Hello I'm Chris......

I've been kayak fishing for the past 16 months. My wonderful wife is a Medic in the US Army and we are stationed at Fort Polk, La. In October we will be PCSing to Ft. Lewis. I was an electrician for 10 years in California. I am currently attending college to get my AA in Restaurant and Culinary Management. I love to cook! I lived in Ca. for about 32 years. Been fishing since I was 3 yrs old. I am excited to go somewhere different and learn the fishing there. I'm into Bass, Crappie, Striper Red Fish, Speckled Trout, and Flounder. I just picked up saltwater fishing about a year ago and it's awesome. I excited and hoping to meet some kayak fishermen out there and learn some saltwater fishing. I have a 2012 Hobie Outback Ivory Dune. I love it, it glides on the water! I've only installed a Hummingbird 365i FF/GPS combo. I've been looking through some of the forum topics and have found some great ideas for my yak. Well I'm anxiously waiting to get to Washington.

Welcome to he site! You'll love the NW fishing. When do you show up?

Welcome! You will love the fishing around here.  I would suggest forgoing employment and just fish if possible. 

Thats a great boat, lots of our folks use them here. I'm from New Orleans and in my distant youth hung out at Fort Polk. Came to Washinton 18 months ago after 34 years in CA. It's truly a "Sportsmen's Paradise" here. No specs or redfish but lots of great waters, fish & yakers to meet.

Where and when will you be relocating.

  And    NO GATORS here..........yeeehaaa

Welcome to he site! You'll love the NW fishing. When do you show up?

Report date is October 10, so I should be ready to fish October 13.

Welcome! We need more culinary artists in here! Iron chef NWKA: pelagic paddler vs whitten. Secret ingredients are lake carp and kelp crab. Allez cuisine!

Thats a great boat, lots of our folks use them here. I'm from New Orleans and in my distant youth hung out at Fort Polk. Came to Washinton 18 months ago after 34 years in CA. It's truly a "Sportsmen's Paradise" here. No specs or redfish but lots of great waters, fish & yakers to meet.

Where and when will you be relocating.

We'll be at Ft Lewis and report date October 10.

Welcome aboard! You'll be moving to my neck of the woods, and Just in time to slay the chum salmon run! Give me a holler when you get into town and ready to fish!

Welcome aboard! You'll be moving to my neck of the woods, and Just in time to slay the chum salmon run! Give me a holler when you get into town and ready to fish!

Never Salmon fished, so maybe you can give me ideas on rod reel line, etc that would work. I'll be looking ya up for sure. Always nice to learn new fish!

Welcome aboard! You'll be moving to my neck of the woods, and Just in time to slay the chum salmon run! Give me a holler when you get into town and ready to fish!

Never Salmon fished, so maybe you can give me ideas on rod reel line, etc that would work. I'll be looking ya up for sure. Always nice to learn new fish!

The same gear you would striper, or redfish with will work fine for the way we'll be fishing'em in the salt. The terminal tackle will be slightly different than what your used to, but readily available all over up here.

I use a 7'6" Okuma Heavy action, 6'6" Quantum Bill Dance Classic medium heavy action, and 6'6" Rhino spinning rod with Penn reel.

You'll be fine with either set up. Most of the chum I catch range from 6-15lbs, and can be pretty damn fierce. The terminal tackle is prob no more than 2oz total if that.