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Well here’s one I can respond to, since I can only think of one off hand. The moron moment one I didn’t want to bore ya’ll with a 10 chapter tome starting with 5 years old through to 70. There was a small kayak tournament on one of the NY City reservoirs, I’d been just fishing saltwater and hadn’t done any freshwater fishing in years. I brought a bunch of plastic jigs and some small plugs. As I was packing for the trip I found an old box of Mepps spinners which I hadn’t used in 20 years but figured what the heck. After hrs of fishing with not much to show for it, I figured what do I have to lose and tied on a Mepps. Well, that was the ticket and I was able to get over 15 smallmouths and managed to place 2nd in the tournament, just was a last minute decision to bring that box, saved the day.

Last batch of the Christmas cookies deserves a great beer. Whole family affair making Struffoli, I'm the fry master for them, 7 people rolling and cutting em up. Last batch of the Christmas cookies deserves a great beer. Whole family affair making Struffoli, I'm the fry master for them, 7 people rolling and cutting em up.

As a kayak angler I like NDYakAngler the best. Low key, just fishing,and no hard pushing products, he just tells you what he's using, no reminders to subscribe. Plus he's fishing some really beautiful areas up in North Dakota and Minnesota. Makes me envious being here in New Jersey. One of the comments was he is the Bob Ross of fishing ? I put them on while working out.

Don't eat White Castle Jalapeno burgers the night before you go out on your kayak ?

Delaware River campsite from the NJ side

I got the 8" mini bolt cutters, saltwater kayaking by myself for Bluefish, Stripers etc wanted to be sure I could cut one off if needed with the least amount of effort. I've tested them on 4x VMC trebles and they cut them right off. They would cut any freshwater bass hook like butter. Thankfully I've never needed them on water. https://www.amazon.com/ARES-70664-8-Inch-Mini-Bolt-Cutter/dp/B07BWW8YQF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1E51J8GV4XOU&keywords=ares+70664-8-inch+mini+bolt+cutter&qid=1649985296&sprefix=ARES+70664-8-Inch+Mini+Bolt+Cutter%2Caps%2C61&sr=8-2

Thanks for the heads up, put my order in last night and hopefully they still had them in stock.

Thanks guys for the tips, it confirms what I was thinking. I've gotten back to freshwater fishing after many years of fishing the salt. I'm thinking I would need a fast tip to work the bait, but as Bankc mentioned medium action with the smaller trebles and lighter line. Good excuse to stop by my local shop that is a Daiwa dealer. Thanks once again!

Looking for input from anyone fishing jerkbaits from a kayak. After reading about all the catches that have been made using jerkbaits, I figure I should start using them too. I’d be using a spinning rod probably paired with a Pflueger Supreme 30 spooled with Suffix 832 10lb test. I would be sitting in my kayak all the time, no standing. Also, not looking at spending over a 120$ I’m looking for length and action that has been used by guys. Watching videos and guys fishing from boats, it looks like most use a downward motion when working them, not sure that would work for me.

I kayak fish and learned a long time ago not to wear shorts in the yak, my legs and thighs got burned during a "quick" trip on a local river. Could barely walk at work for a couple of days. Long sleeve shirts, long pants, light poly socks, hat and sun screen for the neck and ears. Also use the stick sunscreen for the face and schnozz. I have a bunch of tech shirts that they gave out at Kayak fishing tournaments. One thing to be aware of with those if the weather turns while out; clouds, rain and wind, they can get really cold fast. I was out a couple of weeks ago when that happened to me, luckily I was only a mile from the launch but by the time I got there I could feel the beginning of hypothermia coming on. Always carry a spare cotton shirt in a dry bag and towels in the car.

That was a great read, I love the history and were indebted to Ned for documenting all this before it is lost. Here's a blurb from In-Fisherman from the October\November 2007 issue that might be interesting to you all.

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