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I don't have one but the Deps SS 250 is the best if you can afford one!! The ones I have are: 8" Huddlestons in the ROF 5 & 12 200 River2Sea S-Waver in Trout color 8" Savage Trout Line Thru in floating, slow sink, and moderate sink 7" Rago Top Trout you can dive or wake 9" MS Slammer in trout color 6.5" Lunker Punker and I say 6.5" because that the real length of it not 6" like the injected!

Yeah, I asked on that on the NCKA site and got no response so maybe they thought I wanted their secrets when I just wanted general advice never having fished it, but thanks for mentioning it I do appreciate it!! I had my oldest boy move here with his family and wanted to get a day fishing in while here and sounded like these are the 2 better lakes even though Rollins Reservoir and Scotts Flat Reservoir are even a lot closer to where I'm staying!

Thanks for the advice!! I think I'll use the hours you recommend since I like early morning/night fishing anyways on busy lakes!! I'm also planning on using the Dark Day Ramp, so maybe I avoid more traffic staying away from the main lake. I hope that and going early anyways!! Really want to thank you again thou!!

I'm heading to Grass Valley would like to take my kayak to get a little bass fishing in. Don't know anything about the area, but Collins Lake and Bullards Bar Reservoir sound like good places for Spotted Bass! Any advice or info which lake is better for fishing bass in a kayak? I found out Collins Lake ramp is OK, but still need to find out if Bullards Bar Reservoir ramps are in good shape and which launch would be better for fishing since getting around on such a big lake in a kayak would be tough. Never fished for Spots but I here they are fun!! Any information is appreciated here or you can PM me. Thanks for your time, Chris

Good bait and like mentioned above comes with treble hook. You thread your line thru a tube and tie to the hook which has a slot to stick it in to hold it in place! Here's a review I did and gear I used since they run up to ~3.7 oz depending on sink rate! http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/137644-8-savage-gear-3d-line-thru-trout-review/

Get a 6" Lunker Punker (MS Slammer is good also but Punker gets me more fish), 68 Hudds (ROF 5 & 12 and I have the weedless), and the River2Sea 178 S-Wavers and you can cover the water column from top to bottom. If you can push over 3 ozs. then you can get the 200 S-Waver, Salvage Line thru and 8" Hudds which would run in the 3-4 oz range on these! If I may recommend 1 thing is learn the baits you get before jumping from bait to bait buying more, because you really can do allot playing with retrieves! Check also what's been working in your area but I'm pretty sure these will work anywhere!!

I wear prescription glass and found Solar Shield polarized sunglasses at Walmart in a couple of different color lens. They're not clip-ons, but go over your standard glasses nicely and you don't even notice them. Just get the right size for your prescription so they go over them nicely, and they only cost I think it was $20.

I want to thank Savage Gear for my two 8" Savage 3D Line Thru Trouts for doing this review!! I'm interested in seeing how the floating one does, since I've done well with the slow and moderate sink!!

Go with frogs and the 6" weedless swimbaits I just work through the grass which have worked great for me! Watch out when your weedless goes through a thick cluster of grass at times and you pull harder to free it, because as it comes free you can get hammered big time!! Basically anything you can rig weedless will work, I just prefer swimbaits!!

I'd have to say the River2Sea 200 & 178 S-Wavers at least they have been the hot one for me lately! Pictured is a 6.0 & 6.81 lb which took the 200 S-Waver and both at ~23" in length! One had spawned and one hadn't and both hit within a 15 min time span!!

I started with just the 10' Tarpon and 12' Commander and wanted to go farther all the time, so get something that allows for your growing into because kayak fishing is addicting, LOL!!. The longer kayaks paddle better/easier for distance also. That's also why why I ended up getting a Hobie because I was fishing 9 mile round trips with the 12' Commander and with the Hobie I do it in half the time. If you start doing longer trips/outings you might want the SOT and here's why; with my Commander I'd leave with no wind and when the wind kicked up later in the day I had to be more careful with waves breaking over the bow on the Commander. On sit on tops you don't have to worry water filling a kayak! Either way it was still fun, but something to keep in mind on longer trip since my lake gets windy in the afternoons! Here's a pics of mine!

I've used my 10' Tarpon but wish I would have got a 12' instead (same with my wife for a little extra room). Weight is like only 5 lbs difference I think! Someone cn correct me if I'm wrong but I think the Ride came out and combined the better feature of both the Tarpon and Commander is the way I understood it.

