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the event I dub the kayak fishing Super Bowl. Or camp out at August’s Kayak-
stock for the annual Elk Rockfish Fiesta. It’s three days of fishing, music and amazing food from the Great White Kayak Company and the toughest single contest going. Plastic Navy’s pro-style saltwa-
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ter bass action continues as their Tournament Trail takes on Dana Point’s feisty calicos in July before crossing the San Diego Bay finish line in October. And there’s more: year-long points contests from Big Waters Edge and NorCal Kayak Anglers, striped bass central at Bendo at Mendo, and on and on. On the serious side, as expect-
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ed the ocean king salmon season crashed and burned due to dis- mal returns on the Sacramento. In other news, the Marine Life Protection Act marches on. Te ambitious and controversial law that will close some 20 percent of state waters is nearly finished with north-central California. Relieved kayak anglers feel most of their scarce launch sites will escape clo- sure. Next up, the populous South- ern California stretch, where every rock is someone’s special place.
Pacific Northwest
natal streams to spawn. Wash- ington anglers will be hitting up various points and bays of Puget Sound for a shot at chinook and coho salmon. As fall approaches chum
salmon will be appearing. Oſten overlooked, chum salmon put up a bulldog fight and are great fun from the kayak. Tis year we’re seeing a lot of
the guys gearing up with down- riggers off their yaks. Downrig- gers have opened up a whole new dimension to kayak fishing in the region. Te sturgeon bite is also picking
up in the lower reaches of many northern Puget Sound rivers as well as the Columbia River. Fresh sand shrimp is the key to targeting these prehistoric looking beasts. Halibut action is also in full
swing at places further north such as the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia and Ketchikan, Alaska. Hit the deep-water gravel banks with whole horse herring or large jigs. When the tide kicks up, target the drop-offs at the edge of the kelp beds with cut plug herring for migrating chinook salmon. Over the last weekend in
August, CanadianKayakAnglers. com will be hosting the premier kayak fishing derby in the region. Tis event at Moutcha Bay sees hundreds of salmon to 30-plus pounds being caught with many of the top anglers in the region making the trek to the event. Jigging irons such as Zzinger Spinnows and Point Wilson Darts is the preferred method.
ALLEN SANSANO OPERATES NORTHWESTKAYAKANGLER. COM AND IS A MEMBER OF THE OCEAN KAYAK PRO STAFF.
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ummertime in the Pacific Northwest means the ocean
flattens and kayak anglers will be targeting lingcod and rock- fish at the many rocky pinnacles and kelp beds from Brookings, Oregon, up to Neah Bay, Wash- ington, and between at places such as Sunset Beach, Pacific City, and Tillamook Head. Some of the guys from NorthWestKay-
akAnglers.com have already been sneaking when the seas allow. Jig- ging irons and plastics has led to some outstanding catches. As summer progresses the runs of salmon are returning to their
46… KAYAK ANGLER summer/fall 2008 Great Lakes
LUCIAN GIZEL IS A MKF TEAM MEMBER, GREAT LAKES KAYAK FISHING GUIDE AND OCEAN KAYAK PRO STAFF MEM- BER BASED IN CANTON, MICHIGAN.
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he Big Fish Bash tourna- ment in Racine, Wisconsin,
runs from July 12 to July 20. Tis salmon and trout fishing tourna- ment on Lake Michigan, draws a large number of competitors for the powerboat division as well
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