To all readers!

The Plastic Hull has been nominated in the Kayak Anglers Choice Awards on Yakangler.com for “Kayak Angling Blog/Blogger” of the year 2014. Thanks for all who nominated the website! Thank you so much it means a lot. Countless hours have gone into creating this website. Winning this years award would be an honor! Please do go to http://www.kayakangler.com/choice and vote for The Plastic Hull!!

Also a couple of videos were nominated for “Kayak Angling Online Video” of the year!!  It would be great if you all would check them out and if you like them please submit a vote for the one you like!

Nominated videos are listed below!

Jackson Kayak Big Rig with Torqeedo Motor – Fluke Kayak Fishing In New Jersey [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aKqUZnkzvg] by Matt Trux

Jackson Kayak Big Rig with Torqeedo Ultralight 403 test run [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtHhNkcrTSM] by Matt Trucks

This is Rount#1 please check back to see if we make it past the First Round!

A little background on the Awards. The Kayak Anglers Choice Awards were formed in 2011 by YakAngler.com and KayakFishingRadio.com. All nominations are by fellow kayak anglers! This year is a little different as there is to be 3 rounds of voting 1 round per week at the total of 3 rounds. Thiks is a unique way of doing the awards this year and its is pretty exciting.

Thanks a lot for everyone’s consideration on voting for my blog and videos!

Prior to going out on any event/tournament its a good idea to check the weather forecast prior to packing. This allows you to pack what you will important for the weather instead of packing everything. This time of year it is typically cold nights and cool days so preparing to dress in layers is the best way to go. It appears that this weekend is not going to be very cold but will be a bit windy. Therefor dressing for the wind will be important.

So now that know the type of gear and clothing I will need to bring the next step will be creating a list so forgetting to pack key items is a good idea. Being only 2 nights and a full day and a half of fishing its easy to pack light. All of my fishing tackle and rods are already packed due to previous fishing trips so that cuts out about half of things needed. It is fall so i will need to pack warmer clothing and my semi dry gear. Rule of thumb is water + Air temperature must reach a minimum of 120 degrees or falling into the water could be deadly without the protective dry gear.

I am also looking forward to using my Torqeedo as this is a special place with a 4-5 knot tide at fall new moon. Its going to be ripping and windy. challenge accepted! I will be targeting Striped Bass Blue Fish Speckled Trout and Tautog.

The Jamboree is held in Cape May NJ which is a two hour drive from my home. It is ground zero for some of the best Tautog fishing on the East Coast.

A nice drive south on the Garden State Parkway through the Pine Barens. Looking forward to meeting up with a lot of familiar faces and meeting new anglers! Im also looking forward to doing a little celebrating as today is my birthday!!

Hope to see you all there at the captains meeting tonight!

If not I will be on campsite 729.
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