Kayak Fishing Raw

The EKFT Summer Series is here!! Kayak Fishing Raw will get everyone ready for the big event taking place in Pompano Beach! Local angler Adam Fisk will join Kayak Fishing Raw to talk about whats biting and predictions for the upcoming event. 

Florida native Chad Burkley is the ultimate outdoorsman! Chad called in to talk about catching 11ft Gators to rounding up monster swordfish in South Florida. Chad owns Snag and Bag Outfitters, a Gator charter company. Before catching Gators Chad's passion was catching Swordfish. He did commercial Swordfishing for 6 years and caught a monster 532lber, his biggest catch. Extreme owner Joe Hector & Chad even almost sank offshore in the gulfstream while swordfishing at night. Chad will give the knowhow on catching these monster fish and has an interesting opinion on daytime Swordfishing.  Kayak Fishing RAW will also go over the upcoming Summer Slam Series & give a fishing report on May fishing in South Florida. The Black Fin Tuna have arrived!

Battle in the Bahamas champion Jon Venarchick calls in Kayak Fishing RAW to talk about winning a fat check for 10k and the experience of fishing & winning this one of a kind international tournament. Jon has been a consistent angler in the EKFT series never missing an event. Back in 2015 he won the Sailfish Smackdown as a new angler to offshore kayak fishing. Jon is a kayak guide for South Florida Kayak Guides in northern FL. Julian Dalton from South Africa is also calling in to talk about his monster Kingfish being Sharked and almost winning the tournament. Julian made the long trip to fish in the Battle in the Bahamas. He finished 5th winning a 900$ Vibe Kayak. 

The Battle in the Bahamas is right around the corner & we will go over everything anglers need to know about the tournament! Extreme angler Doug Perez calls in to Kayak Fishing Raw to talk about Yellow Fin Tuna, Mahi Mahi & much more exotic fish he caught right out front where the tournament is taking place in Port Lucaya, Bahamas.  Kayak Fishing Raw will also go over the rumor on President Trump asking for the release of UFO files from the government. 

Kayak Fishing Raw is excited to have offshore kayak fishing Hall of Famer "Kayak Willie" stop in. He will talk about offshore kayak fishing in boat tournaments since the 1970's-1980's. Catching wahoo, sailfish and all other fish.  Bill is a true sportsman and a classic Florida character, He is a skilled craftsman in both wood and fiberglass and has designed and built a number of craft, not to mention his own fishing rods, paddles, gear, airboat, helicopter, swamp buggy and more. Check out the new kayak exhibit in the IGFA in Dania Beach (Fishing Hall Of Fame). In 1985, after fishing the Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo for three years, Bill “Kayak Willie” Tytler finally scored, catching a 17 lb wahoo in his 16-foot, one-man, burnt-orange fiberglass kayak. Our second guest is the owner of the Coastal Angler Magazine (Fort Lauderdale Edition) Gene Dyer. Gene is practically a Florida native having moved to Florida just shy of his first birthday from Bethesda, Maryland. He grew up in South Florida, fishing for bass i

Kayak Fishing RAW will talk with "Marlin" Matt from Deep Blue Kayak Fishing who will be supplying rental kayaks for the upcoming Summer Slam Series & much more. We will also talk about permit fishing from the beach, the 2017 Battle in the Bahamas and much more!!

Sailfish Smackdown champ Benny Scoca will join Kayak fishing RAW podcast and talk about his huge win and much more!! Benny landed and released 4 sailfish to win the tournament breaking a EKFT record.  Kayak Fishing RAW will also go over EKFT's new Vlog and the upcoming Battle in the Bahamas tournament coming in April. 

Check out last nights #kayakfishingRAW episode. Pelagic sponsored Christina Cerrone joins Kayak Fishing Raw to talk sailfish, spearfishing and much more!! She is the ultimate outdoorsman. Joe Bait also stopped in to talk sailfish and bait for this weekends sailfish tournament.

JD's Custom Baits owner Dan Bieniek & IGFA Length Holder of the Butterfly Peacock Bass & IGFA World Record Greater Snakehead holder Corey Nowakowski will join Kayak Fishing RAW. Joe Settembrino (Joe Bait) will also join us to talk sailfish!!  Joe Settembrino owns Hillbroro Inlet Live Bait and has supplied the best live bait for the Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament series for the past 4 years.  Corey Nowakowski will go over everything Snakeheads!!  Dan Bieniek runs the Snakehead Round up out of South Florida for the past few years.   

