As the year comes to a close, I decided to sit back and take a look at the year that was 2011.  The year really started in the last few months of 2010 for me when I really started to get involved in on-line fishing forums, especially YakAngler.com.   This led me to launch YakFish.net with the help of YakSushi Media in January. 

The Tampa Bay Chapter of Heroes on the Water held its first event this past Saturday at beautiful Fort Desoto Park, St Petersburg Florida. Our honored guest for the day was Don Floyd and his wife Donna. Don retired from the US Army in 1999. He saw one of our flyers at the VA and decided to give us a call. I’m sure glad he did. While this fishing was not all that great, I do believe our guests had a great time out on the water.

240 Kayak Fisherman from 9 different states converged on Norfolk Virginia this past weekend for the 7th annual Tidewater Kayak Anglers Association Kayak Fishing Tournament. The Kayak Fish for Charity event raised money for Heroes on the Water and Project Healing Waters, both charities help rehabilitate wounded warriors. Only one angler Conner Harrison came in with a SLAM to take home the grand prize a Hobie Kayaks Pro Angler.  See all the kayak fishing tournament finalists below.

This was taken from a post by Jim Dolan on the Heroes on the Water site, which he admints he took from another site....  Anyway check it out it's pretty funny!

The 3rd annual "Get:Outdoors & Fish" Kayak Fishing Tournament was held in Greensboro, NC on April 10th, 2010. This event is a benefit for Heroes on the Water, an organization that offers therapy to wounded soldiers through kayak fishing.

H.O.W (Heroes On the Water) was formed in 2007 and has served about 130 veterans, and is an arm of the Kayak Anglers Society of America. The program went national in June 2009, with events in Georgia, Virginia and Washington State.  H.O.W was developed to help physically and mentally wounded soldiers escape the stress of their combat experience and give them a chance to get away from the rigors of rehabilitation.