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Fishhound and I hook up for his first Kayak fishing Adventure with the sit on top's. We got there about 6:30am and Checked out Everyone getting ready for The Wiper Turney We unload the yak's and got them set up and were on the water about 7:15. With a little intro about the yak's and how to paddle we were off.
I trolled over to the dike and to my surpise there was Aquaman fishing off the dike. We chatted few a few minute's and then I was off up the dike. paddled up the dike four a while with no luck. I started back and got a massive hit but didn't hook up with it. I found Fishhound on the beach. He had a huge Carp drag him into the tree's and broke him off.
We were on the water most of the day. I caught 2 smallies and I think Fishhound caught one. It was a great day on the water. It was the first time this year that I went waderless.
Ended the fishing day by going to the BFT Fish fry. It was good to put the names to the faces and to enjoy some great food. I think that Next year I want to do the turney from the yaks's.
I didn't get the name's of the couple that came over and chatted to me about the kayak's and about the "weed storage". It was really good to me everyone.
I'll let Fishhound give you his report and what He thought of fishing from the kayak's.
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All I can say, is it was a great all around day. I am sold on Yak fishing. Between Kayote's "ton of info" and Tincanfsh's help with a real life "test drive", most, if not all, of my questions have been answered. I will be joining their ranks as another "plastic fleet fisherman", as soon as I am able to work a kayak into the budget.
Back to Willard. As Tincanfsh has already outlined our adventure, I'll only add my impressions of the Yak and how it fishes.
Yaks are not for everyone. But, they fit me and my style of fishing quite admirably. As I had hoped, the yak provided me means to access some very tempting fishing areas. They draw almost no water, move around with phenomenal ease, are very stable, and can handle, water waves and wind beautifully. I was able to get into places that my float tube COULD not go, my pontoon WOULD not fit, and SHOULD be considered too dangerous and potentially too expensive to fish with my boat. The hard hull performed wonderfully in the weeds, trees and other things that would have sunk any inflatable floating device. Not to mention when a very large grass bass(carp) dragged me into the submerged forest at a fairly good velocity and wedged the kayak in the trees with enough force that I had to WORK at extracting myself and the vessel for the sunken brambles - and the yak suffered no effects. Tincanfsh neglected to tell me that any substantial fish(like a giant grass bass) could move me and the kayak at will, and that if my hands were full of fishing rod, I would have NO brakes of means of controll over where the kayak went - I should have figured that one out myself beforehand. For a moment, I was surprised and concerned when I saw the trees rapidly getting closer and I had no way to do anything but hold on to the rod and listen to the drag on my reel scream(maybe it was me screaming as I saw my intended destination approaching all too quickly). But just like skiing, some of the best experiences are the ones you look back on and are amazed that you survived at all. I can wait to do it again - next time I want to specifically target some really big grass bass - just for the ride.
I also found that I covered water with the ease of having a motor and could hold position to fish a specific place against the waves and wind with little or no effort. Wakes for other watercraft had zero effect on stability and mobility - they were actually kind of fun and provided some good action to the lure I was trolling. Yes, I could really troll - both forward and backward.
Bottom line is this - I will have to adjust some things and experiment a little, but I can definitely see some big time advantages and I will be looking at aquiring a yak in the near future. They are a blast !
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All of this is great information. I've been thinking about getting a yak for some time now.
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Hey CBR,
That was the first planned place to fish, then came huntington and E-lake and then We decided on Willard. Just let us know when you and maybe we can set some thing up.
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That was my wife (HookEm-N-CookEm) and I that came over and visited with you and FishHound about the yaks. I've been thinking about getting a couple myself. Thanks for the info. I think my wife saw all those little cubby holes and couldn't help but think back to her younger days and the thought of stash spots.
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Hey RipNLips and HookEm-n-Cookem,
It was nice to meet you both. If you need any more info about the yak's or want to take them out for a demo just let me know.
Tincanfsh
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