There just does not seem to be enough hours in the day to get to all the writing I need done and still have time to fish and get in my family time. I was recently signed to take over, or should I say re take over the Kayak Korner column in Pacific Coast Sportfishing magazine. This is a column I wrote for a few years, which was dropped by the magazine due to lack of supporting advertising, then started again several months later with a new writer. Well I guess that didn't work out so they asked me to take it back again. Because when this was presented to me, it was already behind deadline, I have in the past two months had to play catchup, writing four columns and one feature article. That may not sound like much but I have been on the road quite a bit, and in all honesty I am not the fastest writer in the world. I am way to easily distracted by things like fish reports, Ocean view web cams and fishing videos, throw Face Book in there and it is surprising I get anything done. Much of my other time is spent working on tip segments for the show and in the constant search for show sponsors and all that entails.
OK so there is my list of excuses for not blogging as often as I would like to. I know I am behind on the blog as I have not even given a report of our trip to Georgia and Florida yet. So in order it get somewhat caught up I am just going to do a photo report with captions and some comments to get you at least a little caught up on things. I will follow up with a report from our trip to Mazatlan soon, I hope.
Private Islands of Georgia "Eagle Island Lodge"
Our Cabin on Eagle Island, this place was first class.
We ate like kings, Having some Oysters here. Some raw, some cooked, many washed down but cold beverages.
Did I mention we ate well, how about some crab and shrimp
Maybe a few more Oysters
If it had only stayed this glassy all day.
Our Georgia friend Randy Vining
Yes we did actually fish, and I got to cruise around in the Torque
We even caught a few fish
After several days on Eagle Island we moved to a mother ship to hit some areas that most kayakers could not reach. The Captain Gabby, a converted shrimp boat was our home for the next three days.
Meeting Patrick the captain of The Gabby
Laoding our kayaks on the Gabby
loading made simple
My biggest Red from the trip
Show producer Ken Whiting pulling on a very big RAy
Ken with a small shark
Another Red for me
Another shark for Ken
Videographer extraordinaire Will Richardson, with the rest of us waiting for his direction
Our last morning in Georgia
After we left Georgia we headed to Jacksonville Florida for the JAX kayak fishing tournament. This was a great event with over 400 kayak anglers gathered in the name of charity. IT was another windy day but still an great event. I tied for 9th in the flounder division, not bad but I was beaten by a nine year old girl.
AT my SWANKY hotel in Jacksonville
I guess I have no photos of my fish but this is where I caught it
Hanging at the awards ceremony with our good friend Jeff Herman
Yeah that little girl standing on the table beat me.
I just don't have many photos from the event but a great time was had, and we have lots of good video from it.
Next Blog will cover out trip to Lake Mateos, El Salto and coastal Mazatlan.
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A San Diego, California native and certified fish and game licensed guide, Jim is recognized worldwide as a pioneer of big game kayak fishing. He owns and runs La Jolla Kayak Fishing guide service and works closely with Ocean Kayak on the development of new kayak designs and with Shimano on their growing kayak fishing line of products. With his trademark fedora and his numerous special appearances on a variety national fishing shows, Jim has become the most recognizable kayak angler in North America. But it's his infectious enthusiasm for the sport, his lively personality and his passion for sharing the sport with others which has made him the most popular kayak angler in the world, and an ideal host of The Kayak Fishing Show.
