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I agree. Do not go behind your parents back. Nothing good will come of it. Its hard to leave a float plan with a responsible adult when you're sneaking around. Not leaving a float plan? :/ Do it. If you're parents are reluctant to buy you or allow you to have a kayak then just be responsible when you go out and borrow your friends. Tell them you're going, with who, where, and when you expect to be back. Not only will this prove you're trustworthyness and make them feel better about your safety, they will also see from the frequency of your trips that you're serious about this. Maybe that will convince them next year or the year after to help out with the kayak purchase. Meanwhile .....save up for a proper fishing kayak. If kayaking is what you want to do- then do it right. You can get a very gently used professional sit on top kayak- mostly rigged- for $4-500. The crappy $75 sit inside isn't even worth the trouble of buying. It will get you on the water.....but its more of hinderance than you think and the more you take it out- the more you will realize this. Have fun. Be safe. Be responsible. Save up!

Agreed. Fishing inshore with my kayak. .... I throw a bone one knocker spook 80% of my time on the water. A good light weight 7' rod mh with a fast or moderate tip will launch it far and walk it easy. I like 15# yozuri ultrasoft. A short handled rod helps for sure.....but its easily doable with a regular handled rod. Twitch the rod to the side instead of down. You'll get the hang of it. Another tip is to keep about 10" of slack in your line on long casts so its easier to "snap" the lure. A good snap and a long pause will turn the bait 90° and catch those cautious fish. A steady walk catches the hungry ones. Also important to tie either a loop knot or add a small split ring to the lure so it walks freely- especially if you're new to walking. Good luck!

Went back to DSG yesterday and found three veritas rods for half off the sale price. That's $35 bucks. I bought all of them. They also had the 7'2" crucial mhf for half off 129. Which is $65. Wow! I got two veritas instead though....... Its too bad shipping is so prohibitive- I'd buy it and ship it to someone for cost.

If you have a dicks sporting goods near by, they are having SCREAMING sales on Abu Garcia veritas and shimano crucial rods. Like 75% off deals.

I'm very interested in this topic as well. Standing up for many hours either on the boat or on stage....wears me out quick. My redwings I wear at work are too bulky/heavy for either .

Hahahhah. .... I went back a few hours ago and they had all their remaining veritas rods in the half off bucket. I got: 7' mhf micro guide 7' mm regular guide 6'6" mhf micro guide For $32 dollars each! Hahahahha That means that with the 7'11" I got the other day, I have purchased 4 veritas rods (3 micro guides) for $160 ! They had a 7'2" mh shimano crucial in the bin for $65 bucks too! Got two veritas instead though. ... *happy dance*

I've been using YOzuri for years and years now. Its getting harder for me to find and never at the low prices mentioned here! I use #15 for just about everything. Salt and fresh. Wonderful.

Zoom trick worm ,black.

Took it out the next day and threw a frog around a sinkhole and caught three small bass. It casts a frog alright. Took it out yesterday and punched mats with a 1 1/2oz rig and it did awesome! Handled great and I loved the length. Its definitely going to be my main flipping rig. Didn't have any luck yesterday ..... but that's alright. I loved the rod!

I LOVE the yo daddy as a punch bait. Its just awesome.

Yup. I picked up the same veritas 7'11" for 67 bucks!

Yup. I got a 7'11" veritas flipping rod for $67.

Sorry I can't REALLY help you as I live about 2hours east of there. But the area is full of fishing opportunities both fresh and salt.

Redfish. Yes- those are waterspouts behind me. Lol.

Tooth pick. Dollar store has boxes of 500 for a dollar. That's 1000 pegs for a dollar. They're cheap, they work, and they're biodegradable!

Fishinpunk has the right idea. If the rod and your reel are exactly what you want and weigh nothing, then adding some counterweight a 1/8oz at a time to the butt cap is the answer. You will add the smallest amount of weight to achieve perfect balance that way- and lets face it..... 50¢ is way nicer than $200+ for another reel you don't actually need.

What Raul said. I wear long sleeves and long pants, wide brimmed boonie and a buff. Gloves too when the sun gets high. I use nutragena spray on my face, wrists/hands and ankles. I know bass fisherman sometimes balk at looking like a saltwater fly fisherman- but hey. Were all dying in the same sun.

I think that will work. You may be better off though just rigging a big 10" worm on there in your choice of black. Maybe even a 12". Good luck- tell us how it goes!

I'm not sure what some of the responses are talking about...... but I routinely fish out of my kayak for all inshore species with bass gear. Now mind you. .... I cheapened it up some because I'm in a kayak and the threat of turtling and losing your stuff is a possibility. But as far as actual performance goes- there's very few inshore fish that you can not land with bass gear - a properly set drag, and some common sense. I have found that the easiest, hassle free reel for me is the old curado200. Its mostly plastic and the parts that aren't are quality. They're fairly expensive on eBay, but if you rinse them and maintain them- they will last for years and years. I carry three curados on berkley lightening rods- 7'mh (15lb yo zuri ultra soft)and one quantum incyte spinning reel (with braid)on a 7' inshore uglyatick for a popping cork. I have never felt under powered and that's with catching some very nice size (overslot) reds and black drum. Mack's and jacks and even tarpon are doable. Your biggest issue with say tarpon or cobia is going to be line capacity. They will spool you on a baitcaster fairly quick. Other than that...... for working topwater and jigs for trout, redfish, flounder and snook- bass rigs work just fine. A bone one knocker, a gold spoon, a 1/4oz jig with a 3-4"swimbait and a popping cork with a gulp shrimp on it will catch 99% of inshore fish. And they're delicious. Edit: fwiw- in the next week or so, I'm actually going to go buy a 7'mh field and stream inferno and test it out in the salt/kayak. If it holds up- then ill replace the much heavier lightening rods with them.

I only peg when I'm flipping mats.

change the handle on your spinning reel to the right hand side. Problem solved. /thread.

I agree. I have been gone for a while and perused the site alot today. The mobile version is actually quite nice. The lack of a photo upload is the only thing that is a pain. That and its really hard to find and stay with my posts because of the post volume.

I can't believe i can actually join this discussion finally! 20 yrs ago....I caught one around 5lbs out of the Greenbriar river in WVA. I had no proof other than my brother who was there. Well. .... finally. ....after 20yrs of missing my family reunion- I made it up there last week and on the final day of my liscence, I caught this guy on a watermelon/chart roboworm t-rigged on a 1/8oz lead. I'm not 100% sure on the size- but rough estimate is 18-19 inches and pushing 4lbs maybe? I'm so ridiculously happy I finally have a pic of me and a smallie!

Hate to raise this zombie thread- but hey....I'm a zombie member. Still no tapatalk for bass resource forum? Just checking as I can't seem to find one.

First post in a long long time. ..... OP- I've been punching the last few years with a 7'h rod that I also threw frogs with. It worked fine for both- but not excellent for either. I think if the mats youre frogging and punhing can be described as "moderate", then youll be fine. That leads me to add to the OPs question here- I recently got a 7'11" veritas and haven't taken it out yet. Will this rod be a bit too stiff with braid? I'm punching some serious stuff here in Fla.