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Native's Updates for 2011 Native is excited to announce some of the upgrades that they have made to the 2011 line up.   With upgrades being made to many of Native's kayak's I wanted to focus specifically on two of their fishing kayaks that had what I feel to be most important updates in the the Native lineup.   
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Kayak Live Well & Dry Box (Part 2) In part one I covered the basic construction of my dual purpose kayak dry box/livewell. There were certain features that I wanted to add to my livewell setup. 1. Dual water level to cater to different sized bait 2. Internal aerator pump to minimize noise 3. Dual pump speed 4. Easy pump priming when afloat 5. On/off switch to be easily reachable 6. Quiet overboard draining 7. Alternative power source if required 8. External battery charging point and 9. Ability to drain the tank when afloat.  
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Scotty Kayak Stabilizer 302 After talking to a friend about the Hobie Adventure Island, I got to wondering if any companies made after market stabilizers for any kayak.  Well after doing a bit of research I found that Scotty does infact make a universal stablizer kit that fits any canoe or kayak.   These easy to inflate inner bladders offer over 30 lbs. of extra buoyancy. 
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Drop Shot Basics Vol 1 So anyone who watches the Bass Master, FLW, or any other bass programs see people drop shot fishing and catching fish.  It has been around for awhile now, molding and shaping like all techniques into a bass catching mainstay. It is one of my personal favorites, I always have one rig tied onto my line at all time, here is how I work and use the drop shot rig.
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Kayak Live well & Dry Box (Part 1) For a couple of years now I’ve fancied having my own livewell on the kayak. I did have a half hearted attempt a year or so back with an old cool box, though that was deemed a failure in the very early stages. There’s another issue, just how often am I actually going to use the livewell, perhaps a dozen times a year at best I reckon. The last thing that I wanted to construct was something that was just going sit on a shelf in the garage taking up valuable space. However, if I could produce a lightweight box that was suitable for general kayak use as well as the occasional use as a livewell that would be good news.
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IFA Relocate Aug 28-29 Event Two months after the ongoing oil leakage from an offshore drilling rig owned by BP forced the cancellation of one event, the IFA Redfish Tour Presented by Cabela's and the IFA Kayak Tour Presented by Hobie Fishing announce a second modification to the Louisiana Division schedule. Slated for August 28-29, the final regular-season event for the Louisiana Division has been moved to Delacroix, La., amid concerns regarding host-site availability, lodging and other logistical necessities.
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Deep water re-entry practice If you ever plan to fish in water that’s deeper than you are tall, you’ll want to be comfortable re-entering your kayak in the event you fall out. The summer is a perfect time to give it a shot. Be sure to watch the entire video below!  
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Green Tackle Most kayak anglers I know are into conservation and stewardship just as much as they are with fishing. The news at night tells us about agencies prohibiting the use of lead splitshot and other small lead weights. Sometimes you just have to ask yourself, why use lead? A couple years ago, Micah Carrick asked himself that same question.
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Pentax Optio W90  Thinking about our past two photo contest and anticipating the next one got me thinking about purchasing a new water camera.   As I was searching the web I came across this new camera by Pentax which won outside Magazines 2010 Gear of the Year award.  This camera seems to be extremely rugged and does just about everything.  
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HitchSafe I was refered to this product by a friend and local kayak retail store owner Doug Davis.   Doug is an avid kayaker and his store sells a multitude of kayaks and kayak accessories.   He, especially during his white water excursions, understands the importance of stashing your keys and money in a safe and secure location.   This is a great product for us kayak anglers that want to stash your keys and other personals while your out there on the water kayak fishing.
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Kayak Fishing Radio Our great sport has really taken off in the past few years, there are a ton of great websites and magazines with answers to almost any question you might have.  Recently we had TV shows and videos dedicated to the sport of kayak fishing, but with all these media outlets what were we missing?  One of the oldest forms of entertainment radio… Kayak Fishing Radio to be exact.  

Chip Gibson or Treehugger as he’s known on the kayak fishing interwebs is the creator of Kayak Fishing Radio.  When Chip first mentioned wanting to put a radio show together about kayak fishing, I thought it was something our sport was lacking.  Kayak Fishing Radio recently went live for the first time last month so I thought we should talk to Chip now before he get too famous.  Here is how it went…
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Bullying the Bullies Step aside small fries, big lure coming through in the form of Storm's new ThunderBeastTM. Big lures catch big fish. Anglers will need to wear a back brace and dig their feet in; its time to reel in the Beast. The ThunderBeast was designed with big-fish-triggering characteristics. Its monster size doesn't take away from its nimbleness. Fish it in a variety of ways to wake lurking giants
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Latest Blog Posts

  • A Day Of Firsts

    A Day Of Firsts

    Last Friday some of the members of Kentucky Kayak Fishing planned a camping-fishing trip on the Cumberland River.  Every Kentucky state record trout has been caught on the Cumberland River; let’s just say I was excited.  I wasn’t able to head down Friday but met up with the group Saturday morning.  It would be the first time I got to meet our newest member Pam aka Yak Girl.  This would turn out to be a day of many firsts for me…





    Written on Monday, 30 August 2010 01:00
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  • Abadbackcast Behind The Music

    Abadbackcast Behind The Music

    Lately many of you have been reading articles written by Rob DeVore.  You might have asked yourself who is he, why does his stuff get published on YakAngler?  Well I consider Rob a very entertaining writer and a friend. I first started reading his blog about a year ago and have been hooked ever since. I figured it was time our readers got to know Rob aka abadbackcast a little better…





    Written on Saturday, 21 August 2010 06:38
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  • Sponsors Announced!

    Sponsors Announced!

    With the next YakAngler.com Photo Contest right around the corner we thought it would be a good time to give everyone a peak at some of the prizes. We have not finalized the details of our next photo contest the subject will be "Old buildings, bait shops, docks etc".  We will have rules and details soon!






    Written on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 01:00
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  • Day Two – Foggy start

    Day Two – Foggy start Our main target species for this trip was to be Tarpon, the big migratory fish show up this time of year, so this morning we were on the hunt for them. Kind of an eerie morning with some sea fog just out on the outer coast. We did see some big fish early, but they were hard to pattern as they would bust bait in one area then move on. They never really seemed to hang in one area to long. A bit later as the tide dropped some more, we came across an area that I would describe as a bowl. It was a deeper hole with water moving through it.





    Written on Thursday, 02 September 2010 05:00
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