This is a repost of an earlier blog but it has been updated to include our most recent trips.
My wife was asking me the other night what fish we have caught while shooting Ocean Kayak presents The Kayak Fishing Show and Exofficio Presents Game On. I told her, "a lot", but it was just in my head I had never written it down. So it got me thinking about all the fish species we have been lucky enough to catch during our 2 years of kayak fishing and shooting Game On 1 and 2 and The Kayak Fishing Show. Anyway I sat down and made a list of the different fish we caught in different locations. I am sure I am missing some but here is my list along with a few photo.
Species caught During the shooting of The Kayak Fishing Show, Game On 1 and 2 by our crew.
Game On in Florida
Florida:
Speckled trout
Lady fish
Salt water Cat fish
Blue fish
Alaska:
Ling Cod kayak fishing in Alaska
China Rock fish
Black bass
Tiger rockfish
Quill back rockfish
Yelloweye rockfish
Canada
Pike in Canada
Pike
Small mouth bass
Large mouth bass
Chesapeake bay
Jim with a Red fish in Chesapeake bay
East Cape:
Matt and his jumping Striped Marlin
Snapper
pargo
humbolt squid
Amber Jack
Howards Blue Marlin
Blue Marlin
Dorado
Roosterfish
Hammerhead shark
Texas
Texas Redfish
Red fish
Speckled trout
Flounder
Panama
Jim Sammons and 120 pound yellowfin tuna
Roosterfish
Mangrove snapper
Cubera snapper
Rainbow Runner
Jack Crevalle
Blue Trevally
Paul and his Panama Snook
Snook
Pompano
Triggerfish
Greater Barracuda
Porcupine puffer
Black tip shark
White tip shark
Montana
Petawawa Canada
Cedros Island Baja Mexico
San Diego Bay
50 different species so far, and I am sure I am missing a few. With more great locations to come this list should continue to grow.
Of course we are still in search of more species and more great locations. If you have any ideas or suggestions on places you would like to see please let us know. We may even put you in the show. You can reach me at Jim@Kayak4Fish.com
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Our first movie; Exofficio Presents Kayak Fishing: Game On, premieres on WFN HD and WFN this Sunday, May 23 at 7:00 PM Eastern.
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.