This will be known as the year that we discovered the potential of fishing from a kayak. Why it took so long to try I don't know, but the kayak has offered some tremendous opportunities for river fishing. My brother Brian deserves credit in advocating this method of traversing the water. The one among us least interested in fishing Brian does have a fondness for adventure, when it suits him, and had been pushing the idea of kayaking for some time. Like many things outdoors, the rest of us exploited it's ability to help us catch more fish. Austin, Greg and I spent many days from August through October fishing for bass in the New River and Greenbrier, with a couple of trips to Shanklin's Ferry. These small crafts have opened up possibilities that were otherwise too cumbersome or impossible to take advantage of. We all have personal pontoon boats so we are no strangers to the advantages of fishing from a small boat, but the kayaks offer a much stealthier, sleeker option that is both easier and faster to maneuver. A trip to Georgia is being planned in the spring to see what fishing adventures that state has to offer and the kayak is defiantly the vessel of choice for this excursion.
