Fishing Florida By Paddle

From Pensacola to Jacksonville to the Everglades, fishing by paddle craft in the Sunshine State offers seemingly endless journeys. Whether in the cypress dugouts of the Calusa, Dimock's wood-and-canvas tarpon fishing canoe or modern fiberglass and plastic, humans have been paddle fishing in Florida for thousands of years. Sprinkling colorful history throughout, author John Kumiski highlights the state's best paddle fishing destinations, both freshwater and saltwater, including the bass of Farm 13, the redfish and trout along the Big Bend Paddling Trail and the snook and tarpon of the Everglades. Learn the locales and what to do when you get there, including launch points, shuttles, rentals, tackle, techniques and more.

As far as Warren Richey knew, his life was on course. A reporter with a beautiful wife and talented son, Richey couldn’t imagine how it could be any better....Then his marriage falls apart and he can’t imagine how it could be any worse. The divorce leaves Richey questioning everything, while struggling to find a way forward. To get his bearings, he enters the first Ultimate Florida Challenge, an all-out twelve-hundred-mile kayak race around Florida. The UFC is less of a race than it is a dare or a threat. The thirty-day deadline sets a grueling, twenty-four-hour-a-day pace through shark- , alligator- , and even python-infested waters. But those twelve hundred miles are only a fraction of a journey that pulls Richey back to when he was embedded with troops in Iraq, reporting on missing children, and hiking the mountains of Montana with his son, and shows him where he went wrong, where he went right, and how to do it better the second time around. Warren Richey’s memoir Without a Paddle is a remarkable physical and emotional journey that cuts to the heart of what it means to be a man, a husband, and a father.

Captain Rob Modys approaches fishing the waters of Southwest Florida with science instead of luck. What I Know About Fishing Southwest Florida is the culmination of his many years, days and hours on the water searching for game fish along beaches, bays and those hidden places of Pine Island Sound, Matlacha Pass, Estero Bay and south through the Ten Thousand Islands. A Southwest Florida charter captain and avid fisherman, Modys would spend close to 300 days a year on the water. When he wasn't on the boat he was teaching students in structured weekly saltwater fishing classes for Collier County Schools Adult Education and Bass Pro Shops in Fort Myers. When he wasn't teaching he could be found speaking at seminars for the Florida Sportsman Fishing Expos and serving as faculty for the Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series.

Color illustrations of fish found in Florida with descriptions, size range and habitats, tastiness, game qualities, and the tackles, baits and fishing systems used to catch them.

Kayak fishing is one of the fastest growing sports in America thanks to its ease of use and the access it offers anglers to new and otherwise inaccessible waters, and this is the most comprehensive and valuable book about the sport, providing new kayak fi

Discusses the many paddling opportunities available in Florida, including the Florida Ciurcumnavigational Paddling Trail with information about the areas the trails go through and maps of the trails.

Kayak Fishing one of the fastest growing segments of boating and fishing is being fueled by a paddle. Kayak fishing, specifically. Florida Sportsman Editor Jeff Weakley traveled well beyond his local home waters of Florida researching the latest rigging and manufacturing techniques for this book and DVD.

Offers maps, descriptions of wildlife and scenery in Florida, a guide to fishing spots, and a list of rental services for novice and experienced paddlers.

The Florida Keys Paddling Atlas, a first of its kind detailed color atlas of the Florida Keys, from Key Largo to Key West, is specifically designed for paddlers, fly fishers, snorkelers, and other small craft water enthusiasts interested in shallow water exploration. Color charts for this atlas are fully annotated with key put-ins, take-outs, paddle friendly marinas, hidden waterways, bird watching, fishing spots, surf spots, and more. Other narrative information, including descriptive commentary, natural history, flora and fauna, and points of interest will be presented and referenced in order to guide water travelers on their own excursions and adventures.

A sea kayaker's version of the Appalachian Trail, the 1,515-mile Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail takes adventurers from Pensacola to Key West to the Georgia border. Every Florida coastal habitat type is featured, from barrier island dune systems to salt marsh to mangroves, as well as the Sunshine State's colorful history. This is the seventh printed guide for the trail, useful for short and long-distance paddlers alike. It includes information on launches, campsites, campgrounds, motels, points-of-interest, and the many public lands along the route. A trail data book, equipment list and trip tips and planning instructions are also included. Complementary color maps can be downloaded for free from www.floridagreenwaysandtrails.com. Included in this edition is information about alternate routes in the Panhandle and Keys.