J Francho

Greetings from ROC.

No see 'ems. The worst.

We've already excluded marinas with channels in the first post. Like I said, I'm not a lawyer, but anything without buoys hasn't been an issue throughout the state. If some Karen wants to squawk, I'll probably move on anyway.

So Cayuga Lake is a a privately owned non tidal waterway? I'm not a lawyer but I play one on the internet.

Go on a Saturday, mid day. Take lots of pics for us!

It was only a matter of time…

Don't get me started on homonyms…

Out of the box…Pink buzz bait on a drop shot.

Good advice above. Locate those fish and back off them for a bit. Though I will say, I've caught plenty of bass that I was staring down. They aren't that smart, but they do get inactive at times.

I like the Alberto. In a pinch, a triple surgeon's knot has worked well for me too.

That's true. I agree with that. In most cases you'd endeavor to pass each other on the port side (go right). If I was paddling and a boat was approaching me on either side, I'd hold my course. Turning my bow toward that boat would confuse the other boater. As a boater, I'd be pretty concerned that they weren't really paying attention to me and stay a reasonable distance from the kayaker. Many others would not.

You may want to consult the coast guard rules of navigation. In no circumstances is pointing your bow toward a faster moving, oncoming vessel when you are underway correct. That is how I interpreted the response from Koz.

I'm not sure I follow the logic of turning parallel to a boat approaching on your flank. There's a rules regarding that situation, and it doesn't make sense to make yourself appear smaller. I'd stay on my heading and not make any drastic changes to avoid confusion. It seems like if everything is going right (I know and even felt the opposite myself as a situation develops), why introduce new variables? The tendency - and rule - would be for the approaching boat to turn right regardless of your position. What do you gain by getting parallel, or head on, with and approaching boat. You're not in a position to get out of the way should it actually go wrong.

People, @WRB caught a 37 Pound Musky on a 2500c!!! That's awesome.

I think the boater saw him all along and buzzed the tower. I see that and get it all the time. I'm not sure what attracts them to a kayak, but it's fairly common in my experience. I don't think those same boaters would do the same to another boat. It comes off as a bush league, look at me I can go faster than you move. What ever the motivation, I don't think anyone was in jeopardy, but it is VERY unsettling to be sitting in a kayak and have a boat approaching directly at you. There's really no good answer to the question of what you should do other than wave the paddle, your arms, anything to see if you have their attention.

No correction necessary. ALL Lund deep-v hulls have a pad. That doesn't make them a pad hull and the 17* deadrise at the transom should be the clue to that. From chine to chine, the pro v bass is the same hull as the pro v and tyee.

The V-18 was a deep v aluminum. The Targa were multi species/walleye/multi purpose aluminum boats. The Lund Pro-V bass are aluminum deep v boats. This looks more like a competitor to the Vexus aluminum bass boats. They are both pad hull designs. And I'd rather a Pro-V bad than this. Good luck with that price tag.

If skipping a Carolina is wrong, I don't want to be right.

The spf clothing actually feels cooler to me than direct sun.

Been using Blue Lizard for a decade or more. Great stuff, when you don't want to cover up, which is way more effective than any sun screen.

Any kind of unstable environment can make fishing really tough to read any pattern that will hold up.

Do you ever wish there were adjustable circular polarizers for your eyes?

Forgot about Jacques and who is the woman that worked on set for Julia? She's good too. Speaking of, gotta love JULIA. "You got to let that chicken know who's boss!" Lmao.

TD-X HSDL TD-Z 200e in any color or speed this will make some chuckle… KK OG Assasin. Can't break it and it just always works.