Kayak Fishing RAW's featured guest is EKFT Summer Slam Series Part 3 Texas champion Ernesto Vega. The local stole the show winning $5,000.00 from main sponsor Turbo USA & $2,000.00 from Railblaza winning the Kingfish Calcutta. Kayak Fishing Raw will also go over the new dates for the 2017 #sailfishsmackdown & the #battleinthebahamas.  Texas anglers get a taste of what Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament has to offer, winner takes home $7,000.00. September 25th, 2016 The Summer Slam Part 3 in Corpus Christi, TX was one of the most challenging events in the history of the tournament. Weather was rough and anglers had to fight wind and strong currents, but these extreme anglers were up to the task. In the end Texas native Ernesto Vega stole the show and won the tournament with a 22lb Kingfish. Ernesto also won the 2,000.00 RAILBLAZA Calcutta with a total winning of $7,000.00. Texas anglers got a taste of what EKFT has to offer and are excited for the future of Extreme tournaments in Texas.  ??1st Ern

The Kayak Fishing RAW Podcast is back with Summer Slam Series Part 2 champ Rob Rodriguez & EKFT Wahoo record holder Carl Slagle talking everything Summer Slam 2.. Rob had the most total weight ever at 67.2lbs since the Summer Series began in 2011. North Carolina angler Carl caught the record wahoo at 52.3lbs.  Bigfoot Jay & Wahoo Joe will also go over the upcoming Summer Slam Part 3 in Corpus Christi, TX.

Kayak Fishing RAW's featured guest is Texas native Mike Morales. Mike runs Fin Factory Charters in Corpus Christi, TX. He recently won the Bluewater Kayak Classic tournament. The tally ended up being 8 hours with over 16 miles of paddle/pedal to finally end the day with a 2 lb Red Snapper and this 27 lb Cobia. The seas were 3-5 foot and the surf was not for the faint of heart sending many of the competitors back to shore.  Our second guest Robert Robinson was born at Hamilton AFB, CA. He grew up an Army brat and had the privilege of visiting Europe numerous times. After graduating high school at Lansing Kansas, Robert enlisted in the United States Army in June 1982. Because the whole subject of real monsters scared him, Rob started researching monster legends by reading every book he could. Rob also became interested in UFO and extratertriels after watching the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. His fear turned into intrigue and then became a hobby and passion. After retiring from the Army, Rob star

Kayak Fishing RAW will be going over the last two EKFT tournaments of 2016. We will also be going over the South Florida Mini Season for lobster and much more!!  Our first guest is Tod Johnson from Corpus Christi, TX. He will be joining us with some information on fishing offshore in Texas and fishing tips for anglers making the trip from Florida to fish the Summer Slam Part 3.   Freddy York (Pedal Pirate) will be calling in to talk about some new kayak toys & the new STEALTH Kayak. York was known as the Pedal Pirate after he rode his bike from NY to South Florida for the Hero's on the Water Charity. Follow @pedalpirate on Facebook. 

With more and more women anglers competing in the Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament series stories like this show that they cant be taken lightly & very soon one of those lady anglers will hoist up the Extreme trophy. Kayak Fishing RAW's featured guest is Kristen Hansen from Palm Beach. Kristen caught a monster 50LB Wahoo prefishing for the up coming Summer Slam Part 1 event, We will find out how she caught this beast and her preparation for the tournament.  Our second guest Alex Wasserman got into kayak fishing about 5 years ago after fishing the pier for years. He bought a kayak used from a Florida Sportsman forum member and went to the forum for information from more experienced anglers. Over the weekend Alex caught the largest wahoo caught on a kayak to date in Florida, a 90LB Wahoo. We will go over how the hell he landed this prehistoric beast.  Kayak Fishing RAW will also go over the perfect moon for the wahoo run and how it will line up perfect with the June 18th tournament, there will be predicti

Kayak Fishing Raw's feature guest will be Battle in the Bahamas Champ Joe Kraatz, our second guest will be FishBrain US Relations Captain Tom Swick. FishBrain is one of the main sponsor's of the event and were in the Bahamas first hand to see this amazing tournament in action.  Joe Kraatz won his first Extreme event and took home $10,000.00 donated by main sponsors FishBrain and Turbo USA. Kraatz had an awesome 72.9lbs of fish weighed in over the two day tournament.

