Darth-Baiter

Check your PM.

You have the thumb there to release the spool anyways. Feathering down the speed is just gravy. Backlash is the lumps in the gravy, when things go wrong

I’m still happy.

I like tips as much as the next guy. I NEVER ask for specifics. When I started kayak fishing I pictured myself just exploring bodies of water. Most of my friends are addicted to one lake. They never go anywhere. It’s a Great Lake, and rarely skunks anyone. Me and this one guy are the explorers. We both google earth the area and find tempting juicy looking locations. im burning lots of gasoline. My oil changes happen way too often. When you land in a fantastic, clean, beautiful lightly fished lake. Mouth shut? “ I didn’t see nutin!”?? Both of us agreed we take this one to the grave. We missed the spring-fest, but next season!!!….I love trying new lakes. It’s a puzzle right when you launch that kayak. That first fish is by like mating the first two puzzle pieces. It just gets easier from there.

You guys are awesomely funny. Haha. first I’d would never wear tights as a stand alone pant. Let’s just say the waters cold and my junk…. Never mind. I heard the swim pants the marathon swimmers wear are very cool in the summer. I would put shorts over them. And jeans. I don’t own a single pair of jeans anymore. I wear prana Zion pants d**n near exclusively. Which is a very warm fishing pant. all the men on my dads side died of cancer. Zero 1st generation survivors. Dad, uncles, half of cousins…. I cover up. Doctors orders.

Hahaha

This is look I am picturing.

Fish finder - yes. I only have down imaging and I’m shocked how much information it gives me. I fish bigger lakes that are sometimes a labyrinth. That with my iPhone gets me back to the truck. If a pro-guide tells me, “they are in 5 feet of water “. I can’t target that depth. I once went over a submerged tree that looked good. I parked over it and saw fish in it. I drifted off, and casted back. I pulled out 9 bass drifting on a wacky worm. I orbited that tree all day.

That is wild. I see them act up on my fish finder when I hook one of their buddies.

I fish pretty much fully covered. Doctors orders. I wear hiking pants. Two times now I have over heated a tiny bit and was dehydrated. I know this because I barely pee. I could have jumped in the lake, but I had pants on. Got me thinking. What about those swim tights the long distance swimmers wear? Fashion is a distance, barely there concern. I could wear shorts over them. they are fully breathable, cool, spf-50….yada yada yada. I’ll ordered up some and report back. And I need to drink more often.

I thought I blew it. I caught a 2.5 on the very first cast and thought I was doomed. I went a long time with no fish. My buddy was reeling them in like a maniac. I said, “ I hope that first cast fish doesn’t jinx me”. Then I felt the big TICK of a bass sucking in my offering. It was strong!! Peeling line and everything. When I netted it, the happiness flowed! lake: undisclosed location. ? we did very well today. No dinks, no snags.

Ahhh, nothing like coming home under the gentle glow of a celebratory scotch on the rocks and having a friend text, “hey, let’s check out Lake __” okay! Cleared it with my wife, and I start loading up gear for an early am (not that early) liftoff. I went into the pantry to grab food bars, and I see it. Right behind my food processor. Legs! 1-8! Legs. It was a spider about 2”in diameter. Being a normal human, I rip off about 5 sheets of garage paper towels, and put on gloves. (Don’t judge). I just touch the food prices , and BLINK! The spider disappeared. So fast. Krap-uck. I pull out the processor to move the box behind it and whammmmm. The spider ran straight for me! As it veered to the left I hit it way too hard. Haha. I can’t even ID the thing. That thing was fast! I swear, I almost cancelled the fishing trip. Hahaha. But I didn’t. I’m going. But Spiders. Why did it have to be a spider? last minute trips are the worst. I stopped packing to clean my pants…now I have to quickly finish up. Don’t let me forget my paddle. Hehe. im okay with a goose egg skunk today - because I survived.

Unbelievable! I got the position.!! im looking forward to furthering my career, but this will put a slight hiccup in my fishing agenda. I’ll manage. Onward and forward. Never stall, or go backwards:)

This got me on my last trip. I was fine fishing, sitting at camp and my heat rate was racing. Fast! I drank 48 oz of water. Just sipping and sitting in the shade. I avoided any issues and fished the next day. I kept dipping the next day.

Great question. But I see no real degradation of my hook sets. Stretch or elongation is partially a function of original length. The leaders relatively short length to begin with offers very little stretch.

I prefer to fish with a friend. I’m pretty social and I assume my friends still enjoy my company as well. I’ll be saddened when I become a loner. More sad if my friends prefer not to fish with me. My friends are never a burden or hassle. It’s my definition of friendship. There is one guy in our kayak community that says he is a loner. But he is full of S. He talks so much that nobody stays around him. I’ll leave fish and paddle to a dead spot to get out of ear shot. I think he just says he’s a lone-wolf to compensate to the fact that he’s difficult to be with. as a kayaker it’s best to fish with a buddy anyways.

True. My sweet distance is prob 25 feet. Banging the target, which is my garbage can. I can face the street, add a slight hip swing and go 20 yards, but accuracy goes away. My bow target is 20 yards, I have that memorized:)

I watched a myriad of videos. One stood out. Fish the Moment. He took time to describe the movements. Well I’ll be a monkeys uncle! I think I got it. 20 yards easy. Accuracy isn’t there yet, but I imagine it will be soon. I’m using a regular rod with a 1/2oz practice-plug. My neighbors think I’m weird. (The joke, “are they biting?” Was funny the first few times :D) what’s a good long pitching distance? I can’t wait to practice from my kayak. Standing. There is a guy the can pitch sitting in a kayak, but I’m not him. I can’t wait to utilize the maneuver PUNCH-FISHING!

no doubt. a Sassy Shad. it was a shad swim-bait that was painted to look like a shad. I googled the newer version and they just simulate the profile of a shad. the old ones looked like them.

what a cool fish. total fighters. they point their noses towards the bottom and kick hard for freedom. and once netted, they still think they have a chance at escape. they thrash about in the net. once I grab them, yup - again, with the freedom charge. they jerk about in my hand until I finally release them. their seemingly innocuous teeth wore into my finger and really roughed it up. haha. my thumb was tattered. we hit Shasta Lake in northern CA, and had a blast. I never found the big spots I was dreaming about, but we got into them. I got some tiny 7" fish that fought way above their weight class. there was no telling what I was hauling in. the water is so low, and the summer weather is upon that lake. it was a scorcher. that lake is going to get much lower in water level before it gets a fresh recharge. I like the lake, and hope it has a rainstorm this winter to fill it back up.

I’m doing it wrong. I use 12lb flouro. I simply don’t have enough rods. ive taken a fair number of bass tho.

I had a dog sniff my kayak for zebra mussels. Very cool to watch.

Z-man Fatty Z. Has a slot for easy hook sets.

Pb&J jig killed it. Windy. But the bass were cooperating for the most part. Once we found them - which was not easy. ‘’my friend landed a 4.6lb largemouth. Pretty cool to watch.

My Hobie I can slow Kick as in zero effort. Well almost zero effort 2.8mph - 3 mph. It’s my speed to socialize with paddlers. When solo. I put some back into it and get 4.5 for fairly long runs. My HR gets to 120-130 sometimes, so I’m “exercising “:). I’m fast, but not anywhere near 8.