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Louisiana angler Steve Lessard joins Kayak Fishing RAW to talk about his huge win at the Hobie Worlds Championship. This is actually his second win at the Hobie Worlds, He won in 2014 in Holland. Steve competes in many kayak tournaments like the BCKFC and IFA. Steve grew up in the bayou state fishing any pond or bayou he could find, then grew up fishing in boats both inshore freshwater and some offshore. Steve purchased his first kayak in 2010 and never looked back.

South Florida Exotic fish hunter Monster Mike stopped in Kayak Fishing RAW to talk about his amazing catches in Florida Lakes. He catches everything from huge Peacock Bass to monster African Redtail Catfish. You can find him on Instagram @monster_mike86

Jason Schmidt from Kauai Hawaii joins Kayak Fishing RAW to talk about monster wahoo, tuna & everything EXTREME on the big island. Jason was on the Discovery Channel and is excited for the 2017 #EKF tournament season coming. 

Our second guest is Bahamas ocean slayer Kai Owen. Kai is a avid spear fisherman & angler, he will go over all the tricks on his monster catches. We will also go over the 2017 Battle in the Bahamas and whats in store for this exciting event in the kayak world.

Kayak Fishing Raw's feature guest YakAttack owner Luther Cifers stops in to talk about the up coming 2017 Battle in the Bahamas and the growth of YakAttack in the kayak world. Founded in a garage in 2009, YakAttack has quickly grown into a leader in the kayak fishing industry. They specialize in kayak fishing gear and kayak rigging. YakAttack has sponsored Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament since 2013 and has seen first hand the growth of the series year after year.

Our second guest is the Pier King of South Florida. He will go over everything about Pier fishing in Florida. When the weather sucks and anglers cant get offshore this could be a option.

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 Ernesto Vega, $5,000.00 Turbo USA, 2,000.00 Railblaza Kingfish Calcutta winner, Global Fish Mounts Trophy &

Biggest Pelagic Wood carving from Keylo Art

2nd Glenn Madden, $2,000.00 Turbo USA & Adrenaline Fishing Custom Rod

3rd Duy-Le, $1,000.00 Fishbrain & Adrenaline Fishing Custom Rod

Eric Clark, $500.00 YakAttack Spanish Mack Division

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 started going on Swamp Ape expedition with the Bigfoot Field Research Organization. Tracy (Rob’s wife) also had an interest in the unexplained and accompanied him on his monster hunts. Tracy also conducted paranormal research investigations such as haunting and ghosts. Rob has accompanied Tracy on numerous ghost hunts. Robert took the Cryptozoology college class with Florida Keys Community College. He and his wife, Tracy, were selected to appear on ABC’s Wife Swap on 30 July 2010 as the monster/ghost hunting family. The Robinsons recently joined MUFON to further explore their interest in UFO’s and extratertrials.

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.

Kayak Fishing Raw will be talking with EKFT Summer Slam Part 1 winner Ricardo Palmero. He is a first time winner of the event. He won the tournament with 2 jumbo Black Fin Tuna and a Kingfish to top it off. 

 

Kayak Fishing Raw will also be talking about the final two tournaments of the year & the standings for the EKFT Championship Ring.

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 predictions and valuable information you dont want to miss.