Robert Field is a pro kayak angler and videographer. As the owner and producer of YakFish TV, he travels the country attending kayak fishing events and chasing new species to catch from his kayak, everything from sharks to paddlefish to alligator gar. Robert began his offshore fishing in his home state on the Texas coast but has recently begun exploring the waters of southeast Florida as well. Robert has won Video of the Year in the past three consecutive Kayak Angler's Choice Awards, and his film work can be found at www.yakfish.tv.  Our second guest is Ian Paxton from Romania, he will be talking about anglers seeing UFO's and other weird creatures in Russia from there boats and kayak's. He is currently the editor and one of the writers at ufoholic.com. Trust us, you dont want to miss this guy! 

Kayak Fishing Raw's feature guest will be Florida Palm Beach angler Peter Hinck. Pete is an editor for Florida Sportsman and you can find him on YouTube as "Palm Beach Pete". Peter Started kayak fishing 25 years ago in the North George mountains. It was not long before he made his way back to Florida and started fishing offshore off of Palm Beach. It was a time when we never would see another kayak on the water. He started playing with the butterfly jigs when they first came out and found them to be a great way to catch large fish off a kayak. Using a fishfinder with GPS he would target wrecks, ledges and reefs. Pete now fishes offshore on a paddle board & compete's in tournaments like the Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament. Peter Hinck is also on the Rules Committee for EXtreme Kayak Fishing Inc. Our second guest is Fishing fanatic Ryan Jones. He grew up near Oklahoma City, where he was honing his kayak fishing skills for over 15 years.  He has spent the majority of this time fishing kayak bass tournament

Pam Wirth grew up in the Ft..Lauderdale area & Started kayak fishing memorial weekend 2012. She quickly found a nitch in tournament kayak fishing. She got first place in multiple women divisions in Capt. Mels event 2014, 1st woman's Division- longest Red & Capt Mels 2015 & 1st Woman's Division also 2nd biggest trout overall to name a few. She then started to venture offshore and entered the 2015 Sailfish Smack Down, a year later she would grab 3rd place overall in the nations only kayak billfish tournament and was the first angler to land 2 sailfish back to back in one day in the tournaments history. Pam was in the lead with an hour and a half to go until Brian Nelli caught his second sailfish, then Austin Collins ended up winning landing his second of the event.  Micah Simoneaux will be our second guest, He is with our calcutta sponsor RAILBLAZA who helped create one of the biggest calcutta payouts in EKFT history. We will talk Texas & much more!  

Kayak Fishing Raw's feature guest will be the 2016 Sailfish Smack Down Champ Austin Collins! We will also announce the winner of our Limited Edition Hobie Outback! Proceeds are to benefit the Broward Children's Center.  Austin won $3,000.00 FROM TURBO USA & a Sailfish trophy from our trophy sponsor Global Fishmounts. He beat out anglers from all over the world and came through with the win right at the end when time was almost up. Austin is sponsored by Nautical Ventures, Adrenaline Fishing Custom Rods & RAILBLAZA. He also works for South Florida Kayak Guide.   The 2016 Sailfish Smack Down had 15 total sailfish landed, (The most ever for the tournament series and for ANY kayak tournament in the world) The anglers went 7 for 8 in the last hour. It was truly an amazing finish.. Listen to find out how it all went down! 

California native & kayak fishing journalist Paul Lebowitz will join Kayak Fishing Raw to talk the growth of offshore kayak fishing, kayak drama &  much more!  Paul has been a kayak fishing journalist since 2002 - He picked it up because many of the great stories and personalities of the sport haven't been properly covered by mainstream media. He started with a long-gone pulp giveaway named Kayak Fisherman, have had columns at west coast's Fishwrap; glossy regional magazine Pacific Coast Sportfishing; and Western Outdoor News, the country's largest outdoor weekly; and have had stints as editor of North America glossies Kayak Angler and Kayak Fish. Although Paul has given up keeping track of every great white shark attack on a kayak angler, He used to follow them closely. Paul interviewed and reported on some half dozen great white on kayak shark strikes, and published a series of stories looking at the data.  Kayak Fishing will also go over some final thoughts on the 2016 Sailfish Smack Down tak