This has been a great year for kayak bass, with some guys hitting the 40 and 50 mark from their kayaks. A kayak puts you in the middle of the action. Some guys think it's easy as opposed to shore fishin'. They may think that, but the mis-perception fishing the bunker schools without a motor is easy is not always true.

1. Even if you have a pedal-yak, the bunker move, and the bass move with them. You might have to move N or S along the coast as much as 5 miles a day. That's pretty tough when you have rough seas or an offshore swell.

2. In addition, in a kayak your field of vision for seeing the bunker schools is limited. There have been several times I've been on the jetties, seen the bunker 1/2 mile offshore, and pointed out to a yakker on the water to go to the left or the right to intercept them.

These challenges all make it difficult for a yakker to consistently nail big bass. Yet, this summer, in the ocean, bays, Montauk, Block Island, LI sound, and Cape Cod, guys have scored big-time with bunker and live eels.

Hat's off to these guys who are so obsessed with big bass they constantly push to position themselves where the fish are.