Fishing Stump Pass

October 12.2013

My wife and I went to Stump Pass on Saturday with our tandem pedal kayak in hopes of catching some Trout or Redfish. It was just as I expected, there was a lot of boat traffic in the back water where we kayaked.  Most boaters don't have much respect for kayakers when it comes to slowing down when they pass  a kayak.  We rode many wakes today, something we weren't out to do.  Going through the pass towards the gulf was easy because the tide was going out, but coming back was another story. The tide was ripping through the pass and coming back through it against the tide was way too much work to be fun.  I finally walked the kayak for about 100 feet around a point to where it was a little easier pedaling.

Pedaling back to the launch site was a lot of work, we were going against the tide all the way back.  By the time we got to the launch site we were wiped out.  We were tired the rest of the day.

Oh yeah, the fishing report, we caught a couple of lady fish, 2 blowfish and 1 lizard fish.  Even though we didn't have much luck fishing it was a beautiful day that the Lord gave us to enjoy.

If you go to Stump Pass and paddle or pedal the back water to the pass, I would recommend if the tide is going out when you are ready to return to the launch site, going back via the gulf would be much easier than fighting the tide in the back water.  However, getting the kayak from the shore to the parking lot you have to carry or drag your kayak through the beach sand.  If you have a kayak cart with big wheels it wouldn't be much of a problem.