Darth-Baiter

I'm not a boat guy. even at 20mph, the transducer mounted in the front won't buy any early intel right? you see shallow water on the graph, it has to be game over. it doesn't stop on a dime, right? I assume you have 14 feet to stop before you hit the lower unit?

i work plenty. I seem to fish most free time. 2x week easily. It makes me happy. Fishing everyday into be the ticket for happiness for me when I retire. Financial freedom and my relationships will be. I’ll nurture both of those more.

its on sale? where?

haha...WAIT. WUT!!!??

I have a few boatless bodies of water. But yea. For sure. I’m not dying under a fast running boat. :)

I occasionally hit the trees with my lure in the daytime. At night, it will be problematic. Are you casting? Or short range pitching while wearing a powerful headlamp? Want to try it with my kayak. I need to get some running lights first.

I went 16 hours with my Garmin Striker with a Nocqua 12v 10ah. The battery is as big as my fist.

Thanks. Took your hook suggestion as well. You throw it up on weed mats?

I use surgical tubing and the 1/0 Moto Hook, which is a hook built off of a Gamagatsu. I typically throw it on a spinning rig but the past two times, casting. The 5” SENKO flies well. It’s a heavy bait.

The hydration thread had me curious. Yesterday I skipped coffee. Just drank some water, tiny bit of juice. Went on my merry way. 1st, bass fishing is fairly exhilarating alone. That first tap on my bait, and I’m 100% awake. Admittedly, the longish drive to the kayak launch could have used a caffeine jolt, but I lived. I think I drink coffee out of habit. I do like the taste and morning ritual. However, It was easier to stay hydrated without the early morning coffee. Less standing up to pee overboard. I won’t quit coffee anytime soon. Maybe when they stop doing work meetings or make chocolate chip cookies disappear:). it’s not the end of the world if I don’t have time to brew a cup. Sometimes I just gotta get going cuz I woke up late.

Awesome! Great work.

…….well now. Guess who has Goat Toads coming in the mail?

Trying to avoid heat. (Failed btw). I fished a local river. I Made a fatal error. I found fish but relented to my friends pleads to, “ let’s go upriver where it’s really good fishing”. I left fish to find fish. Dumb. I got a few. I only brought lighter rigs. (Next time I’m bringing my punch rig). A BIG bass grabbed my worm and immediately dragged me into a tree. It got very tangled. I could see the big fish thrashing underwater. It finally broke the line and my heart. I would be lying if I say I didn’t think about handing my rod to my buddy and diving in to unhook it. It looked to be 6lbs. I did manage a 4.5lb…before we left to our dink-fest. ‘’when the sun came up, the heat came up. It got hot! And the river filled with weekend parties. Big inflatable swans, crying babies, dad’s flirting with younger ladies. We had to run the gauntlet of inner-tubes and paddle boards. (Lots of tiny bikinis:). i did dive off my kayak a few times too cool off. It allowed me to demonstrate my best walrus imitation as I got back into my kayak. ( I can still do it!). . oh. My newer kayak is scratched up! We had to portage our boats repeatedly. So much fun. I need to bring some cordage so I can tie my kayak to my belt. Lots of sections were wadeable. my kayak now has a patina.

ahhaha....funny!!

okay. its really hot. I think my town hit 100 deg. thank goodness my non-air conditioned home has excellent insulation. it stays very tolerable. I washed my work car at 6:00pm and almost had to take a knee and hose myself down. fishing. Clearlake? nope. Berryessa? nope. way too hot! I think I am gonna launch my kayak closer to the ocean, so the breeze can blow across me so I dont die. its RIVER fishing time!! reports later!! my truck is loaded.

WOW!!!!!

Dewey Cheetum and Howell.

I assume all your stuff is in your garage or somewhere. how long does it take?: to get stuff into your truck, from truck into water, water back into truck, truck back into storage. I have it down to about 8-10 minutes at each stop. from truck to garage takes longer because I take the time to hose down the kayak. I feel I bring more stuff than the average kayaker. but I dont have a motor. I call it 40 minutes of total time invested doing the least fun part of kayak fishing. sorry, I am bored. I am on mute in a Microsoft Teams meeting. zzzzzzz.. early morning trips I load mostly everything the night before except my rods. I park it tight up against the garage door so a thief can't slip it out.

okay. let's not make this weird.

the dude teleport to that lake? I'm going to venture a guess that the frog on the hat wasn't the most made up and unbelievable part of that episode. I've long since quit trying to equate reality to stuff I see in movies or TV.

no dog in this fight. but this is one of those situation where someone had to draw a line in the sand. side hookage doesn't count. I get it. personally, I would still have a billion pics of my catch and I would be showing it off like a nut job. I did after all, present a bait that convinced a bass to take a swipe at it. that's a win on my part. not being able to declare it the grand-poo-bah of bass? I'll live.

I was on the water kayaking for 10 hours. Super fun, fairly windy. 10 mph with some good gusts. The wind sucked. fishing was okay. Some fish are still surprisingly on beds. June?! They were almost uncatchable. They see me, they lock up and got really skittish. I was blind casting holes and pockets in the submerged weed beds. A bass-hit was subtle. I usually saw my line swim off before I felt it. I was zero on top water, but I feel it’s coming. My bud, got a 4 lb frog fish. this week was hot! The predictable Clearlake summer pattern should get here soon. all the fish were Stepford wives. Same same.

I want one of those dogs, but I know my limitations. my Brothers friends bought one in El Paso. Biggest ball of lightning level energy ever. They reached out to see If I wanted to adopt her. I said no. too far. they said, "we'll drive her to you". I know my limits. I can't be outsmarted and have less energy than my dog.

I have a pair of Orvis waders. the first part of the owners manual was d**n funny. it stated that the fish will still be there and to slow down putting on the waders. hurried donning can result in tearing the waders at the boot, leg junction. I think about it all the time when I am putting them on. I can see how quickly pulling them on can separate some seams. OP, I would patch yours. maybe call the manufacturer and ask for repair recommendations? I think my friend used a product called Tenacious Tape on his as a temp fix and it still holds.

I would make a plywood frame so the kayak can lay flat upside down. then have a pulley system (I think I would buy the this part) lift the entire Frame up into the rafters. then use cords to positively tie the frame to the rafters (have hooks screwed to the rafters at the ready) and release tension on the pulley system.