Kaenon Polarized

by Matt Peters  (Guest Contributor)

The recent FLW Outdoors National Guard Eastern Series tournament on Lake Okeechobee was a sight fishing shootout.  The fish had moved up on beds to spawn and the winning weights came from guys able to get the big females to bite.   The conditions for the tournament were pretty ideal for sight fishing:  mostly sunny skies, with slight cloud cover and light breeze.

When it comes to sight fishing, you’ve got to be able to position your boat as far from the fish as possible, and yet still be able to see what is going on.  Enter Kaenon Polarized.   I wore the Arlo with Copper 12 lenses the entire tournament and was able to stay off the beds, work the fish from a distance, and get the job done.   The C12 lenses give you ample brightness to see down in the black Florida freshwater.   Of course, the polarization takes the glare off the water so you can see the fish, see your bait, and make the best possible presentations to irritate the big girls into biting.

The below picture shows my view of a bed without polarization:

Here is that same bed, holding a pair a Arlo C12s over the camera lens: (notice the 3 pounder swimming away at 10 O’clock):

And here I am with my Arlo C12s and some Day 2 tournament fish, including a beautiful 6 pound female that helped me to a 40th place finish and $5250:

I’m gonna be here another few weeks to practice for one more event on Lake Okeechobee, aka, the Big O.   When conditions get really cloudy and grey, I’ll be reaching from my Hard Kore’s with the Y35 lens to optimize the amount of light I can get to see, should the conditions turn from bright to cloudy.  Otherwise, I’ll just stick to my Arlo C12s.  Kaenon’s got you covered for sight fishing.

This entry was posted on February 01, 2010 and is filed under Fishing.
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