CHATTER


Spotted trout, Perdido Bay, Fla. ANGLER: JOHN VISKUP // PHOTO: JACKIE BRUCHMAN


Porgies or pogies?


Where did you find this guy Eric Harrison? From reading his article in the Summer/Fall 2008 issue (“Local Knowledge: Northeast”), I came to the conclusion that he knows S**T! Porgies are not filter feeders, they’ll hit a bare hook if offered. His info is false, the striper run of 2007 south of Boston was the best in years. In a previous issue he mentioned a “Mystic County” in Connecticut. Tere is no such place! Steve Komarinetz Uncasville , Conn.


Eric Harrison replies: Te article did not ad- dress porgies, but pogies, which is the local name in New England for menhaden. While parts of New England did have a good


fall run, I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone who fished around the region who would characterize 2007 as one of the best in years. In fact there were many threads on re- gional discussion boards describing the fall run as slow and in some areas nonexistent. You are also correct that there is no Mystic


County in Connecticut, but I didn’t have any references to Mystic in my Spring 2008 article. Te article referred to New Haven, Conn.


Get a-hold of your hat


I just received my first issue. Great magazine. Well done! I will be letting all of my kayak buddies know about your magazine so hope- fully they will subscribe as well. I can’t wait for the next one! By the way, did the hats come in yet? I am dying to wear it out on the water! Bill Sikora Palm City, Fla.


Kayak Angler microfiber quick-dry hats are available to Kayak Angler Fishing Club mem-


10 … KAYAK ANGLER spring 2009 Saltwater solitude addiction


Here is a photo of me and one of the fish I’ve caught in Pensacola. My friend Matt and I both bought kayaks this April aſter moving to Pensacola for flight school and spend our free time paddling around searching for reds, trout, ladyfish, mackerel and blue fish. I grew up flyfishing for trout in New England and I have always enjoyed getting wet


and being a part of the environment that I was fishing in. My idea of fishing in the ocean had always been deep sea fishing on a charter boat standing shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers, but aſter discovering kayak fishing I can honestly say that I enjoy this just as much as I do wading into a clear river back home. I am addicted and so is Matt. Read- ing Kayak Angler, it’s nice to know there are so many other people who are enjoying this unique way of fishing, and I look forward to reading more. John Viskup Pensacola, Fla.


bers. To join, go to kayakanglermag.com and click on Kayak Angler Fishing Club.—Eds.


Dare to be square


I’d like to try the surf and enjoyed the article “Surf ’s Up” by Adam Bolonsky (Summer/Fall 2008), but can’t figure out what he means by “square to incoming waves.” In most boating situations you want to meet waves head-on, but he mentions the potential for the bow to get shoved to one side or the other. True, so I thought he might mean parallel, but then he mentions getting “spun parallel.” A clarifica- tion would be appreciated. J. Nolan via email


What he means is that you must attempt to be as head-on (i.e. perpendicular, as in 90 de- grees to the break) as possible because of the likelihood of being quickly turned sideways


if you approach the wave at any other angle. Te only way to make any headway when exit- ing through surf, or to maintain control when landing in surf, is to point your bow directly into the waves.—Eds.


What is a pig ring?


I have a question from the article about anchor trolleys in the Summer/Fall 2008 issue. What is a pig ring? Efren Salazar via email


A pig ring is a ring of pliable metal that can be crimped around the end of a shock cord to form a loop. It’s a ring made, technically, for insert- ing into a pig’s nose. Te article’s author, Cory Routh, says “they are used on farms as fasten- ers. More commonly they are used to make cages and crab pots. Most farm supply and commer- cial fishing supply stores sell them.”—Eds.


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