Susky River Rat

I dig it for saltwater for sure. fresh water at 23k? Get yourself a aluminum hull jet boat and show the kayakers you can get there too.

@OldManLure its a 50/50 chance 😂

@FryDog62 I can run in 4” of water on plane. A jet is nothing more than a vacuum. It’s 100% going to suck stuff up. Grass, stones, soda cans, condoms you name it. It may not all get to the impeller but, something will. Clogging the grate is just as problematic unless there’s a stomp grate. Something somewhere will get clogged. I watched the video if that design works as said there is pretty much no power being made. Sorry.

@gim I plead the 5th on this topic

I suck! Lol great job everyone

Vibration, scent, profile, sink/float rate, action. I think on days this order varies. I don’t even look at what I throw as food. I don’t look at my lures as mimicking something else. I look for what is triggering them. Is it a square bill grinding bottom? Is it the thump of blades? Is it the painful slow sink of the fluke? It can be the most realistic looking bait ever. I still look at what is triggering. Bass see, smell, taste. They do not have hands so they use their mouths for feeling.

I do not know brands. If I was going to set up a kayak though I would run a torpedo with a pedal drive. As much as I love having spot lock and would never fish without it in my boat being mobile is important. I think I could still control a drift with the pedals. I’d try to stay as big as I can with as light as I can just for comfort. the flux jet thing? Not a good idea in my opinion. If you’re shallow you won’t go fast enough to not use it as a vacuum and suck up everything off the bottom. You will end up ruining the impeller. Weeds? Forget it. Shoot a rock gap? Maybe… Run on chop? Will more than likely be terrible. I’ll always have a jet boat with jets come a LOT of problems.

Ike is going to be my dark horse and pull through for a top ten!

@Bluebasser86 buddy you are way down playing your skills. You crush it on the bassmaster kayak series. Whether you believe it or not you are “one of them” And I mean that with the utmost respect. You are one hell of an angler. (Unless I am thinking of the wrong person) than I sincerely apologize.

@RHuff I would say it still all applies. Just the higher the level the higher the skill and the more skill you are fishing against.

I will never ever believe this. From personal experience and to the fact you have a TM down in the water making all kinds of disruption. Ice fishing with a flasher would never work either. I think most good fisherman identify patterns faster. Replicate the patterns better. Eliminate water quick. Leaving FFS out most already use their electronics way more efficient than others. Fishing for money is no different than trying to make a career in a different sport. You play high school football hoping to get a scholarship to a big college. They are bigger, faster, stronger. Then you play college hoping to get drafted and the next level is bigger, faster, stronger. I am willing to bet even the guy at the bottom of AOY will go and clean up everyone at your local Tuesday nighter without a day on the water there. Pros are pros for a reason in any sport. Hard work and time will make you better. It will never be better than talent and hard work.

One thing to think about is some of these guys are only making casts at bass using FFS that they think are big enough. Not just casting casting casting hoping. as far as the live bait and FFS? 100% is done and works well. I still do not want it. I still do not think it has a place in fishing. Those who have it go have at it. It’s legal. Not my glass of beer.

That means there was insufficient penetration on the toe line. Sounds to me like he went cold and basically laid the weld on-top instead of creating a fusion between the base material and the weld puddle. He also could have used the incorrect filler material which I still stand by the former that cause this issue. I am assuming he used the GTAW process?

I pay like $220 in insurance I can’t remember the exact payment. registration $39 for two years. gas for the boat in probably around $640 towing the boat $800 on the low side. maintenance $200 probably. boat payment… this is what you make it.

Sounds like a good day!

Casting down stream 100% works. You’re not targeting the bass your dragging it over. You are targeting the bass further away that are willing to chase it. You will get more action out of a bait with less ground covered.

@Don Preller I can’t see it having the power. I also think it’s going to suck way too much off the bottom of the river. If you can be in 6” or less of water but aren’t going fast enough the just is nothing more than a vacuum for the river bed.

@ECP1989 I run a lot of the crush series by 6th sense. I’ve also had good luck with the rapala DT series. Technically not a square bill. I am hopefully going to get out this weekend and try out some FAFO square bills. Just a warning. This is a grinding way to fish and a lot of times I have to read the current and time where I want the bait to come across.

I run square bills and reel them fast when I cast up stream trying to hit everything i can. sometimes I let really light Ned rigs float down. to me the brand doesn’t matter as much as just making sure it doesn’t blow out.

Your canoe might not come back in one piece but, you’ll have stories for the rest of your life.

How deep are you fishing and what is the bottom structure/cover like? How fast are you drifting?

My river: I fish the Susquehanna river. One of the oldest no commercially navigated rivers in the world. Even older than the Nile and Amazon. it is shallow, rocky, very wide at areas. 444miles long. It destroys boats, kayaks and people wading. The current can be very swift and the fishing changes by the level of it. Rating: I rate it a 4.5. The days vary greatly. Size, catch rate and location change drastically. Even through out the day. Bite windows can be short or last all day. The fish do not always locate where you would think. Some of this rating also comes from how hard it is on equipment. If you value keeping your stuff pristine don’t even attempt it.

@Junger jets are extremely inefficient and handle terrible at slow speed. I can’t see the battery lasting as long as advertised with wind and current. I could be wrong though. At 5mph you won’t be going fast enough to not suck up all kinds of debris. Going down stream you’ll have very little control going 5mph.

If you think this is a good idea you have never owned a boat with a jet.

I would just ask my wife. She always tells me what I do wrong 😂😂 seriously some days you just don’t catch ‘em. It happens to everyone multiple times a year. Do not beat yourself up just go out next time with a clear head. Better yet go somewhere you’ve never been or do not go often and crush it! That will be a confidence boost.