Although I am mainly a fly angler, I do spinfish quite often in the kayak as a way of scouting fish and, well, just having a relaxing afternoon. This video was shot on just such a relaxing afternoon in late summer of 2006 in the Pine Island Sound backcountry.

A common question I get about this clip is, "What kind of crazy lure is that?" Well, it comes from my bass fishing days and was made right in one of my all time favortie places, Athens, GA. Still don't know what it is? I'll give you this one - the Zoom Horny Toad. Yes, that's right. Frog lures do catch tarpon. Not to mention snook, redfish, seatrout, sharks, cobia, etc, etc.

I also get a lot of comments about my bad job with the Boga Grip. Admittedly, I am not the most graceful with the fish landing device, but most of my bad "boga-ing" here is on purpose. Baby tarpon have a tremendous amount of force when they shake their heads and if they do this with their jaws locked down in a Boga Grip, their neck muscles can be easily damaged. These are the musces that operate their gills, and undue strain can sometimes result in a fatal injury. The fish may swim away, but can die later. With my drag locked down to keep the fish in frame (and out of the bushes) I got him to the boat pretty green. After I latch on to him with the Boga, if he goes for a head shake, I simply release him from keeping him from doing harm to himself. You just hope he doesn't hit the camera!

I have also had a lot of people ask me where I got the awesome music. The song is "Only Road" by Art Linton. You can get it on his "Enemy Lines" CD. A big thank you to Art for letting my use this song in my video! You can find out more about Art's music by visiting his page on www.myspace.com/artlinton

The music from this video is "Only Road"
from the "Enemy Lines" cd by Art Linton.

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