Yes the folding down on the Commander and sit higher on the hard sit is a nice feature I've used (I carry and foam cushion to sit on then since I'll fish for 8 hrs at a time, LOL). The Commander is sturdy but while you can stand in it me being tall at 6' 2" I don't like standing in it like my Hobie Pro Angler for example, but a shorter person may not have that issue. As for any kayak that gets dragged on boat ramps it will wear thin where dragged and crack just so you know.I still recommend doing demo's to make sure your happy also by trying different one your thinking about getting if possible. Trust me it eliminated some I thought about getting within 5 mins just from stability or handling which may have come from even just being tall at 6" 2" and about 240 lbs. If it helps any I've wheeled my Tarpon and Commander for about 1.5 miles down trails to gravel pits and ponds with no problems. I haven't wanted to try my Hobie Pro Angler because of it's weight but I love fishing from it the most but if it comes to paddling I like my Wilderness Tarpon and Commander but the Ride wasn't availble when I got those. I think it came out a few months later! Again good luck and demo some you'd be happy you did! Well off kayak fishing now for me. LOL!!

The 12' Commander is 64 lbs but I don't know if that's with or without the seat. Seats pretty light and I car topped mine with the seat in it!

I have a Wilderness Commander 120 and Tarpon 100 along with two 12' Hobie Pro Anglers. I like the kayak/canoe hybrid of the Commander and never had any issues with water (even though carrying a hand siphon pump is recommend because you never know). On the Pro Anglers the sitting that you can adjust up an additional 4" is handy also; just wish the Pro Angler was lighter since it's become my favorite overall to fish from. For you I'd recommend asking to do a demo and try it out make sure you like it. Most dealers will do a free demo then check the weight, tracking, stability and comfort. That's really the best way to make sure you get what fits you because we all have slightly different tastes/needs!!

I have four kayaks; Wilderness Tarpon 100 and Commander 120 and two 12' Hobie Pro Anglers! I like them all depending the situation, but my favorite in the Hobie Pro Angler and it's pricey along with heavy. For you I'd recommend getting a Wilderness Ride (they have 2 11.5' and 13.5') and car top it. I did the Wilderness kayak's I had on roof racks (check dealer rating 1st on racks) and used foam pipe insulation as cushioning. Most importantly go to demo's which dealers will do and try them out to find one YOU like and fits your needs and where you want to fish! I went to demos' and some I got in it and it tracked treble, other I felt I'd tip, etc. so try them out 1st and find one you're comfortable in IMO!! Good luck it's a great way to fish and my wife likes to paddle along and kick back on beaches, so I get to fish even more.

I got this 44 Mag Lure Retriever and its paid for itself with the 1st expensive swimbait it saved me and just keeps getting them back. Great for jig hooks and the chains for treble hooks! Paid extra for the longer chains for the bigger swimbaits and with shipping was $32.00! It's nice and compact and the biggest part is a marker buoy I tied on one end just in case I ever dropped the line. The marker buoy is actually nice because I just wrap line on it for storage!

Just something to consider when getting a rod. The longer handle is nice unless you fishing from a kayak like I do, then the regular handle is nicer then the Mike Long handle. Someone mentioned it to me and it helped me make a choice that fit my fishing platform which is kayak fishing. Someone else I know went out and bought a Dobyns 867 and while he loves the rod for fishing from the bank, he doesn't like the longer handle when he comes in one of my kayaks with me, so he ends up using his 806 more. So when picking handles length etc just take under consideration your fishing platform so your happy, because it was good advice someone gave me I'd like to keep passing it on!!

I'd recommend getting a Dobyns 806 IMO because it can throw what you're planning on and you'll want to throw bigger before you know it, so you'll have a rod that can do that also! I throw 2.0 oz 68 Hudds, 178 S-wavers and like stuff all the time on the 806 and it's sweet, and if I want to go to a 4.5 oz 8" Hudd or 8" Savage Gear Line Thru I do that also!!

They cost more but Dobyns swimbait rods are great and worth it IMO!

The 8 wt. is a good all round rod for shad, bass, steelhead, etc.

Thanks all!!

I've been using the Lew's Super Duty (5.4:1, 6.4:1 and 7.1:1 gear ratios) for 8 months now with P-Line 25 lb test on all my swimbaits up to 8" Hudds which run ~4.5 oz. depending on ROF and 9" MS Slammers which are lighter than Hudds with no problems. I was told by a Lew's manger they could handle up to 6 oz. but I don't have any swimbaits that heavy! The only thing is I think for heavier than what I'm throwin is I'd like a little more line capacity due to needing to retying even more often to prevent castoffs. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/137644-8-savage-gear-3d-line-thru-trout/

I like Orvis, I have an Orvis River Master fly rod I'm really happy with!