VOLUME 5 • IS SUE 1
THE EDITOR’S ANGLE 7 Taking sensationalism straight to the bank.
CHATTER 8 Snakes! // Motor Mouth // We Love Photoshop
CPR 12 Grins, giggles and pics of recycled fish.
BUZZBAIT
15 PROFILE: Like a river, Drew Gregory carves his own course.
TOURNAMENTS: Big Island, big fish. Andy Cho’s 225-pound paddle-out marlin.
BY THE NUMBERS: Kayaking safety statistics. Don’t be one.
CONSERVATION: Gulf oil woes are over. So what’s this sinking feeling? LIP GRIPPER
21 SKILLS: How to play mothership limbo. RIGGING: What you really need to know about fish finders. And more.
BUYER’S GUIDE Features
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31 REDFISH RODEO THE HUNTED
40 Wrangling the Chesapeake’s bucking broncos. 35 WHEN THE HUNTER BECOMES
Jaws chomps Adam Coca’s kayak. Also, ways to reduce the chances of suffering a similar shark snack attack.
40 2011 BOAT BUYER’S GUIDE
This year’s tasty crop of catchy kayaks. Kayak Angler is your source for one-stop shopping.
KAYAK RODS THAT STICK IT TO THE SIZE QUESTION p.24
COVER: JEFF SHINDLE CAUGHT THIS 23 LBS PERMIT ON A LIVE CRAB. PHOTO: DAVID MCCLEAF • PHOTO THIS PAGE: PAUL LEBOWITZ
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TACKLE: Juicy plastics. GEAR: Do you swing enough stick? READER TIP: Roll your own—baits.
FISH FOOD: Fish stew meets snooty French cooking.
TACTICS: Baits in the blast zone // Too-cool speckled trout // New smallmouth math // Score freshwater stripers
TRAILER 62 Don’t fear the skunk, love it.
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