Darth-Baiter

What’s considered deep? 12 feet? More?

I can’t get bit with the flatworm. I’ve tried and tried. I always give up and thread on my old fav and get some bass love. ( glad I didn’t misspell bass!)

My thinking. The algae is like a big green raft. Wind and currents stack it into the corners. I went mid-lake ish and found relatively clear waters. There were globs of green balls floating around, but it wasn’t thick. I still wouldn’t dive in after a <$5 bait, but it wasn’t awful. Jet skiers and wake boarders were in the water. I kept eating to a bare minimum. I didn’t want to swallow any of it.

I have an old box of stuff. Nothing fancy. Thinking I should bolster my cranks. any “must haves”? I got my PB (at the time ) on a giant ridiculous looking megabass deep diver in chartreuse and green. It looked like a Villain’s team colors in a Batman movie. But it got smoked! Fun.

That’s an 8? My bigs of the summer. 7,6,and a five. Probably not in order

A tiny bit of sarcasm. But it’s great looking like that. I like it!! I like it a lot. Congrats. I bet you love it. I fished next to a total stranger with that kayak yesterday. It looks super stable. He rode boat wakes with zero pucker. I turn towards the wave. He barely noted them.

Had to look up Patriot edition. It’s kinda nice!!! not flashy at all.

It was crowded with kayaks. At least where I was. I caught 10 bass. Decent ones. No wind, Smokey air, hot. Water temp was 76deg. I can’t wait until it cools down some.

Thx. It’s fairly far for me. tomorrow, I’m off to Clearlake. Hehe. Kayak is already loaded up in truck.

7” Senkos. Yanamotos? I have 6” and I’m fishless with them. 4” and 5” for me.

I know that Tom. This is just I case it leaks.

I’m putting a handle on a net for kayak fishing. It’s a bday gift for a bud. I made one before for myself and I used spray foam. It was a mess. Dripping everywhere, sections not solidifying (needs air). I got a subpar product for myself. Plus the can leftovers are a total loss when the spray tube solidified. There had to be a better way. I thought I would stuff that backer rod foam you stuff into cracks before sealing with silicon. Then it hit me. We just got a few new computers at the office and I was staring at the packaging foam. It hit me. Cookie cut sections and stuff them in. I used the handle itself. An aluminum pipe. It worked beautifully. im letting the sealing silicon setup ( I used leftover bathroom silicon because I’m cheap. At least it won’t mildew :)), and wait on the my wrapping tape thats to ship to me. I like to seal out all water intrusion spots to prevent zebra mussels from spreading in the water in the handle. Futile I imagine. it will float for sure. The net that is. In case you’re working on a similar project.

The place is a maze. A few crazy long kayak runs, w a few turns and you can get lost. But we kept notes on where we were and I tracked us with two GPS units. ( 3 if I count my watch :)). it’s tidal so it flows like a river sometimes. Other times it’s flat calm. we found the bass nursery easily. Tiny voracious bass would hit our baits with careless abandon. I caught my tiniest bass yesterday. It was 5” long and full of spit and vinegar. Hehe. At the high tide mark I went deep and found a few giants. I had a bass make a run hard and snap my leader. I kick myself for not redoing my knots or checking for nicks. I picked up 3 3-lbs bass( in five or six casts). I called my friend over and he got a four. The tide calmed down and so did the bite. It was that quick. the place is epic. I need to fish it more often to learn. I need to learn what the bass do when the water isn’t ripping. But found a great spot yesterday. I bet there are hundreds of launch spots there. Hundreds. The place is wild.

Crashed a few delta bass!

The old school ones that were realistically colored to look like Shad? I have taken so many white bass with those. The new ones seem just like Shad profile paddle tails.

Kinda breezy. But I’m gonna hit a new delta spot tomorrow.

I use NOAA. So I’m the weatherman:) I do like me some Mexican channel weather women tho.

I had a boat in my late teens. I was told then a marine battery is physically more robust to handle the vibrations and hard knocks. I believed them then.

Yes it will. im not a motor guy yet. I still love the simplicity of it all. Battery and motor spits in the face of simplicity. If I go that route, I’m getting a new kayak first. One with power pole inserts.

With our wildfire smoke and the wind events this spring. 5 hours. By 1:00pm it’s too windy for kayak fishing. now, no wind but smoke. My eyes can’t take much more than four hours. good weather and no smoke, I like 8 hour days. It’s the longest I can go, barely eating.

Great boat bud. we need to fish together.

Is that discovery bay?

I has major conflicts with my friends powerPro on the back of his boat. I adapted by casting back handed and flipping. it s worked.

Three fish. Brutal. My eyes are itchy. Haha. fishing was tough but I managed three fish. All were just shy of three pounders. They felt huge the way they fought.

Kinda smoky, but I’m gonna try for a shorter duration. Have not been on the water for two weeks. ill reports back later. Good morning and great luck.