Drum Blitz from the Kayak *video*
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Category Archives: Blog – Fishing *video*
Kayaking out of the wind *video*
My brother and I linked up with Kitty Hawk Surf Company and Hobie Kayaks to help spread the stoke on these awesome kayaks. I will never use a paddle again, that is for sure! My buddy Chory and I headed out to a spot a little south to try to get out of the all this NE wind. The creeks are small here so it can only get but so bad. Well, it was still pretty windy but the Hobie made it super easy to navigate around and still fish while manuevering the kayak in the wind. We managed to catch plenty of small trout, a flounder, a sea mullet, a grey trout, a white perch, and a couple solid slot pups. Fun times! I threw together a little vid for you guys, check it out!
Bull Reds on Popping Corks *video*
We headed down to the Nuese River on 9/4/2013 with hopes of catching monster red drum on light tackle. We had no experience with the area, and really no idea where to fish. We got lucky and stumbled upon some fish working the top. We hung in the area all morning and it turned into one of the funnest mornings of fishing I have had in a long time! thanks for watching…..
Fathers Day Tradition – Offshore *video*
It is a Fathers Day tradition for Matt and I to spend the day fishing with our ole man. We were shooting for Sunday, but the weather ended up looking much better for Saturday. We got up at 0300 and headed for Rudee Inlet to hop on the “Fresh & Salt” and head offshore. We were greeted with some 4 foot chop on our ride out which made our 85 mile run to the 750 line due east of Oregon Inlet a lengthy one. We arrived to fishing grounds and set out our spread. It didn’t take long for all six rods go down at once. The line broke on one of the rods, but we did manage to get five tuna in the box. We picked at the mahi and managed one more single hookup on a yellowfin a little later in the morning which ended up being the biggest of the day. We knew we had a long ride home so we put her in the wind and started making our way back around 1300. After getting back to the dock and cleaning the fish, we headed over to Rudee’s restaurant to cheers a cold beer to another great Fathers Day in the books. Threw together a little clip as well, Enjoy! Photos by Matt Lusk
Cobia from the kayak! *video*
Matt and I packed up the kayaks and headed south in hopes of finding a cobia. My expectations were pretty low because the conditions were far from ideal, but Matt insisted we give it a go. We paddled out about 2 miles east of the boiler on pea island and started looking around. Matt went about half mile past where I started looking and after about 45 minutes of paddling around he came up on a ray. He made a few casts and pulled a few small cobia up to his yak. Both of them wouldn’t hit and disappeared soon after. About 30 minutes later Matt intercepted a school of 5 cobia. Once again they wouldn’t hit. He thought for sure his chances were over. Luckily, after another 30 minutes of paddling covering another mile or 2, he turned to see a pair swimming up behind him, one of which seemed to be significantly longer than any of the cobia he’d seen. He turned and pitched the bucktail to the cobia and BAM the bigger one hit! Quite an adrenaline rush. It was a long battle I would guess around 30 minutes long. He finally got it up to the kayak and that is where the fun began. It was an intense moment. We’d never done this before so had no idea what to expect. Matt swung the fish around and I sunk the gaff into his side. He did what cobia do, went ape s#$t. He flopped over my kayak and onto the other side. In between Matt and I bashing his tail all over the place I managed to get a knife stuck in my leg which was a reminder of how things can go south very quickly in that situation. Luckily it wasn’t too bad. We got the cobia onto Matts kayak and began the long paddle back. We were about 6 miles from where we started. All in all it was such an awesome experience and I am stoked for Matt and was even more stoked to be there! Here are some pics and a short clip of the battle!
