Catchin' Air - Kayak Fishing for Tarpon

Captain Mike "KayakMike" Kogan of www.JaxKayakFishing.com catches Tarpon from his Malibu Extreme Kayak in Jacksonville Beach, FL.

Kayak: Malibu Extreme
Paddle: Accent Paddles Diamond Series
Camera: GoPro HD
Camera Mount: RadPole from Kayalu.com using RAM mounts
Rod: St. Croix Avid Inshore 7.5' Casting Heavy Power
Reel: Shimano Calcutta 400
Line: Tiger Braid 35lb
Rigging: Spider Hitch Knot to double the Braid, Uni-Uni Knot to 40lb Fluoro Leader, Double Surgeon's Knot to 80lb leader, Palomar Knot to Daiichi 14/0 Circle Bleeding Hook
Bait: Live Pogie (Menhaden)

Credits:
Starring: Tommy Tarpon and KayakMike
Executive Producer: Zsolt "Hitman" Takacs
Director: Ken "Gatortale" Harris
Key Grip: Robbie "BeerRobbie" Robertson
Stunt Coordinator: Zack "YakZak" Reynolds
Camera: GoPro
Editing: Mike Kogan

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• kayak
• fishing
• tarpon
• kayakfishing

[WPVid1]

Fine work Mike!  Good to finally meet you today.

[kayakmike213]

@WPVid1 Ditto Will someday we gotta go kayak fishing

[lyterkillsling]

epic



[surethingsfly]

This is insane! Best video so far for 2012, Nice set-up!

[YourFriendlyMe]

wow i wish i could hook up a tarpoon on a yak!!!nice video!!! btw do you think the 7'6'' medhvy spinning rod with a shimano 3000fj would be able to handle a fish like this?

[miguelpah]

Congrats!! What a nice fish!!!

[FloridaFisher1]

I love catching poons from my yak! Nice video man!

[wisyakman]

just awesome

[gbrown6283]

Wow!!!!!!