A NEW SPONSOR - HPA France, the specialist of waterproof bags and equipment for Stand Up Paddling, Fishing and kayaking is now my official sponsor

Dear readers,

I am stoked to announce that I am now officially a sponsored paddler for HPA Equipement - http://www.hpa.fr/ - a company focused on the design, manufacturing and distribution of waterproof bags and accessories serving the Stand Up Paddling, Fishing and professional markets.

HPA sent me a lot of very useful goodies including fully waterproof bags, ceramic knife, a "fish box" designed to be placed on the front of the SUP, a lot of rigging leashes, waterproof pack to store my Iphone, shorts and a camera bag...

To say that I am grateful is an understatement, I very happy to count HPA as my sponsor as I am already preparing for Jamaica Bay Kayak fishing tournament in New York City, in which I intent to compete, on my Stand Up Paddle board in the Fly-Fishing division of course!

Stay tuned...

PAC


Chers lecteurs,

Je suis très content de vous annoncer que je suis officiellement sponsorise par HPA, http://www.hpa.fr/, une société spécialisée dans le design, la fabrication et la distribution de sacs étanches et d'accessoires pour le stand up paddle, la pêche et les professionels du nautisme.

HPA m'a envoyé une super sélection de sac étanches, un couteau a lame céramique et une "fish box" qui est designe pour etre installée sur le pont du SUP, un short et des packs étanches pour Iphone.

Dire que je suis reconnaissant est insuffisant, je suis vraiment heureux du support de HPA et cela tombe tres bien car je compte participer cette année a la compétition de pêche en kayak de "Jamaica Bay" prévue le 16 Mai prochain a New York. Compétition que je vais faire en Stand Up Paddle, dans la division Pêche a la mouche!

A bientôt!
PAC

HPA Water Proof Bags - My New Sponsor

Fishing from a Stand Up Paddle Board for Striped Bass

Hi There!

I took a long paddling trip from City Island to Execution Rock lighthouse and found perfect conditions - little wind, no traffic and a good amount of bait fish.


I was kind just really "in tune" with everything but I was still fishing and catching small striped bass when I saw a big school of bait fish behaving like they were stressed out... Interesting... so I decided to try my chance and BAM... my line stopped for a moment... the fish was barely moving... and then my drag screamed... wow! I was standing up and decided to go for the ride...


As minutes passed I was almost sure that it was a big Bluefish... and was so happy to see a big "striper" coming up!


Only problem, the fish inhaled the hooks and was pretty badly hooked so I decided to keep it (I usually keep 2-3 fish a year, for conservation purpose but also because it is very awkward to first have a SUP in the street of NYC AND a big huge fish that takes hours to clean, cut and filet )


This is not a monster but at 43 inches and 22 pounds it is a big fish on my book.


I wish I had a Go Pro camera because for an hour or so it was amazing to see these bait fish getting crushed by big striped bass - caught two other big ones but they were safely released to live, spawn and caught another day!


Tight lines to all of you Stand Up Paddle anglers!