[619812]

Here's a photo of Boston angler Marvin Tighe departing for a full day's fishing on Duxbury Bay during the early fall striper run. He's rigged with a tube and worm, which you can see dangling (the red tube) off the starboard gunwale.

Tighe uses a forward deck mount for his rod. His boat is 16' long, and has on the foredeck and aft deck two-foot square areas of cargo netting, under which he stores gear like his tackle box, spare lures, AM radio. Note also the hatches fore and aft.

Tighe's is a fast, long-range boat. He never paddles with a spray skirt, however.

His ****pit is long enough that exit and entry are easy to accomplish.

Are there any other longboat yak anglers out there? Or are Tighe and I the only ones?

 

[614347]

Count me in, in spirit Adam.

Four years ago I bought my kayak in a vacuum. There was only some pioneers on the left coast fishing from tupperware.

I am very large, and couldn't wear the Scupper Pro TW that everyone else had. I wanted OK, and SOT, but instead of Cabo, I bought Malibu II, reassuring myself with it's bouyant resale value. Now I've tricked it out to the point where it would be like giving up a mamber of the family.

Still like that Cabo!

Flounder

 

[619792]

Adam, I have been fishing from my 14' Wilderness Systems Manteo for several years now. It has been a great kayak. I had flush mounted rod holders behind the ****pit and bungies on the deck. I have recently sold that yak and I am going for a larger kayak in glass. I also fish the tube and worm in tight to the rock islands of Guilford and Madison, Ct. A dozen big worms = a dozen stripers. This past fall three stripers over 42" in less than 6' of water.

 

[619792]

saltwater magazine

Adam, I read your short story in the saltwater magazine. Interesting, however I don't like to see that many stripers taken for the $. We here in Ct do not have a commercial harvest of Stripers.

 

[619792]

release

Forgot to mention all fish released unharmed, except one per month for the table.

 

[616271]

Adam, what do you consider long. Lots of guys are fishing from Tarpon 160s down here.

On another note I've tried emailing you. Did you get my email? I need your help. I need kayak fishing pics especially fly fishing but also others. Much appreciated.

[email protected]

 

[619812]

Hey Jon

Jon,
yeah, I got your email today and wrote back. Next time I'm on the local library's T-1 line, faster than my home dial-up, I'll email a few pics your way.
Adam