Jacksonville Classic Tournament

Team Ocean Kayak’s traveled to Jacksonville, Florida for the Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Classic.  There were 430 kayakers entered in this tournament and well over 600 people attended the captain’s meeting and weigh in.

                 The team rented a nice house on the beach in St. Augustine and we had a great time hanging out and relaxing.  We learned one valuable lesson on this trip to Jacksonville,  if you want to catch fish in Jacksonville, you’ll have to use bait.

    Team mate Clint Baghi caught what was probably one of the only slams on artificial, unfortunately his trout was undersized and didn’t count.  Captain Filip Spencer was asked to speak at the captain’s meeting, and it was great exposure for the team and a fun trip.   Captain Filip Spencer, Clint Barghi and Rick Spillman drove the team’s trailer from Texas, while Vincent, Sam, and Jeff flew in a couple days later.  It was amazing to see that many kayakers at a tournament and shows that one well run tournament held each year can be successful.