J Francho

Keep it down, @Catt! You are supposed to whisper secrets!

If you have any women in the house, hair ties are WAY more plentiful, lol. I usually find them near the shower, or on the bedroom doorknob. I've use rubber bands, but after about a week in the sun, they are done. A nice hairband will last you a season or more.

That describes many baits called "jig." All of them can be swum. Swim jigs typically have a few mods that help, like head shape, bait keeper, thinner brush guard, thinner skirt, and often come baitfish color patterns. You don't have to throw a jig, or you can skip everything else in your list. There are times when swimming a jig triggers a bite. Sometimes they're just fun to fish. Think of your question like this, like asking why throw a buzzbait when you already have a jitterbug?

There's like 9 places you could connect a net to. Any one of those D-hooks would work.

What kind of paddle board is it? It would be easy to add a pad eye to anything other than an inflatable.

That's a really good question - I don't know. Never tested it out. I doubt it, but it would be easy to add a float or use a tether. BTW, it folds in half, and opens with a one hand.

I'm reminded of a steelhead I hooked while fishing from my bass boat, that ran under the boat, and launched itself 50 yards off to the other side. I thought for sure it threw my spoon. I lifted the trolling motor, nad frantically reeled up the slack. It was still there. It was pretty memorable. Most bass, even smaller ones can turn even my 14' Commander. All but my short 6-2 rods make it around the bow of my Hobie Compass. When I'm fishing vertical, I'm usually pretty deep, so there's often time to react. Neither way is wrong here - whatever works is best. This net has been VERY good to me: https://www.frabill.com/bearclaw

I have a couple of thoughts about this advice. It's mostly well written, and almost all of it is pretty reliable. You can also let the fish pull the kayak around so it's always on the side you hooked it. Of course, if it's taking you into trees, this won't work. If a fish runs straight down, let it. If it runs away from the boat, use the kayak as drag. Never, never, never, never, unless you are using really stout braid - and not even then if you can help it. Otherwise, get a net or learn to belly land them. This may work a long time, until it doesn't. No matter where or what I'm fishing from, I hold the rod perpendicular to the fish. In a kayak, canoe, or seated from a small boat that often means using "side pressure" on the fish. Maybe that's what you mean parallel to the water? True story. This is about the only time I anchor up. Otherwise I paddle way out of harm's way. Anyway, that was a good write up, @Talio

They have one I still use that uses a light resin head. More finesse-ey than most Umbrella Rigs.

Step it up! This was from my 48th birthday:

Just leave it on the line. No need to put it anywhere.

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20# of gear adds up quick. Travel light, or you're going to have issues. That isn't a big boy boat.

Erie and Ontario are only really clear in spring. You can see around 30' then. After that, it's around 4-10' of visibility. It's actually gotten better since the zebra mussels took over. It really depends on location. Some places have more run off, and that means green water. Fish are deep anyway.

Dragging tubes was THE way in the 90s. It still works, but you'll be dealing with some snot algae, which is why many have abandoned it for a drop shot. Back then, I'd troll deep diving walleye cranks. Catch a few on a spot, stop and drop tubes over the side to further dissect the school, if that's what you found. These days, it's a lot of map work, scanning for bait, trial and error.

Bring whatever rods you use for whatever type of fishing you're going to do. I would limit it to one or two in a small boat. I always bring an anchor, but rarely use it when fishing. It's more for sticking in a spot to tie up, clean up the hull, rerig, or take a break. It's pretty much the same as setting the hook so you don't fall over. I don't know anything about that boat or it's stability. I'm almost always standing when I'm fishing. Even if I'm sitting, it's the same hook set. I think with some time in the seat, you'll answer your own questions.

Find bait, find fish.

In my experience, bank/shore fishing is rough on gear. You’re always setting your gear down and climbing around shore line cover.

Standard bully response from an insecure and many time loser that sometimes wins. They say that about anyone that does anything different. It's one of the most irritating things for me to hear someone say.

I was referring to the quote, not the video. The video is terrible for several reasons, though I can tell he's tying a basic clinch knot.

That is an improved clinch. I use it with mono and copoly because it's fast and string enough for me.

AKA lose your crankbait knot.

Take a stroll through the Flea Market to see typical wear on reels.