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• Water temp (lagoon)
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• Merritt Island Closures
• 2010 Merritt Island Permit
• Shuttle launches
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• Intro for new members
• The skinny on lures
• How to locate redfish on the flats
• OKFC 2010 Refuge clean-up
• Kayak Reviews
• Fly fishing basics
• Reel maintenance
• Basic saltwater tackle
• Shad fishing
• Anchor Advice
• Rigging a jerk bait
• Mono backing calculator

We sponsored the very 1st OKFC Clean up event on April 10th, 2010 when our team adopted the Haulover canal North west quadrant. A sign was erected on this bank showing the adoption of this area by the club. It has been restored to a cleaner area and it is a great place to fish. However view the severity of the trash we still have a good bit of work. We are scheduled to do three a year (spring,fall and winter)to keep this area pristine so that everyone can enjoy it for generations to come.

Our Fall clean-up is scheduled for 10 AM on September 18th which coincides with International Beach Cleanup day. Please check in with the ranger Nancy Corona upon arrival. The cleanup will last until 11:30 AM and afterwards we will head to Stendler outpost which many of us know as Boyscout camp.

Although tentative at this point, we are planning to a have a Hot dog roast and a chance to get together and talk fishing.

Some of us plan to hit the water early and fish then paddle in to clean. If you decide on fishing please post on the looking for a fishing partner board to make sure we are not all hitting the same flats.

Click to view the pictures from our last clean up.

Click on our map link to view the map of the clean-up.

We have also started a thread on the events forum to match up drivers with volunteers. We encourage club members to find other to carpool to the site to save gas, be green and meet other club members along the way.

Our project coordinator is Ed Oliveras

Our Volunteers

Currently we have "16" volunteers but our goal is "50", you can sign-up here.

Tuesday, Sept 14th - Bass Pro

All meeting dates & Maps to locations

Each Month we have a meeting and we feature a guest speaker to educate and entertain. In the past we have had many guest speakers such as Captain Tom Van Horn from coastal angler, Captain Chris Myers, Steve Chapman from Boodreaux's Boondocques, Captain Rodgers from the Hawgwild Show, Rick from the Snook Foundation, Rod Price with the Friends of the Wekiva, Mary Carswell the kayak instructor amongst others.

They have covered subjects ranging from kayaking technique, conservation, instructions on using specific lures & retrieval techniques all the way to the methods to locate predatory fish in the lagoon system.

After the “seminars we quickly cover a few club topics and begin with introducing new club members.

We finish the meeting with a free-for-all chaos of simultaneous fishing discussions.

We also have club stickers for sale at the meeting with purchases going directly to the club to keep our website running and pay for other special club activities so that we remain a no dues organization.

If you have any items including shirts, jackets, or hats, please bring them to the meeting and we will have them embroidered and return at the following meeting. There is a pass-through cost of $5 per item to be embroidered.

Our last meeting

Our guest speaker was Bryan Cheek who gave us all the information about the 2nd annual Indian River Paddle Classic (see article below for more details and links) which benefits the Coastal Charities, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization. Coastal Charities supports activities encouraging youth to discover the great outdoors, and 100% of tournament proceeds go towards the community.

Join our mailing list

Send your e-mail address to me at kirk@orlandokayakfishingclub.com and I'll be sure to add you to our e-mail list. This list is for club updates only, I don't share them with 3rd parties. I also only send about 2 e-mails per month (one for meeting reminders and another for meeting summaries) so you won't be inundated with tons of e-mails.

During last year's kayak swap, everyone brought their yaks and club members were able to "trade" rides for an afternoon.

We are a pretty opinionated and passionate group about what we do and the gear we do it with. This article was created to give prospective kayak owners impressions from seasoned kayak owners about their crafts. Unlike many commercial websites, this article does not have a salesman's bias. We are not sponsored by anyone, links to the individual kayak companies are includes as an aid for our members only.

Additionally, we have created a customized rating system Yak report card (rating A to F) to help with anyone trying to decide between kayaks.

Enjoy.

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