His kayak resort has everything that a kayaker could ever want. I met a guy there who was trailering his kayak. He told me that Eddie has the best kayak launch he has ever seen and he has been all over.
"I watched the kayakers launching their rigs across the bayou for a while. I thought about how it takes them longer than a boat to get ready, and I thought that I could design a launch for them that would make it easier," said Mullen.
And make it easier he sure did. The boater simply backs his truck up close to the launch, slides the kayak across two PVC pipes and then across a roller and into the bayou between two docks that are custon made to fit a kayak.
Mullen also has bait, a fish cleaning station complete with plastic bags and RV parking spots.
What makes his operation really interesting is that he also has a couple of large boats that are used to transport both kayak and angler to a spot closer to the fish. He has a boat capable of taking 4 yaks and one capable of taking 10.
Mullen also has a mothership, a large houseboat capable of sleeping 6. This is available for people who wish to spend the night.
This is a photo of the mothership. The next time I visit Eddie I will post pics of the launches. The sun was too intense for me to take any great pics of them.
He also has 4 kayaks that he will rent to someone like me who does not own one of his own.
Unfortunately, the day I went to visit with Mullen the current was ripping down the bayou and Eddie didn't think that it would be safe to send a guy like me who is not in good health out into it.
So he set me up with a container of huge shrimp and showed me where he thought I might be able to catch reds in the middle of the day.
I cast out and quickly lost my bait. Being a seasoned angler, I knew that I was going to have to downsize to see what had been robbing me. So I went back to the truck and retrieved my lightweight equipment.
I put very small hook and bobber and baited up with a small piece of shrimp. After I cast out with this rig the bobber sank almost immediately. I set the hook and fought the fish in to see that it was a very small red, probably only 12 inches long. I caught two more of them during the next several casts.
I sat there and casted for another two hours and caught croakers and hardhead catfish. It was a very enjoyable afternoon, but then my poor health began to rear its ugly head and I became tired so it was time to go.
I would like to thank Eddie for a one of the better days I have had in a long time.
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