Hello NCKA's:

Hello NCKA's!

My name is Thao Tran from Alameda, CA.  I have been living here in the Bay Area for almost 30 years.   I did most of my fishing in South Florida during my high school days, fishing for Snooks, Sunshine Bass, Croakers, Moonfish, Cobia, Cudas, Jacks, Runners and everything I can get my hands on.  Fishing was my crazy obsession and Snook fishing was my main target.  I did so much fishing that I forgot to go to school.  : )

I didn't have a lot of money, so fishing was limited to shores fishing; piers, inlets, intra-coastal, bridges, spillways and empty lots.  Got the nickname, "Grocery Fisherman" from friends making fun of me for taking bait fish home to eat.  I just can't pass up steamed/fried baby blue runners, pan fried sand perches and croakers.... GOOD EATING!

In February,  we bought an RV to spend time shaperoning my son to his tennis tournament and I started fishing again after all these years.  I caught my first bass followed by a 5.5 lbs LMB 45 min later at Lake Camanche...Very cool!!    Anyway, still deciding between a hobie revolution 13 or adventure and hope to join you soon!



 

Welcome aboard. WTTM!

Welcome!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

you'll fit right in  WelcomeToTheMadness!

WTTM Looking forward to watching you fall in love again 

WTTM. I have both the revo 13 and Adventure. If you wanna test paddle, send me a pm... maybe a test paddle for halibut in the bay

Peace & blessings!

Kayak fishing is too much fun. You will regret the day you left the shore and jumped on board!

Welcome to NCKA   

By the way, love them fried croakers too.

Your kayak choice will be a win win. They're both great for fishing.

Just watch, you'll end up with both 
Welcome to the forum.

ernest

Welcome, and good choices on the yaks, either one will be just right!

Welcome
You might want to consider a paddle yak first. 1/3 the price of a Hobie!
Also Kayak fishing takes a bit of getting used to due to the limited space. You'll probably donate a lot of gear to the bottom of the Ocean, when you first start. A Hobie has a lot less deck space than paddle kayaks, so it's even trickier.