Jeff Little

Angling

Nickname/Alter Ego: Yakfish

Age: 33

State/Hometown: New Windsor, Maryland

About Me: Fishing is on my brain 24 - 7 like a computer running virus scan in the background. So if I seem a little slow, you'll know why.

Favorite Wilderness Systems Kayak: Ride 135

Must-Have Accessory or Gear: An irrigation syringe filled with my own concoction of amino acids so I can scent my lures.

Favorite Place to Fish: It changes, but I've been on a Susquehanna River kick recently.

Favorite Species to Fish: Smallmouth Bass

Favorite Rod 'n Reel: A spinning rod I built on a St. Croix Legend Tournament blank. It's 7'5" long, medium power, fast action, and can throw a tube or fluke longer than I can gather line to set the hook. I put a Daiwa Sol 2500 reel on it.

Favorite Bait/Lure: My own hand poured soft plastic creations. Recently, I've done well with a beaver style bait that I nose hook with a #6 octopus hook, and keel weight with lead discs so it goes down belly first.

Professional Accomplishments: Authored "In Pursuit of Trophy Smallmouth Bass: My Life in a Kayak", served as president of the Potomac River Smallmouth Club, earned ACA certification to teach Basic River Kayak.

Why I Love Kayak Fishing: "Why do I love fishing?", well that's a heavy question. One of the residents at the nursing home I work at came as close as anyone can to explaining it. She spoke of her late husband, an avid angler, and said with a shrug, "I guess that when you're fishing, you just can't worry." Why I do it from a kayak? Because it goes where a larger boat can't, doesn't require warranty work or maintenance, starts up perfectly every time, and keeps me healthy, mentally and physically.

Additional Information:

Jeff Little, author of In Pursuit of Trophy Smallmouth Bass: My Life in a Kayak is our resident bronzeback expert. He chases both river and reservoir smallmouth in the Mid Atlantic region. In 2002, Jeff earned American Canoe Association certification to teach "Basic River Kayak", and used that instructor certification to launch Blue Ridge Kayak Fishing, LLC (www.blueridgekayakfishing.com), a business that teaches paddling technique as it relates to kayak fishing for river and reservoir smallmouth.

Jeff regularly contibutes articles and photographs to publications and websites including Woods & Waters, KayakBassFishing.com, Smallmouths.com, Pennsylvania Boater & Angler, and Riversmallies.com. He has been featured in articles in Bassmaster Magazine, North American Fisherman Magazine, Bassin' Magazine, and several other regional outdoor publications.

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