They can draw anglers to their quarry; sometimes quarry pulls back
… Over the past year, I’ve seen — or heard of — kayaks used to catch trout, bass, halibut, Dungeness crabs, lingcod, rockfish, salmon, steelhead and sturgeon (I heard of one over-sized sturgeon that took its angler on a Nantucket sleigh ride).
When the albacore tuna arrived in July, they were met by, among others, a charter boat that ferried three kayakers among its other customers, more than 60 miles offshore … More
 So is this the biggest wave successfully surfed in a sea kayak? Well, not quite, says San Francisco-based sea kayak instructor Sean Morley, who caught this 12- to 15-foot giant at Three Arches Rock near Pacific City, Ore., in late October. Morley says he’s ridden bigger waves but it’s rare to find them so “clean and nicely formed with a long period,†and rarer still to experience the size, power and speed of the experience through water-level photographs from fellow paddlers Bryant Burkhardt and Jeff Laxier.
“It was just super fun being out  … More
A kayaker was attacked by a white shark,15 – 16 feet in length, off Pigeon Point on November 22nd. The kayaker was not injured, with the kayak taking the strike from the shark.
Here’s a quote about the incident from a NorCal Kayak Anglers (ncka.org) forum:Â
“Just got a phone call from Ted/Golfish. He and Harry were fishing in 20 FOW by the big rock Island right across the launch site. Harry’s kayak was hit and   … More