A welcome and invitation to all our new members

[Redbeard]

BOY, it sure is great to see all the new folks signing on with CGKF!!!!! I just wanted to take a minute to welcome all of you to this site, as well as extend an invitation to become active members here. When you sign up on most sites, you get a few welcome words in the “Welcome” section and unless you post in the forum, you are never heard from again. I want to go beyond that and invite you to become an active member here. The guys that are behind this site are working hard to make it the very best around. 3spots, Nubby, Troutman, Savreds, and others are working to build this site by putting on seminars and planning other activities for the coastal kayak fishing community to participate in. Many of you were introduced to the site through the seminars and have seen firsthand the efforts that these guys are putting forth to introduce yak fishing and this site to as many people as they can. When they hold a meet and greet, come on out and get to know everyone. Go fishing with them, get to know them. “It don’t get no better than that!!!”

They need help to grow this site. The way to get started is to start posting in the forums. If you are a novice yak fisherman and new to coastal kayak fishing, don’t be shy, feel free to post away and ask questions. You will find the folks here willing and eager to share their knowledge and experience with you to help you become a better yak fisherman. Look in the “Fishing Trips” section and hook up with someone for a fishing trip to learn firsthand how it is done. If you are an “old hat” and have experience, please share that with others by posting in the forums. We all learn from each other by sharing our experiences and knowledge. And if you are like me, “A coastal boy a long way from home”, and live far away from the salt, don’t let that hold you back from pitching in and posting your thoughts and ideas. I live in north Georgia and am able to live the salt and keep up with what is happening through my friends here. You will never find a better bunch of folks to get to know than here. One of the greatest things that I know about kayak fishing and being an active member of CGKF is the new friends that I have met and gotten to know through this sport and this site.

We welcome anyone to sign on and follow the site, but the way to really enjoy it and reap the benefits of it is to participate. So, please take a minute and post up, tell us a little about yourself and your yak fishing experience, fresh or salt, there is a place on the site to share with everyone. Once you start posting, go the next step and participate in the activities here. Before you know it, you will have become one of the “regular” guys (or gals) on the site!!!

Welcome Aboard!!!!!

Redbeard

[troutman]

Rickey said it best, there are several very knowledgable guys on this site, few of which have"Brought Me Up" here on the coast, Kayak fishing. I owe them, and I try to repay them through helping others here on this site, Ive been kayak fishing about 4 years and have learned alot from this site over the last year. If there is one thing that I have taken away from this site it is "Fellowship" I enjoy getting out by myself at times, but theres nothing better than getting a group of guys together and fishing unfamiliar waters as we did at the Jacksonville tourney! You get to meet other memebers and really get to know more about them and gain a lifetime friendship!!!! Thanks Trey, Dan, Nubby, And Rickey.....I had a blast and cant wait till next time!

[osprey]

Rickey i feel the same way . I can't wait to get together as a group again , Jacksonville was great.

[dang]

Hello everyone! I've just joined your forum and thought I'd say a little about myself. I'm coming up on 65 years old and feel I still have the energy for kayaking. I've been saltwater kayaking since I bought my first kayak in January. I've been car fully learning the ins and outs of tides and the constant changes that go with them. I've refused to go into small creeks beyond a certain point where i feel confident that i can get out again before tides go away. I'm learning how far I can get on outgoing tides before turning around for the ride home. One of the more important lessons has been that incoming tides won't always get you home if the wind gets up in the wrong direction. I'm also learning to fish saltwater as I go but I haven't been to lucky yet. I've caught a ton of small sharks but not much else. So I'm hoping for enlightenment from some of you and perhaps to find some new fishing/kayaking friends.

[bigredobsession]

What's up bud, its a tough area around here for kayak fishing. Tides and distance to good areas are the main drawbacks. Tybee or st simons are probably your best bet to get closest to the largest amount of fish in a yak.

[pac315]

I need some help using this forum! My past experience is only w/ e-mail, and FaceBook. Any chance I could actually talk to someone to get me up-to-speed on posting pictures and articles? And more importantly, how to sort through various links and threads to keep up and stay current? Presently I am viewing your sight through Tapatalk. It was suggested that I download it to view this Forum. Is this the best way? And for picture uploads, I never in the past needed to do anything but attach it to an e-mail or FB link and hit send. I guess I can't do that with CGKF can I? I am not new to fishing, having fished Coastal Georgia since 1979, but I am new to Yak fishing and completely LOVE it! Thanks! Looking forward to being involved and sharing some modifications I have made to my Yak, and fishing tips and tricks others might find useful.

[3spots]

We will have to have an impromptu meet n greet after the holidays and go over some of that stuff.