7/2/08 Update

I haven't had chance to fish for a couple weeks. We had a wedding for my youngest daughter, and then I had a nasty flu virus to get over. But finally back on thw water I found the fishing very slow even with ultra light tackle and finesse baits. So, I gave up just trying to catch fish and decided to go down swinging for a big one.  I put the FROG on, hoping to get one more fish ------ and to make it a big one. An approaching thunderstorm with clouds and rain helped the cause and in ten minutes this fish below charged out of the reeds & lily pads

to plunger the FROG.

Caught on 7/2/08

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6/17/08 Update

This bruiser bass surprised me by hitting in the middle of the day with very little cloud cover and no approaching thunderstorms that day --- which just goes to show that there is always hope and that the best time to fish is------ whenever you can! But as you can see behind me, the water is getting very low, and it's getting tougher to find good lily pads and other weedcover in deeper water.

Caught on 6/17/08

(Check out more recent big 'uns in Recent Kayak Fishing Catches)

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6/16/08 Update

We finally have started to get some afternoon thunderstorms with rain and lots of beautiful clouds. The cloud cover and fast dropping barometer is creating some some great feeding activity in the middle of the day. On the left below, this nice looking bass took a Banjo Minnow on a light rod with 6 lb test monofilament on the outer grass edge just in front of an approaching thunderstorm. And the bass on the right took that FROG in the lily pads just before dark. It was a really big hit and a teriffic battle on the FROG bass. Plenty of other nice size bass were hitting throughout the  cloudy day. 

Caught on 6/16/08

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5/13/08 Update

The constant high pressures, bright sunshine, and dry air finally gave way to some humiudity and cloud cover, but still no rain. But the improvement in weatherfronts was enough to catch this beauty. The fishing was fantastic on the St John's River & Lake George for a few days while the winds switched to the southwest as a front came through........... but "dry" again. The dry weather has caused quite a few brush fires in Florida. The sunshine has been so persistent that even smoke from nearby brushfires can block the sun and cause the fish to "turn on". Last year, on May 2nd, I caught a bigger bass over ten pounds on the FROG when a distant wildfire blocked the sun for a couple hours in the afternoon & dropped ashes on the water which excited the fish for awhile as they were interpreting the ashes as an insect hatch. I spent most of April fishing with a 5 weight flyrod because the "bite" was so lite with all of the high pressure. Two years ago in May I caught a 12 pound bass with the 5 weight fly rod and a small slider popper when we were also suffering with long term high pressure systems. If you can't get out on the few good weather fronts (cloudy, humid weather), fishing with finesse baits on fly rods or spinniunmg tackle will be fun, catch you a lot of fish and sometimes even a big one. This fish below came from that open pocket of water just behind me.

Caught by Capt Ken on May 10, 2008

(Check out more recent big 'uns in Recent Kayak Fishing Catches)

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4/11/08 Update

Can't seem to get back to the water. Too busy making FROGs for YOU. Also, we're working on the Fly rod version of the FROG to update it also. Seems a lot of folks are interested in it since it was seen on Dollar Wise Fly on Versus network.

We've lost our cloud cover for awhile anyway (big high pressuremoved in) and a surprise late season cold front will hit next week. I guess we'll have to get some work done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I caught another big fish right after this one but I didn't want to stop fishing to take a photo. A thunderstorm was approaching and the big fish were all moving at the same time. I lost a third big fish.

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Caught by Capt Ken on Mar. 22,2008

         This fish hit the FROG right next to the kayak, scaring the dickens out of me.It put up a wicked fight in heavy pads at close quarters. It wasn't raining for a change. I caught another big fish earlier bvt I didn't want to stop for a picture. Inset shows my new "best FROG friend".

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Both fish caught by Capt Ken on Mar 6,2008

See some more recent catches in Recent Kayak Fishing Catches

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