Matthew Dennis on SUFSchool.com

Matthew Dennis

Gray, GA, United States

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Sep 15 at 10:56 AM

Hey y'all West cost folk... Hit me up. I keep them thangs on me!!! Got a fresh cut batch of "neko necks"... IYKYK. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Sep 04 at 09:07 AM

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Found these looking through my kayak pictures... My PB! 1lb bluegill. Caught it on a SMH head and worm!!!

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Sep 03 at 07:41 PM

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(Long post, sorry.)
I've seen some kayak post and questions about set-ups. So I figured I would share mine. (Prior to the alligator incident I posted about last month... Found out I had a crack and that's what caused me to take on water.)
I use a Perception Outlaw 11.5 sit on top kayak. No electronics. There are ram mount holes pre-drilled and capped off. I installed the rail mount cup holder and paddle holders. I also installed a rail mount system on the nose of the kayak for my Anchor Wizard. It is shown with the a mushroom weight. Turned out to be too big and I dropped down to a drag chain style weight... I DIYd my son's old pencil pouch on my seat to hold lip grabbers, scissors, leader line. I have a Plano Weekender Crate tackle bag. Have soft plastic organized from fluke style baita, creature baits, and shakey head baits in the side bags. Hard style and terminal tackle in multiple 3600 boxs. I'll also carry the 3700 double sided storage boxe of my TRD style baits. The kayak has built in double barrel rod holders. But on my crate I installed with zip ties a three rod holder. The middle one I installed with zip ties a flag and beacon light. This has been a great kayak and I have gone just a out everywhere in it with ease... From fishing for shoal bass in swifter water, ponds, big water on the lake and rivers, and an inshore bay area. The hull did crack and I'm in the process of deciding on and upgrade kayak, going through the repair process, or the warranty process.(Just gotta find my paperwork). If you are thinking about an Outlaw I would still say go for it! I'm looking at the Crescent Shoalie FS. I'm including the pictures of my kayak and then the crack. I welcome y'all's advice, opinions, and recommendations. Thanks.

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Aug 23 at 11:17 PM

This is how it looks on the Google Play store for Android.

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Aug 07 at 08:53 AM

Hope all the SFU family and businesses from Florida and the South Easten Coastal states are good!

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Jul 24 at 12:15 PM

Is it just me or is this what y'all see when Brian lays into the infamous "Bobby"??? 😂🤣 😂 Nothin but love B!

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Jul 20 at 11:26 PM

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So, I always thought the "it's not if, it's when" mentality was not about me. Until it happened. Tuesday we went to the river, while fishing the shoals in our kayaks. I caught some small hybrid shoalies and my 12 y\o son caught his PB (19.5 in, 3.22 lbs). We decided to head back to the launch... While doing so we see an alligator swimming in the same direction. (First time seeing one in the wild and up close... Probably 30 to 40yards max and closer.) I noticed my kayak was making a bubbling sound. I thought it was nothing major. We passed the alligator and saw it go under the water. Well about five minutes later I realize I'm taking on water and my boat is incredibly top-heavy. My son came to assist me and tried moving stuff to his boat... Then splash, I was in the water. Thankfully I was wearing my life jacket. I was able to grab some things and get them to my sons boat. I then had to get my boat flipped over. Once doing that I realized just how winded I was... I only had one attempt to get on. It was unsuccessful. The boat had taken too much water. I had my son call 911. And we got rescue on the way... Keep in mind I was doing all of this not far from where we saw the gator go in. There was no shore to go to, only 90 degree walls... And the alligator was between us and the shoals... So while waiting on the emergency crews to get there,(who also delayed due to a train blocking the launch area.) I look down river and see this prehistoric head of death moving towards us... My 12 year old son maintained his composer all that way until now... I now had to tread water, hold on to his kayak, calm him down, and maintain eye contact with the approaching death. I made the decision to that I will not die in front of my son. I had my duty pistol on and replayed every episode of swamp people I have seen, in my head. After some heavy duty prayers felt a small limb under my foot and was able to stop treading water. Then the alligator turned and went back down river, the train moved, and the rescue boat arrived... We were safely taken to the shore with our boats without incident...

I say that to say this... Wear your life jackets! The amount of energy used to get items of the boat in order to flip it, flipping it, and trying to get on was way more that I ever expected. I was in the water for almost an hour. It could have definitely been a deadly outcome. I lost my shoes, all my bags of paddle tails and soft plastic jerk baits, numerous styles and sizes of drop shot hooks, Neko rig hooks, ned rig hooks, SMH jig heads, bump board with my blat chip from the first SUF Championship, net, tools, broke a rod... But it doesn't matternin the long run, we are alive and can fish another day. Thanks for reading and sorry for the long post... Here are some pictures and screenshots of the day...