cast_n_pray

What a huge coincidence. I hardly ever post (anywhere) and came on here to tell you folks not to forget about going 'old school' when the bite is tough. I just happened to have a bag of Luck E Strike purple/firetail worms in my tackle box yesterday, it was the only thing either me or my partner could get a bite on. These worms are basically copies of the original Mister Twister worm. I wonder why grape has been abandoned by so many companies today? EDIT: I gotta order some of those Productos, I see they haven't left grape out ofthe mix!

RW, your Ocean Kayak tandem is the wrong kayak for what you're doing. I know, I have one. It was my first kayak for my son and I and has now become a way for my wife and daughter to paddle around with my son and I while we fish. Some of the newer, state-of-the-art fishing kayaks would probably change your mind about how much fun it is to fish out of these things. I use a 1.5 lb anchor to hold position in the wind, I haven't gotten into using drift socks, but I can certainly see the benefits of one. My Manta Rays (both 12 and 14 foot models) can carry a 48 qt ice chest in the tankwell for all-day trips. One concession is the amount of tackle that you can have readily available. I know that I have a 'kitchen sink' mentality when bass fishing, but I keep my go-to stuff in a single Plano box up front with me and may larger box in the tankwell with the ice chest. Kayak fishing is exploding here in Texas, so much so that I'm afraid the state government will soon realize what a large potential tax they're missing out on and start making us register them.

Here's another alternative, very similar to the one you're interested in, comes in at under$1000. http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/sm-pelican-predator-dlx-fishing-utility-boat--pi-2131681.html

I'm a Liquid Logic Kayaks team paddler. They are in North Carolina, so there is almost certainly a Liquid Logic dealer near you. Go to www.liquidlogickayaks.com and check out their entry into the fishing market, the Manta Ray. When this model was in prototype stage, My brother and I contacted them about our interest because it looked like the perfect fishing kayak (we ended up getting a sponsorship). I've not ever paddled a more well-suited kayak for fishing, and I've paddled a lot of them.