Sixty two anglers woke up bright and early on November 19th, in eager anticipation of kayak fishing tournament number two in the Paddle-Fishing.com Tournament Series. “The Mystery Lure” has all anglers using the same exact lure or in this case “lures”. This year the Mystery Lure was sponsored by Culpirt Riptide. As each angler signed in, they were handed their lure bag, loaded with an amazing assortment of lures.

The results are in from the 2011 Calusa Blueway kayak fishing tournament. This marked the 6th kayak fishing tournament of the 10-day canoe and kayak festival along the Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail benefiting the Great Calusa Blueway and the Society for Ethical Ecotourism. Of the 44 registered kayak anglers only 10 were able to SLAM “catch a Redfish, Snook, and Seatrout”. Ben Homola of Fort Myers FL took first place with a total of 71.25” winning the grand prize a fully rigged Hobie Pro Angler.

In 2010, the Irishwaterdogs Invitational was born. A fundraising event for Wolfson Children’s Hospital, nearly 100 kayak anglers hit the waters around Jacksonville, FL, to fish the slam, win cash prizes, and hopefully take home new kayaks.  Registration for the 2011 Irishwaterdogs Invitational is now open.  Hoping to double last year's attendance, the Cleft Palate Center of Jacksonville will be this years fund raising recipient.

Forty Seven anglers showed up for the first tournament of the 2010-2011 season, hosted by Paddle-Fishing.com. This is the eighth season for the Tampa Bay based web site and the tournaments this year are designed to test the angler’s skills in many unique ways. The Catch – Photo – Release format has competitors trying to catch the largest inshore slam consisting of Snook, Redfish and Speckled Trout. The first tournament of the year, called "The Dynamic Duo" allowed each angler to only bring two lures of their choice. Two lures only, no more. Lose them and you might as well pack it up and go home. So choosing the right lure combo was key.

I found this video on one of our fellow YakAngler's abadbackcast's blog.  The combination of sick camera angles, great locations, and killer editing make this one of the better videos I've seen in a long time!  Check it out and check out Rob's blog "A Bad Backcast And Other Inane Musings" for more Inane Randomness.

While fishing the Lake Harding leg of the 2010 Kayak Fishing Trail, I met a very educated kayak angler by the name of Mark (aka "landingcrew").  He raved about these frogs and gave me a quick demonstration and I have to admit these things are pretty sick.  I've since been checking the local shops and web for something comparable and I have to say that I haven't found anything yet.  If you like to bass fish and love the excitement of seeing a hog just slam on a topwater bait, I think that you need to check these guys out.