My personal favorite would be dolphin on light tackle. They are strong, fast, acrobatic, beautiful, tasty and rather easy to catch!
I also really like billfish. Sails, swords and marlin really get my blood pumping, especially sails in a kayak! The only problem, where I live, though arguably one of the best places in the continental US to get on a variety of billfish including marlin, a long run of 60+ miles is a must. And it can be tough to reliably get on them in a day trip making a multiple day trip a near must. Having only a 26ft center console and not a 60ft multi million dollar sportfisher, I dont get to marlin fish as much as Id like!
And using topwaters for tasty tuna on spin tackle has a special quality all of its own!
I also really like billfish. Sails, swords and marlin really get my blood pumping, especially sails in a kayak! The only problem, where I live, though arguably one of the best places in the continental US to get on a variety of billfish including marlin, a long run of 60+ miles is a must. And it can be tough to reliably get on them in a day trip making a multiple day trip a near must. Having only a 26ft center console and not a 60ft multi million dollar sportfisher, I dont get to marlin fish as much as Id like!
And using topwaters for tasty tuna on spin tackle has a special quality all of its own!
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