Alan Bishop

I started paddling as a way to sport fish in 2007 after seeing other fishermen trade boats in for kayaks; I was hooked. Purchased the Wilderness Tarpon 16 from Fairhope Boat Company and immediately filled my freezers with fish from Mobile Bay. I found it easy to fish and get around Mobile Bay with my Tarpon and out fishing any speed boat that motored my way. Participated in the 1^st Annual Kayak Fishing Tournament in Mobile Bay; landed a beauty 8+lb speckled trout off the jetties of the Grand Hotel in Pt Clear, paddled back to the Fairhope Pier in record time for the weigh-in for 1^st place. Love the full moon and rice creek to Indian mound paddles. Also, hooking that shark or red fish and going for a free ride across Mobile Bay is an awesome rush. So much water, so little time!