KenG85

Can you imagine trying to get rich selling green pumpkin jigs... Add a touch of blue and you've got my favorite big bass bait

Dealer said the 150 will get 45 to 50 mph. They also said 200 will get 55 to 60 mph. They cited Lund as the source for these numbers. I'm thinking I could live with 45 mph. However, I'm worried about loss of performance with pleasure boating, tubing and such. Also I would like to be able to ride with confidence should the weather turn rough.

That's what I was thinking, too. Come spring time I may still be in my ocean kayak big game 2. How would you guess this boat would run with the 150 four stroke on it?

Good luck!

I found this post while searching up and down for information on this boat. I am so close to pulling the trigger on one. I live in SD where it seems we have 25 mph wind every week and 10-15 mph seems to be a normal day. This seems like the boat that will let me get where I want to go even in those conditions. I'm also looking for a boat that could double for recreation and the 200 hp Verado should be able to do that. I'm wondering how things have went for the past year? Are you still loving it? Have you found any short-comings? I see you went with dual Talon's. Does that affect hull warranty for Lund? I've heard it voids Ranger warranties. How does the boat draft in shallow water? Have you felt limited in how shallow you can take it?

Lol... And I'm still using the same rod I posted about. Dobyns 705cb glass

I hear its tough, but everyone believes there are bigguns in there. I want to take my kayak and give it a whirl. Thanks for the info.

Hey I was wondering if anyone has recently visited Sleepy Creek Lake in Berkeley Springs, WV. I see they have a campground. Two things are easy to find out about this place, 1) the road in is awful 2) the bass are big. I'm hesitant to take my sedan with kayaks on the roof down the road. Does any know if this is possible without an AWD vehicle?

This is why I plan on getting the 706. I would put 14lb mono as a mainline and use it for topwater, small swimbaits and large cranks.

Last year I used 30lb braid with a long 12 or 14 lb mono leader. I did this because mono was too stretchy as a main line and I worry about braid being too obvious to fish. It worked very well. It also kept the rod usable for top water. This year I'm going to start with 15lb fluoro as a main line. Which sacrifices top water ability, but should make the setup better for cranking and jerkbaits.

Yea 8' is too cumbersome to fish from a kayak in my opinion. I also don't see it as being ideal for twitching a glide. Also deep diving cranks isn't one my go to techniques, so I don't want to dedicate a rod to it. So for versatility and comfort I'm focusing on the 706cb.

That sounds like what I'm looking for. I have the 705cb which is a phenomenal rod. It sounds like the 706cb takes over right where it starts to drop off in the 3/4 oz range. 1/2 oz is the sweet spot for 705cb. At times I feel under powered when retrieving a DD22 or 6xd. The rod also feels stressed when loading the G2 shellcracker, S waver and Super Spook. I was hoping the 706cb would step up for these applications, but also remain versatile enough to spread in to some other applications like chatterbaits.

I've been thinking about this rod for a while now and am thinking of using it for cranks 14 feet and deeper, big squarebills, blackdog shell cracker, s wavers and super spooks. Anybody have input on it yet?

Sweet. Good to hear from all you. I'm riding in a ocean kayak big game ii

Awesome. I have a bunch of gear sitting inside ready to be mounted! Its going to be a good season, I can feel it.

Sounds like if they started eating the bass they might get a better trophy fishery. Cool videos. Catching is always fun! What I would do get out of this bitter cold!!!

Awesome.

Are many people here fishing from kayaks? I've been doing for 2 years now and love it. Thought I would share my videos from the past season.. 10 17 14 Kayak Bass Fishing West Virginia:

I had a pattern like this that lasted several weeks one summer. The waters levels were way down at my favorite pond and right at the bank there was a small shelf about 3 feet deep and extending five feet away from the bank which then dropped to about 8 feet. There were minnows and young gills trapped on the shelf. I would drag all kinds of baits up the shelf and drop shot em. It was shooting fish in a barrel while it lasted.

Just got it today!

I bought the big game ii but won't have it for a week or so. I'll let you know whenI do.

I too expect this to be an ongoing process. I appreciate your perspective.

I'm going to give the crate a try this year. From my experience, albeit limited, My rods lying in front of me causes them to protrude over the end of the kayak. I tend to use longer rods and the shortest is 7'. I usually keep my back pack full of soft baits between my legs so real estate runs out quickly as well.

How's this for spooky similar? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F3NYOG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I bought them last night.

Will definitely consider those points. One thing I noticed while fishing the predator MX is that the rods behind you are not accessible from the standing position. So I ended up laying a few rods on the deck.