| Many of us dream of sportfishing but how many of | | | | years.Trolling on a kayak is to glide silently through |
| us really have the means to pursue such an elitist | | | | the water in anticipation of "the bite." The lack of |
| sport? Here in Hawaii, the cost of chartering a boat | | | | any engine noise adds to the drama when the reel |
| for a day could easily run around $600-$900 and | | | | starts screaming and line starts to peel out from the |
| most will agree that owning a boat, even a relatively | | | | spool with the fish's initial strike and run. Then the |
| small one, is the proverbial "hole in the water."Over | | | | excitement takes on a whole new dimension as the |
| the last few years, a quiet version of sportfishing has | | | | light weight of the kayak allows the fish to tow it |
| evolved into a class almost unto itself, kayak fishing. | | | | through the water, a sensation one would never |
| Although kayak fishing may have been around for | | | | experience on even the smallest of conventional |
| years, the innovations and trophies being pursued | | | | fishing craft.It's been nearly two years since I started |
| these days have been turning heads in the fishing | | | | kayak fishing and I can't believe it took me so long |
| world along while attracting ranks of new paddling | | | | to give it a try. Having fished from boats and from |
| anglers!Take the "tupperware" kayaks that have long | | | | the shore, I really thought I'd "been there done that" |
| been the durable go-anywhere beach toys, rig some | | | | until I got my first big strike trolling a lure on a kayak. |
| rod holders, fish bags, and even fish finders and | | | | What turned out to be an eleven-pound trevally on |
| you've created a mean and lean fishing machine. With | | | | light tackle got me hooked on fishing like I'd never |
| a price tag of under $2,000 for a dream cruiser and | | | | been before. Soon, we moved up to larger tackle |
| some decent tackle to boot, kayak fishing could be | | | | and eventually began working much deeper water |
| the biggest thing to happen since Bertram Yachts | | | | for the pelagic trophies.Certainly, we'll never come |
| came out with the Deep-V!Propelled with nothing but | | | | back with a collection of fish to cover the dock like |
| a paddle, kayak anglers can often be found working | | | | many of our "bigger boat" counterparts, but when |
| the coastline far out enough to where they're | | | | fishing from a kayak one or two are really all you |
| boating pelagics like wahoo, dorado, sailfish, and even | | | | need as the memory of landing a bluewater tropy |
| marlin! It's a fishing combination that gives the angler | | | | from a kayak is more than enough to satisfy the |
| an opportunity to fight a fish like no other. The slow | | | | saltiest of us all.Richard Young is the creator of |
| trolling speeds required and relatively great stability of | | | | A lifelong native of Hawaii, Young is an avid beach |
| most of these fun kayaks make kayak fishing | | | | lover and has been involved in many of the ocean |
| something most can slide into pretty easily. You don't | | | | activities Hawaii has to offer. The sections on Kayak |
| have to be one of those macho-types associated | | | | fishing and Hawaii shore fishing are among the site's |
| with the tippy surfskis or one-man outrigger canoes | | | | most popular and offer a good overview of fishing in |
| that have exploded in popularity in recent | | | | Hawaii. |