Chris Shoplock Lead Guide and Owner-Operator Osprey Outdoor Adventures L.L.C.
Chris Shoplock , fisherman since throwing his first fly at age 4 in Idaho trout water, suffers from what can only be described as Fishing Attention Deficit Disorder. Kayak, beach, lake, river, salt, fresh, spin-casting, fly-casting, and conventional casting are all methods he will employ to get him and his clients hooked up. One day Chris saw a teenage kayaker catch a 60-pound striper on a med weight pole while he watched fishless from the beach. He promptly bought a kayak and began exploring the unlikely jewel that is the NJ Estuarine and Salt Water environment. He liked best the back sod banks and fly-fishing for stealthy weakfish, savage bluefish and the mighty striped bass. He also began launching into the surf and fishing the big striper migrations in the early spring and late fall. He is an active member and moderator on several premier fishing web -sites and began guiding part time off the kayak 3 years ago. Chris’ Surf Fishing pursuits have been immeasurably valuable in translating how inshore trophy fisheries can be explored and experienced by kayakers with relatively little effort. Chris now fishes from Jamaica Bay, NY to Island Beach State Park, NJ and most points in between over 120 days a year. He is intimately familiar with a multitude of launch spots and the correct tides and times to find fish there. He is most at home kayaking at night in a quiet back-bay estuary listening for bass slurping dinner. He is an outdoor writer for On The Water Magazine and a dedicated catch and release fisherman. Chris is also a member of the Kayak Fishing Stuff Store W.E.T. team and a sponsored Hobie Angler.
Rates:
$150 for 4 hours unrigged
$200 for 4 hours rigged (I supply poles and bait)
$250 for 4 hours rigged, and I supply kayak and safety gear.
Contact:
cshoplock@mac.com
Mike Jediny. Guide- Osprey Outdoor Adventures LLC EMT
I started fishing and hunting at age 4. With my father we fished freshwater and hunted from Canada to Florida. The love of the outdoors and the respect for the resource are part of my DNA. I always had an eye for the salt as well as my freshwater and hunting roots. My father had no interest in saltwater angling. After he passed away, I could not longer ignore the call of the ocean and I started party boat fishing. Like many others the salt quickly addicted me. I now spend a majority of my time hunting and saltwater kayak fishing. Hard work and constant fishing has paid off with consistent catching of apex species. Also my roots of over 40 years in freshwater and hunting quarry give me a unique perspective and freedom to try new horizons. After two decades of party boat fishing, with tangles, expense and no fish, I decided there had to be a better way. In 2006 I bought my first kayak, a Hobie Adventure, and fishing went from an obsession to a way of life. When I began kayak fishing my initial focus was to target fluke, I was soon to discover the passion of striped bass fever; fluking were put on hold for well over a year! Breaking away from trophy fish to target fluke was a VERY difficult thing to do, but a necessary step in the evolution of kayak fishing. Once I broke out of a powerboat fisherman mentality and reevaluated the physics of the kayak game I became a hunter, a pursuer, in charge of my own plan. The quiet stealthy yak life got very interesting; we "evolve" by becoming "involved" in this sport. What intrigues me about kayak fishing is the ability to be on the ground floor and shaping the future of the sport. I became interested in pushing the boundaries in approaches to rigging and targeting fish. My hunting roots were a strong connection that taught me to pursue with purpose and not cast blindly. Now my schedule has blessed me with an opportunity to continue what my father started and begin teaching and guiding a new generation of hunters and anglers. Salt or fresh, expertise in fishing what I can offer, I can teach you to tap into the primitive and become your own captain.
Rates:
$150 for 4 hours unrigged
$200 for 4 hours rigged (I supply poles and bait)
$250 for 4 hours rigged, and I supply kayak and safety gear.