If you’re new to a kayak fishing area, you probably know that launch points and tides can make or break your day. This website brings together kayak fishing locations I’ve fished or researched heavily, with notes on seasonal patterns, safe spots to launch, and the subtle details that help you catch fish more consistently.
The Lower Colorado River is a desert kayak angler’s playground: clear reservoirs, rocky current seams, cattail backwaters, and deep runs below dams. From Bullhead down to Yuma, you can target striped bass, smallmouth, chunky catfish, and carp year-round if you understand dam releases, current, and heat. This guide focuses on the main recreational stretch many…
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and one of the most productive freshwater fisheries in North America. That combination makes it a dream and a danger for kayak anglers. The shallow Western Basin kicks up fast in the wind, the Central and Eastern basins run deeper and colder, and all three hold…
Lake Tahoe is a big, clear, and cold high-elevation lake that fishes very differently from small local reservoirs. Drop-offs are abrupt, wind can build fast, and water stays cold most of the year—but the payoff is quality mackinaw (lake trout), rainbow trout, kokanee salmon, and smallmouth bass within kayak range if you understand structure, seasons,…
Lake Michigan fishes more like an inland ocean than a typical lake. Clear, cold water, steep drops, and long shorelines hold salmon, trout, smallmouth bass, and perch—but conditions can flip fast with wind and storms. A kayak gives you a quiet, low-cost way to work nearshore structure, harbor mouths, and river plumes that big boats…
Kayak Fishing San Diego Bay is one of the most consistent fisheries on the West Coast. It’s a long, narrow, mostly protected bay with steady tidal flow, deep channels, flats, eelgrass edges, and man-made structure. That mix creates year-round habitat for spotted bay bass, halibut, mackerel, and even the occasional yellowtail pushing in near the…
Puget Sound is a deep, cold, tidal fjord system with salmon, lingcod, rockfish, and flounder all within small-boat range. Covering more than 100 miles from north to south, it fishes like a chain of connected bays and channels, each with its own currents, bait, and structure. For kayak anglers, the Sound offers everything from quiet,…
Everglades National Park is one of the most unique kayak fishing destinations in the world. Vast mangrove mazes, endless bays, creeks, and salt marshes create a shallow-water playground that’s made for a quiet, stealthy kayak. From snook and redfish tight to the roots, to tarpon rolling in remote creeks and bays, the Everglades are built…
Kayak fishing Chesapeake Bay can feel overwhelming at first. The Bay fishes like three different systems—upper, middle, and lower—each with its own personality, wind patterns, and boat traffic. The good news is you don’t have to fish all of it. A kayak lets you quietly pick apart shoreline structure, marsh edges, and shoals where big…
Cape Cod is one of the most productive saltwater kayak fisheries in the Northeast. The Cape’s bays, estuaries, rips, and open beaches all funnel bait and gamefish into tight corridors that a small, quiet kayak can work far more efficiently than most big boats or surf anglers. Striped bass, bluefish, and bonito all push close…
Destin, Florida is known as “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village” for a reason. Clear Gulf water, productive bays, and easy access to channels and sandbars make it a powerful kayak fishery—if you know where to launch and how to play the tides. From inshore redfish and speckled trout to nearshore snapper and jack crevalle, a…