Heroes on the Water - North Wildwood

Many of you may have heard of Heroes on the Water and that I am a volunteer for this wonderful organization. I have met a lot of awesome people, both vets and volunteers, and many of them I fish with on a regular basis. If you have never of hear of HOW, simply put we take vets out kayak fishing. We supply them with a kayak, paddle, safety gear, rod & reel, and all the tackle and bait they will need. They also get lunch, water, snacks and drinks for their day of fishing and everyone helping is a volunteer and everything is 100% free to the vets and their families.

All the gear rigged up

This past Sunday was the first saltwater event of the year. The Kayak Fishing Store in North Wildwood was gracious enough to host us again and Chris and his crew do a  great job. Chris and I left at 5am to head down and arrived around 6:30am or so. There were already a few guys there setting up and prepping kayaks, rods, bait, and lunch. A while later we had our meeting, the vets showed up, and we got everyone on the water.

Chris, Kevin, and I were paired up with the Cooper Family from PA. There were 6 of them and they were a great group and we had tons of fun fishing with them. Brian was the high hook with a 23"er and a short all on a white S&S Bucktail tipped with squid.

Fishing was slow but some fish were caught. Most of were using S&S Bucktails tipped with Gulp, squid strips or mackerel. Everyone had a great day on the water and a few keeper fluke were put in the coolers, but most importantly we got some vets on the water for a day of relaxation.

Kevin, Bob, Me, Chris, and Yim

Dennis and Paul

Congrats to Dennis "Homer" who put the whole event together. He did a fantastic job and put a lot of time and effort into it. Nice job Homer!