No, we're not talking a Walmart kayak. We're talking a full-sized, fully-outfitted 12' fishing kayak. All of this is by way of getting more photos for a kayak-fishing book I have coming out in 2017. Trust me, the kayak fishing community is huge, and growing and "catching fish from a kayak" isn't at all the same thing as full-blown kayak fishing. If you don't know, you just have to trust me on this. Trapper, I appreciate you worrying about my well-being, lol, but there's a whole big world of kayak fishing out there. I encourage everyone to look into it (not just so I sell books). It's a great way to access a lot of water that other boats can't navigate, yet the new kayaks are also plenty stable to be out on big water (Lake Ontario in my case) as well. Here's my last toothy critter in my fishing kayak. No blood. No lost fingers. lol.
I agree with trapper. I have caught many long nose gar in lower Champlain (Ticonderoga) while bass fishing, and even in my 20' bass boat, you can not stumble or make a mistake with those things. I remember the first one I accidently caught was on a jerkbait....man did the scales on that thing cut my arms up. They are fun for sure but need to be handled with extreme caution....and putting one between my legs in a kayak....yeah, no thanks.
