Darth-Baiter

i dont wait..for sure not 5 seconds. my slowass reaction time is plenty enough. i dont think i jam it home like it owes me money tho..i just bring the rod back and lean into it.

i'm still reeling from my megabass situation..i'll exit this thread quietly now....backing out, no eye contact....

ahhh...Mono line. i forgot about that.

how do you choose a worm weight? i was cleaning my garage and i found a baggie of 3/8oz (maybe 1/2oz)worm sinkers. they were garden variety lead weights. in my old tackle box i had when i was fishing Elephant Butte in NM. the weights are HUGE looking. i bought them when i was in my early 20's i bet. they look like 30.06 bullets. haha. i think back in the day i couldnt cast lighter baits? dunno. or i had light worms? i dont think i go over 1/4 very often anymore. and that is for the tidal currents i find in the California Delta. maybe now i feel i have more time to let things sink slower? i actually used one of the old heavyweights to drag a senko thru a layer of duckweed. it felt so heavy to cast out. when do you all use heavier weights? fast currents? deep deep waters? pitching heavy cover i suppose, huh?

yup. i will tape up now. i love Leukotape for this. super super water resistant stuff.

thanks you all. i'm gonna box a few spinning rods and send them to texas for my annual Stiper and Hybrid trips. just leave them there, so i wont ever have to fly with rods. making space for a Victory.

might be my imagination, but my spinning reels have a sweet spot in casting smoothness when they are spooled "just right".

flyfisher and Choporoz both have my thoughts down to a T. i hope this kayak is the gateway drug for you into the world of kayak fishing and not your krytonite to the world of kayak fishing.

810millon? pffftt. now that it will be greater than a billion..i'll toss in $10. it is just for fun, until it isnt. call a financial attorney. lock it all down.. i would "fly casual" like nothing happened for a long time. i wouldnt even claim my win until i lock down legal and finanicial counsel. i might buy a Shimano Stella

i might have 9 total setups with 3 reel-less rods in a tube. i am feeling embarrased with my inventory. i only have two hands,. i feel i have too many. but i love them all.

casanova!! this is professional relationship advice!! at least the first half...:) dont jockey for a better position. hahah.. of your list, i have both the Procyon AL and Vanford, both 2500 series. the Vanford is clearly wonderful, but there is no denying that the Procyon doesnt leave much on the table either. i love that thing, the procyon. i would argue it has the most bass catches of all my reels. no single hiccup. it is heavier so on that Kaden, i think the Vanford would be a better balance..and it matches color-wise. but i ran the Procyon on that exact Kaden for a little bit and it was fine. the Procyon fits and balances better on my Phenix Maxim so that is where it lives now. EDIT: i have the Tatula LT 2500 as well, but i have only taken a single bass on it on one day of fishing, so i cant give it an honest review yet. but it has also been fine. that one bass hated it. i bought it when my VAnford broke under my watch. it is on a truck coming back so i will be spinning reel rich in a few days. one of them will have to go into storage for a bit.

if you're launching from an area that is grassy or not to abrasive, drag it. grass? easy. to get it to your car, say from your garage: i have a friend that uses a cheap furniture dolly. i have surfing buddies that use these straps with built on "pool noodles" that do exactly what you described, so i think it would work. good luck. looks like fun.

that kayak in the OP's pic cant be that heavy can it? i'd put a rope on the front and drag it like a toboggan to the waters edge. i'm losing weight as much as i kayak. i dont eat a lot on my kayak, and it's exercise. there are dudes on bass boats i see that CANT kayak fish.

thanks. I'll add those to the arsenal.

I caught my wife counting my rod/reel combos yesterday. I'm gonna show her this picture to recalibrate what she considers, "a lot of rods". hahah. back on topic. I LOVED my 2500 Vanford. I wouldn't call it solid or robust. there is a price to pay for it being so light. I bumped it recently and crushed the bail, and bent the main shaft. sure it was a fairly "oh-S..t!" level bump..but it did crumple like an empty beer can. it is in for repairs now, and I imagine reel-techs are handing my reel around with I don't understand? looks on their faces. if they call and tell me it is toast, I'd buy another one ASAP. I love how lightweight it is.

slick!!

i am in agreement. but there really is more than one way to skin a cat.

last weekend, i was fishing the opposite of "clean". wind and currents had me busy and i tossed more times into trees, branches, rocks, shore.. it was humiliating. my kayak was like a loose bull in the boat wakes, wind and currents. i had 4 tiny tungsten worm weights when i launched and by the time i was done, that went to zero. hahah. one i dropped and it "swished" into a scupper hole in a 1:100 chance. nothing but net. i noted a few 1/16 split shots bouncing around my box and i clipped them in front of my texas rig worm, and got to CATCHING! it worked and was still relatively snag free like a pointing worm sinker. i pinched it about 4 inches in front of my hook. fun and cheap. jus sayin.

some creature bait, and the Zoom Brush hog? honestly, i would take on Florida with your original list. i'd ditch the spark shad and replace with the Magdraft.

true. i was thinking about trout fishing while backpacking. i eat the things. quick gill cut.

texas rig worm. tiny tungsten weight, with a glass bead for some noise. i had really murky water this past weekend and the glass bead seemed to help. maybe even just a placebo for me, but i did fairly well.

i've often wondered if bass boat guys find kayakers annoying. one dude once said (loud enough for me to hear) that kayakers are like gnats buzzing around his head. hahaha.. so funny!! bzzzzzz!

your wife sounds awesome. hahah.. very funny.

hurts much more than any paper cut. haha. I absently mindedly sometimes will pull on my line by hand which results in a cut. it always happens where the fingers bend. the joints. good times. I wear sungloves but I seem to get myself on the fingerless unprotected parts. thin, light braid? like a razor. I sometimes think I should tape my fingers on good fishing days.

outstanding warranty!!! well done! I like your trailer bud. I like it all.