The word "inflatable" is enough to make most hardcore anglers hesitate. For more seasoned (a polite way of saying skeptical and old) anglers like me, the term brings to mind big box stores and cheap ...

Some of my favorite fishing adventures were fishing for speckled sea trout, jacks, pompano and redfish from kayaks in the backwaters of southwest Florida from St. Petersburg, Fla., to Sanibel Island.