CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS TARGET
Kings, cobia, tarpon, snapper, jacks, sharks, sailfish and bull reds
ANGLER
Ty Southerland LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
“On the coast of Texas, we get wind and more wind,” says Ty Southerland, host of the blog
www.30milesout.com. The season starts in the spring when water temperatures hit the mid-70s but the wind subsides from mid-summer through October. Along the Coastal Bend, the water is deep and clear and there are many oil rigs near to shore. Southerland trolls diving plugs out to the rig, then anchors off and jigs the bottom while light lining a live bait.
KAYAK Hobie Outback
RODS AND REELS BAIT CATCHER
Seven-foot, light-action spinning rod spooled with 10-pound braid.
LIGHT LINING BAITS
Medium-action conventional combo with 20-pound braid. HEAVY HITTER
Seven-foot, heavy-action trolling rod with matching reel and 40-pound braid.
RIGS CASTING/JIGGING
Two-ounce jighead and six-inch curly tail, big topwater plugs.
TROLLING
One-ounce, Rat-L-Trap, three feet of single strand wire.
LIVE BAIT
5/0 circle hook, three feet of single strand wire. BAIT
Sabiki rigs. DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT
A cooler bag. Fold it up and keep it in the front hatch when not in use. Unfold and open it to hold large fish. Frozen water bottles can keep the catch cold.
LAUNCH SITES
“We drive down the beach until we find a rig we want to fish.”
STAY SAFE
Leave a float plan with a responsible person listing where you will launch and fish and when you will return.
DIGITAL EXTRA: Click here to watch Ty Southerland in action.
TARGET Bluefin tuna
ANGLER
Dave Lamoureux LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
At the tip of Cape Cod, the bottom drops off and ocean currents carrying bait and bluefin tuna run close to shore. Dave Lamoureux, former world record holder for largest fish (157-pound bluefin) caught in a kayak, says the bite starts in June and the fish hang out through fall. “Mid-September through October is awesome,” he says. There is a launch at each end of the Cape Cod National Seashore and the fishing grounds are in the middle. Lamoureux plans his day to ride the current out to the fishing grounds, fish through slack tide, and then ride the opposite tide back to the launch. “Bluefin bite best at slack tide,” Lamoureux says. He trolls naked horse ballyhoo with heavy tackle, but hooking the fish is only half the battle. “Fighting and landing one of these monsters takes everything you’ve got,” Lamoureux says.
W YONDERILD BLUE
CAPE COD,MASSACHUSETTS KAYAK
Liquidlogic Mist. Check out Lamoureux’s rigged-up sit-inside kayak at www.
rapidmedia.com/0069.
RODS AND REELS Seven-foot, heavy-action spinning rod and matching spinning reel with 100-pound test braided line. “I’ve developed a titanium rod and reel to battle these fish,” says Lamoureux. Check it out at
www.fortitudefishing.com.
RIGS Horse ballyhoo rigged on 9/0 J-hook. 12 feet of 130-pound leader. 50-foot top shot of 100-pound mono.
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT
Single-handed harpoon attached with rope to poly balls. “When the fish gets close, hit it with the harpoon and then let it tow the poly balls.”
STAY SAFE
“I bring dive fins so I can swim back to the beach if I should lose my kayak,” says Lamoureux.
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PHOTO: COURTESY DAVE LAMOUREUX
PHOTO: COURTESY ROBERT LONG
PHOTO: COURTESY TY SOUTHERLAND
WIND ON THE WATER
TX BLUEFIN BUSTER MA
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