I touched on this a little bit in the first post, but some
of the main reasons that I kayak fish are environmental reasons. Kayak fishing is so much “cleaner” than
fishing from a boat. It also puts you
closer to nature at the same time. When
you kayak fish, you really get to be a part of the natural world, and
experience it like it was meant to be experienced.
To me, there might not be anything more beautiful than
watching the sun just beginning to peek up through some cypress trees that line
to bank of small spring fed river, and there definitely is not anything more
peaceful. I grew up fishing many of
these crystal clear spring fed rivers in and around the Texas Hill Country, and
they do hold a special place in my heart.
They are not something you can experience in a bass boat, and are best
experienced from a kayak. Jackson Kayak
makes a perfect vessel to fish these waters, the Coosa. You need a kayak that can turn on a dime,
handle small rapids, and is stable enough to fish from, and the Coosa provides
just that.
When fishing these rivers from a kayak, you do not have to
worry about the emissions from your boat, or the decreased gas mileage
associated with towing your boat. This
helps to keep the air clean so all you smell, and more importantly what you
breathe is the clean, clear, morning air.
At the same time that you are not polluting the air, you are also not
kicking up a giant wake that slams into and erodes the shoreline much quicker
that it would naturally. Thus you are preserving
the lake or river for the enjoyment of future generations.
Kayak fishing tournaments are also much more environmentally
friendly. There is much less damage and
harassment on the fish population in a kayak tournament than in a boat
tournament. How is this possible when
there are just as many (or sometimes more) anglers in a kayak tournament as a
power boat tournament? Simple, kayak
fishing tournaments are CPR tournaments.
A CPR tournament is a “Catch, Photo, Release,” tournament. Meaning, you do not keep the fish in the
live-well for hours at a time, what you do when you catch the bass is land it,
pull out your measuring device, take a picture or two of the fish to show the
length, and immediately release the fish back into the water. This is especially important during the
spawn, when the bass are guarding the nests or balls of fry. You are also not releasing the fish back into
some other location on the body of water.
You are putting the fish right back into her natural habitat, reducing train
and stress, and increasing survival rates.
As far as I know, there really is not greener or more
natural way to fish.
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