Kayaks can put you in prime redfish territory
The slight wind carried a definitive chill, and the marsh was laden with early morning fog as the sun began to peek over the horizon. Though he would welcome the warmth of the rising sun, Justin Carter’s thoughts were elsewhere.
The fishing guide and kayaking pro had just slipped his kayak across a sandbar to enter an isolated pool back in a tidal creek. He eased into a slightly crouched position, gently but forcefully skewering his anchor pole into the sand. At the far end of the pool, a dark blotch of color that resembled a massive ink blob twitched just beneath the surface.
Carter reached behind him, removing one of the dozen rods he had pre-rigged. Whipping the rod forward in a long arc, the plastic bait bounced off the hard sand bank and landed at water’s edge without a ripple. Taking up slack, he began inching the bait into the darkness when the line went heavy. Carter arched back on the medium action rod, sinking the hook into the unseen fish’s mouth. Click here to read more on Winter is time to paddle
