A couple months ago I contacted Tallapoosa Paddling Company because of a pro-staff opportunity. After an hour long conversation on the phone with Eric, the owner. He told me I was what he was looking for. I am truely honored to be able to help him out and he's given me alot of opportunities I would normally never have. I will now be fishing alot more tournaments all over the southeast next year. As well as several other tournaments in the next couple months. On top of that, me and the other pro-staffers were able to custom order new matching Jackson Coosa kayaks. These kayaks are AWESOME and the colors we picked out are drawing alot of looks! Everyones talking about them!
After I got with Tallapoosa Paddling Company me and the other pro-staffers went and met with Legend Outfitters owner Matt. Luckily we came to an agreement pretty fast and are now sponsored by them as well. I think this partnership will work out great. This isn't just a random place thats sponsoring us. It's a place all of the pro-staffers and other kayak fishermen love to go to and they're always willing to give advice or helpout whenever they can. I was just in there friday and Matt talked with me for an hour about a new tecnique I have yet to try. He suggested several different lures and even brought out his own personal tackle box to show me some of the lures he chooses to use! You just can't get that kind of service at any other place and thats the reason we want to support him.
Also, Tallapoosa Paddling Company is working with several other companies and people to create another tournament series that will hopefully be more competative than other series have been in the past. It will be a dedicated BASS fishing tournament. No catfish, no live bait, none of that stuff. It will be a simple showup, go fishing for bass and the biggest 3 fish wins. On top of that the prizes will be alot bigger. I think it's a great idea because believe it or not, in Georgia there isnt really a format like it. Usually there's a catch. But not these tournament series!
Ok on to the day we finally got the kayaks! What a day! I wokeup at around 5am and drove to Stewarts place to pick him up, then we drove to Cartersville and met up with Eric. From there we headed up to the Jackson factory in Sparta, Tenn. We were lucky enough to be able to go on a tour of the factory and see how these kayaks are made. All I can say is, WOW! The Jackson staff goes through alot of inspections and time to make sure every kayak is built to their specifications. Just looking at a kayak you kind of just think. It's a plastic boat how hard can it be to make one? The answer? It's ALOT of work. Even the molds for the kayaks look like something from an alien spaceship!
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| Tallapoosa Pro-Staff sponsored by Legend Outfitters |
After all of this I was exhausted. I got home around 9pm and headed straight to sleep!
On a side note me and Stewart met up on saturday and went fishing. It was the first real time I had been fishing in my new kayak. The wind was horrible and the fishing was tuff. I tried out the technique I had been meaning to try and started catching fish off the lures Matt suggested to me! By the end of the day I think me and Stewart had both caught around 7 or 8. Including a nice 3 1/2 lber! Thanks Matt!
Also, if you have free time go check out a few of the sites that have helped me out!
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http://www.tallapoosapaddlingcompany.com/ (theres even some blurbs about the pro-staff here)
http://www.legendoutfitters.com/
and here's the tournament series for anyone interested! Go enter and have some fun fishing!
http://www.southernkayakanglers.proboards.com/
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