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Choosing the Right Fishing Kayak… Tips from a Disabled Angler 5/22/2018: - By Mike Schmitz ~ When I wanted to start fishing out of a kayak, I did what most people do. I found a kayak that seemed like a good deal, looked cool and I bought it. That is the biggest mistake of my kayak angling career and all to often, everyone else’s. There is much […]
Paradise Found – A Girl with SMA goes Crabbing 2/24/2016: - By Alyssa Schwartzenburg ~ A Sportsman’s Paradise. That’s what my home state of Louisiana is often called. I always loved being outside, ever since a little kid, but the outdoors always seemed far away for me. The reason? I have this neuromuscular disease called SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which progressively reduces my ability to […]
The P.O.I.N.T. Drum Tournament for Challenged Fishermen 2/1/2016: - By Chad Waligura ~ Sometimes just getting out there is the most important thing. I believe that’s a motto I’ve seen before somewhere around here, and it’s one of the main reasons I like to go down to the P.O.I.N.T. Drum Tournament in Galveston, Tx., every spring. (Contact David Gaston of the Gulf Coast Chapter […]
Fishing HAS No Boundaries 2/4/2015: - By Kathy Overman ~ “Most of us think that going fishing is as easy as a walk down to the lake…for over 56 million Americans with disabilities, it’s just not that easy.” ~ FHNB ~ Many years ago when my daughters were young and we lived in the country 15 miles east of Hayward, WI, […]
Baja Larry 10/4/2014: - Larry Cooper was 31 when his jack-knifed trailer pulled his truck over the side of a steep hill in Baja California. He’d already purchased a lot in Los Barriles and built a villa as a base for his fishing operation. Breaking his neck only slightly altered those plans.