RIP Jon S

[gwl2oneida]

Had the pleasure of fishing with him at a pike a thon few yrs back. He was targeting carp on a fly rod, i was blown away. Huge loss to the kayak angling community

[msgdan]

Like almost everyone else, I was in shock when I heard this news yesterday morning. I have known Jon since the early days of KFS and he has been a good friend ever since. I have been on too many trips with him to remember all of them, but the first real trip we went on, was an AMAZING trip to kayak fish in Alaska. It was Jon, Joey Cambria (his partner in KFS) and 3 other guys from the west coast.



Add in another 100 trips to Montauk, Monmouth Beach, J-Bay, Raritan Bay, Passaic river and local lakes and all I can say is that this is going to be tough to handle.



I live about 2 minutes from the store he had in Fairfield and spent many hours with him there as well



If there is anyone that kayak fishes in this part of the country......regardless of if you have ever met him or not.......HE, is one of, if not, the main reason that this sport is what it is today.



I am so glad that I have taken so many pictures of our trips to remember him.



Here is Jon with a smallish halibut, of many bigger ones landed in Alaska more than 10 years ago........you will be missed !!

[Chrisper4694]

back when i started fishing i had no boat. i went to a knee deep club meeting and Jon was the speaker and talked about kayak fishing in saltwater, sharks, freshwater all kinds of stuff. Before that i would have never thought of fishing from a kayak (which i just assumed and pictured as unstable). Anyway Purely because of this i got myself an inexpensive kayak to fish from and 10 fold increased my fishing experiences and catching of number and size. I've since gotten my hands on a Jon boat obviously but although i only spoke to Jon that one time in person and never fished with him he had an impact on my fishing life and i'm thankful for that. So thanks Jon! RIP