Kellan MacKinnon
His grudge began the morning he accepted a claimed retrieve speed without counting the turns of the handle, a mistake he made once while serving as a launch mechanic responsible for timing winch pulls and propeller changes, and has never repeated. Well past retirement, Kellan MacKinnon still treats every confident estimate as unfinished business, especially when the fish was caught after the lure had supposedly crossed the strike zone twice.
Articles by Kellan MacKinnon
Kayak Angler Claims to Have Found Inner Peace, Is Clearly Freezing and Lost
The angler described the experience as 'transcendent' while his GPS showed him 2.3 miles from the launch, facing the wrong direction, with a water temperature of 47 degrees.
Catch-and-Release Purist Emotionally Devastated After Fish Doesn't Seem Grateful
The angler held the trout in the current for a full minute, whispered 'you're free now,' and watched it swim away without a backward glance.