Welcome to my new kayak fishing blog! It'll be a mixture of things...kayak fishing tips, reviews, tactics, gear discussion, fishing reports and other fun stuff from my fishing headquarters here in Salem County New Jersey. I hope you'll check in regularly as I hope to keep updating it with new info for anyone with an interest in fishing. While this blog will center around kayak fishing, any angler will enjoy it as I'm going to keep it well rounded as I fish both fresh and saltwater, kayak fish and powerboat fish and also do some surf fishing. There are three forms of fishing I don't do however. Fly fishing, ice fishing and off shore fishing. I plan on learning fly fishing one of these days, just haven't had the time. Ice fishing.... not for me! I hate winter! I use the winter to catch up on all the things my wife wants me to do around the house but didn't because I was on the water too much. And as far as off shore.... I don't have the funds or a boat big enough to get me there. Other than that I fish for anything I can... anywhere I can.

So this year I upgraded my kayak to a NuCanoe Frontier. This is an amazing boat. It's a hybrid kayak that mixes the best features of a sit on top kayak, jon boat, and canoe. It's crazy stable. I've had it in pretty rough water and it handled great. It's designed for standing. This is something I've wanted to do for some time. The ability to stand makes for more accurate casting. It also allows you to sight fish and keeps you fishing longer since you can move around and stretch. The Freedom track system allows you to put anything where you want. You can have 1 or 2 seats, rod holders wherever you want and endless amounts of setups depending on what type of fishing you are doing. I'll go over my setup in my next post. The only downsides are that it is heavy and slow. The weight doesn't bother me as I don't car top. I use my pick up truck bed. And the speed is only an issue on big bodies of water and even then all you have to do is put a trolling motor on the stern. The Frontier's flat stern allows for a trolling motor or even a gas motor! This gives you significantly more range if you need it. And you can always paddle when you get where you want to go. My next post will go over my setup and talk about what it's like fishing from my rig. Then we'll start recapping the season... which isn't over yet thankfully!