On Friday, February 17, kayak anglers from around the country will descend on a little island in the Everglades. Now in its second year, the popular three-day weekend kayak fishing event is a joint venture of KayakFishingRadio.com and YakAngler.com. The get-together offers kayak anglers the opportunity to meet up and fish, and to share tips and techniques with like-minded individuals.

It all started months ago when it was suggested on the YakAngler.com forum that we should all get together for a fishing trip down to Florida.  Once the date was set it turned out that my kids had the following week off from school, and I had a family road trip on my hands.  Those of you that have traveled with kids know the hassles they can cause, and this was not going to be a few hour trip to Grandma’s house but a 20+ hour 1200 mile pilgrimage to Jacksonville Florida.

I’m not sure where to start this post – so many great things happened in such a short period of time that I’m still trying to process it all. My body aches from back to back dawn to dusk fishing/paddling trips, my hands hurt from catching so many fish, and my mind is befuddled by lack of sleep and eating….but who needs food and sleep when there’s fishing to be done?