Scott804

A lot of the tournament kayak guys I know, including me, have a second kayak just for running rivers. Either to float with or one with a bow mounted trolling motor like a newport or a torqueedo to launch and go upstream with. I run a jackson coosa I got for cheap and it is a dream on the smallmouth rivers near me.

Most of the time I just take wire cutters and snip the second off a double willow, but this also works. Just depends what size you are going for.

Single blade. I truly believe single blade spinnerbait is probably the most underrated bait in bass fishing. Esp on tidal water. The issue is there aren't a lot of manufacturers making them. The new berkley single blade colorado is good, I have used the compact one a lot this year. I really like a single willow in the summer though and they are not easy to come by.

Whatever you do, stay away from the bass pro brand ascend kayaks.

Follow your own style. Everyone fishes different. Do what works for you

Wait till ya catch em on floating dead weeds... bite like no other

I mostly just don't like how they're screwing a lot of their guys. So many guys jumped ship because they were promised a league "by anglers, for anglers" and yet they had no say in this decision. Anyone who does not make the cut is put in a very tough position the following year, and the guys who just qualified have a very tough path ahead to stay in.

Under the seat pullout drawers are my main method

Probably not if you did it correctly. But I still wouldn't personally, I would try to figure out a different solution even if convoluted.

100% agree with this. I think anyone who pond fishes for long enough realizes that one of the best ways to stay consistent and successful is to continue rotating baits. Sometimes on those tough days all it takes is something a little on the funky side or something you don't throw often.

https://www.bassmaster.com/how-to/slideshow/how-to-id-grass-and-fish-it-effectively/

Now that I have been in a pro angler I will never go back. Just the horizontal rod storage alone is a big one for me, not having to transport rods from truck to kayak over and over, just get to the water & throw it in and go. That being said, it sounds like your wants are more geared toward an outback or a lynx. I would probably go outback personally. No offense but guy who said a pro angler isn't hard to flip might be living on mars

The reason I didn't go to a motor is stealth factor. Your water displacement in a kayak is already incredible and a massive advantage, I have always felt like having a motor running all the time negates some of that. That being said, same could be said about your sonar constantly pinging... I turn that off in shallow water too.

It bends pretty comfortably and deep into the blank after the initial hookset, I wouldn't call it brittle

Megabass Orochi Brailist. It is to the point where I can't even use anything else if I wanted to.