Darth-Baiter

I think I’m more guilty of the opposite. I fish with equipment on the light side.

I think the smaller one is a Deps? I’ve caught fish on the Ganatrel. Not so much one Deps.

I just bought a cheap stick of green rouge at Home Depot. It’s like a lifetimes worth.

Open house today. Parade of cars but I didn’t see any kayak roof racks or fishing stickers. Haha.

Wild asparagus? Wow. Pics please, next spring.

I do. Mine isn’t KVD.

yea. someone mentioned a strop. I found a new leather belt at a second hand store. I rubbed some green compound on it and leave it in my garage for a strop. takes it to the next level for sure.

I used to suck at it. I would relegate myself to the fact that every once in awhile I would need to visit that odd man sharpening knives out of the back of his van, at Farmer's Markets. I'd buy the occasional stone, try it, and then put it away, and look for my friend with the van. eventually, I figured it out. angle, and pressure. I usually use nothing more than the Spyderco Sharpmaker for maintenance. but when things go terribly wrong, I can pull out a few stones and get them back. my kitchen knives are nuts. I use a Chinese Cleaver 90% of the time and it could do surgery. inexpensive softer steels are easy for me to hone. my pocketknife with more performance steel, slower but the concept is the same. my pocket knife is crazy sharp. you any good?

I’m literally vapored locked on this decision. Haha. luckily I have time.

So fun.

hahahhaha... you are killing me!! hahah

It’s called SPRING LAKE. It has some legend to it. Some bass magazine wrote an article about a possible world record that was unconfirmed. 24lbs or something. Anyways, us locals joke about it all the time. It’s right by my house. Fun. Easy access. No motors. Some guys launch bass boats and stay on the trolling motor all day. I buy the annual parking pass. well I’ve never seen a DD. I hear the rangers talking about the 8lb ,”caught just the other day”. My best fish is a 6. Yesterday it was 3.5. Haha. The big bass days are over since they quit feeding them trout. I got five yesterday. Mostly 2’s. Gave a Vision110 to an 11 year old fishing with a mentor. They were trolling them. Really cool kid.

My plumber is female..and 27 years old. Jus sayin.

I wave at all cars with fishing kayaks on them.

I’m like your Moxie!

WOW!! I'm gonna take my kayak to Minnesota next year. fish with a friend to see what a big smallie feels like.

hahah..awesome. yea. when I wear this one out I will buy another. no biggie.

so of you dont like people?!! as I gotten older, i am quite honestly shocked how it is more difficult to make friends. I take every opportunity to make new contacts. I like people. well, most people. but trust but verify. haha.

I would like to add that Discovery Bay is downright scary in the wind. it whips thru there.

my friend did so well last winter. he killed us. Neko rig on a 4" Yum Dinger. black blue. he would pitch it out, relatively close to his kayak and simply drown that thing with tiny vibration inputs of the rod. he had the move down. even if we copied him he schooled us. this winter I am focusing on my game, not his. hopeful for a better outcome.

you all 7 mins away from (amazing) bass waters...OHHHH GOOOOOD FOR YOU!!! I have that too, but I can't help expanding my search on Google Earth looking for all things "bassy-looking". I have stumbled across something that reminds me strongly of the CA Delta. internet searches indicate VERY GOOD bass live there. sucks because if I fish there, it would make way more sense to get a hotel room as well. or camp. all around my home say a 3.5 hour perimeter there are good looking lakes. I have the chain of Motherlode lakes. and some of the waters that supply or accept water from them. they look amazing. 3.5 hour drive is a jagged pill to swallow. I need a Sprinter Van. haha. is 3.5 hours far for you?

I dont conceal carry. I am a purely recreational shooter. hunting, etc. it also drives me nuts when people just have them laying around. even at deer camp, my friend secure things. sometimes there are young kids at camp and we dont want no trouble.

in my neighborhood, it's rare, but occasionally a home comes up for sale. my wife and I have an inside joke. when we drive by we both say, " I hope a kayak bass fisherman moves in". It's been a long time, but I think I was serious when it first came up, and now it is just a passing thing we say in an attempt to be funny. but hot-dang!! it would be awesome if a moving truck pulls up an the first thing that gets pulled out is a fishing kayak. I love my current bass kayakers, but they are not explorers. I want to team up (to save gas) and hit some more distant mystery bodies of water. a new rabid bass fishing neighbor.. would be awesome. most awesome if he owned a two kayak trailer, and was a plumber. and his wife loved to dog sit. JUST KIDDING!! you fish with a neighbor? all my neighbors have ocean boats. man, I hope a kayak bass fisherman moves in.

I kayak the delta and yea. I would totally take a 10 foot Jon boat on the delta. With homework you can find water boats don’t want to enter. There is one spot I have to lower my kayak to the water down stairs. I’ve seen one boat there and he was nervous as heck. the delta is almost “All waters”. Lake like sections. All the way to super skinny waters. Water I only see bank fisherman as I slip by. I’ve been in sections so big I’m the nervous one. Some channels are narrow but deep enough for yachts to go by. Those suck. google earth is my friend. The trick is to find a place to get your boat to water. And figure out some anchor. Wind and current takes some thought. I just go with the flow.

As a kayaker I too also worry about boaters. It would suck to get clipped and tossed hard.