chilled for a while, had a snack, then enjoyed a perfect conditions for the ride home....

 the Stoker Shrimp Tail is a new lure on the scene created by my buddy Henry Stokes for dealing with the snags associated with fishing in and around the seagrasses of the laguna madre bay…

I had been fishing hard for my citation speckled trout the past few weeks so I need a change. I had been watching the reports and they weren’t coming back favorable but I had to change the scenery. The water temps had been spiking to around 50 so I knew it should be on.  Lee Williams called me up and told me where I could get some Fiddler and live Blue Crabs and I was off. On a side note most places should be carrying Fiddlers by this weekend. I began by trying to find the depth the fish…

I was invited by the REI Willowbrook store in northwest Houston to present my Introduction to Kayak Fishing seminar last Saturday. We had a packed house. I usually plan on an hour to an hour and a half for this presentation but we had so many good questions on everything from safety to clothing to tackle that I was there for 3 hrs. It was an excellent seminar from my perspective. I always have so much fun doing this seminar because people have such a curiosity about fishing from a kayak. I…

 did a presentation for the PACK club (paddling anglers in canoes and kayaks) in houston, tx this week. it is always a pleasure to visit with these guys. very active club with lots of members with so many stories we could sit around and talk for days.

 i did a three part presentation on kayak fishing redfish bay here in texas, the devil's river in west texas, and a portion on the freshwater rivers of the everglades. had a great response from the crowd hopefully…

I had been chasing my citation speckled trout (24") all spring. A Citation is an award you win from the state that certifies you caught a trophy fish. I typically attempt to go for release citations, only requiring a photo of the fish on a measuring device, then the fish may be released. I had been on fish…

Weather: 82 and sunny with a 5-10 mph intermittent wind

Water: clear and 69

Lures and Techniques: Green Pumpkin Senkos, Texas rigged and waky style, and 1/2 ounce hand tied green pumpkin-watermelon E-jigs

It amazes me how quickly seasons can change.  A few weeks ago we…

I picked up a new Ride 115 from Appomattox River Company the other day and headed over to Yakattack's shop to do a little rigging. I was really looking forward to tossing ideas back and forth with Luther - when you get two gear heads together you never know what you will come up with. Being that I mostly fish rivers I didn't want to do a bunch of rigging just for the sake of rigging. The last thing I need is a bunch of…

Fished the first SKA tournament of the year at Stone Mountain Lake this Saturday March 17 . We had beautiful weather for the event, water temperature jumped ten degrees in a week because of the warm weather we are having here in Georgia. This was the first event of the year so I was trying to get a good start. To make a long story short it worked out fishing was tough myself and one other guy had a five fish limit. I ended up taking second place and had big fish of the tournament to come…