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Yakin’ for Reds with Sportsman TV

August 7, 2013
Fishing, Kayak Fishing, Multimedia, Saltwater, Video
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Back in June I had the privilege of filming an episode of Sportsman TV with host Greg Hackney that was focused on kayak fishing. Sportsman TV is a fishing show that airs locally on Cox Sports Television. I got the invite from Blake Gill of Massey’s Outfitters in New Orleans, one of our local Jackson Kayak dealers, who was generous enough to provide kayaks for both Greg and his cameraman/producer/jack-of-all-trades Jared Serigne. I’ve really enjoyed the new format the show has taken this year so helping them out was a no-brainer. Besides Blake and myself, Louisiana Sportsman’s kayak fishing guru Chris Holmes was also on hand.

Due to the presence of Tropical Storm Andrea in the Gulf, we decided the night before to head somewhere we could take cover from the relentless wind conditions we were experiencing.  As we got the launch that morning it was pretty evident that wind wasn’t going to be a factor, in fact it turned out to be a pretty awesome day. The only negative, for me at least, were the high tidal conditions we were experiencing.

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The water was high but we still had a really good day catching redfish. They were holding extremely tight to the grass. Greg picked up on that early on and wore ’em out. I think Greg really enjoyed his time in the kayak. It was his first time in one, but I’m pretty sure he outfished us all.

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I started the day off throwing topwater. I had a few throwback trout explode on my spook. One was right at the boat which was pretty cool to catch on camera. I picked up a couple reds later on and even ended up with a decent flounder to complete a slam.

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I’ve been holding on this report until the episode aired, which ended up being last week. I think Jared did an incredible job editing it all together, the episode came out really good. Anyway, check it out, let me know what y’all think:

Tarpon from a float tube

May 1, 2013
Fishing, Fly Fishing, Multimedia, Saltwater, Video
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River Monsters is a show that I like to watch at times, mainly because it is interesting to see the big fish the host catches and all the different places he gets to fish (lucky bastard). If you can make it through the insufferable build up in the first half of the show to get to the second half where he actually goes after the big fish, it is usually worth the watch. I just don’t understand why every fish needs to be portrayed as a killer in order to do a show on them, but that’s beside the point.

So in the most recent episode Jeremy Wade is searching for big fish in Nicaragua (it seems obvious early on that he’s looking for tarpon) and the locals tell him that he needs to go see the “white boy” because the “white boy” catches a bunch of tarpon. The “white boy” is actually a German by the name of Daniel Goz that fly fishes for tarpon from a float tube. I’m thinking, “Huh, I’ve seen this before, this is a lot like Tapam (which was a badass flick from the 2010 Fly Fishing Film Tour) gotta be the same guy from the movie”, and sure enough Daniel Goz is the behind Tapam, along with Jan Back Kristensen. For those that haven’t seen a trailer, here’s one:

 

So, anyone up for a trip to Nicaragua? Though I do feel like a kayak would be a better platform to fish tarpon from, but maybe I’m biased.