Kayak Fishing..

[msgdan]

Originally Posted by NorthJerzyG

Nice fish man!! That's a serious squatch!!

Ps, I see msg in ur name, if u ever have any Ranger tickets u wanna unload............

HA !! I worked at MSG for close to 12 years as a stagehand. I worked every concert in that time frame and have seen just about any band you caan think of. We (stagehands) had nothing to do with the Knicks and Rangers, (but I did get a chance to skate with the Rangers many times).

Now I run a Broadway theater, which is great, but I do miss some of the concerts!

Danny V

[ScowardNJ]

Originally Posted by msgdan

I use 15 lb. mono, and no leader material. I use a 25lb. rated wire swivel clip and go straight with the clip to the spinner bait. I don't fish with bait or with anything that has a treble hook. I had a few that were hooked deep when I started pike fishing and I don't ever want to take a chance of a deep hook with a treble again, for the pikes sake. 99% of my hook ups with a spinner bait are hooked in the lip for an easy release.

Danny V

Gotcha, The wire body of the spinner bait is good enough to keep their jaws off the mono. I was fishin small jigs for smallies in the Passiac last fall, having my line just go limp a hand full of times, like someone under the water had a razor blade. The large flashes I saw told me I wasn't retrieving over sharp/jagged debris. Thanks for the reply!

[mcfish82]

what's up jerry,


I don't have a kayak yet, but I do a ton of fishing up here in some north jersey lakes...I recognized ur picture from Mike's Guide Service page up in PA. I have a trip booked with him for the first week of June this yr on the susky...looks like I should have some fun...anyway, I am a member of a hunting club that is like a mile down the street from Mike's house/pond...i go up there a few times a month and fish all the local lakes/ponds/creeks...i could send u some pics of some monsters we have gotten from our secret honey holes...we have a small pond on our property with bass,crappie,channel cats, perch etc...we should meet up and fish a lake around here sometime...i like to do some hikes up to remote lakes here in jersey...longer walks=less pressured/bigger fish


-matt-

[m(a)ce]

Originally Posted by msgdan

M a ce....I have had the tarpon 120 for about 6 years now and mainly just use it in the rivers and lakes and love it! I beat it up pretty good each year dragging on shore around fallen trees and it has been great. When I am out front, I use a hobie revo and as far as fishing from a kayak goes, you can't beat a hobie. IMO

Good luck with the tarpon, I am sure you will love it !!

Danny V

Thanks Dan!

[JerryC]

We should think about this meetup one day.. i've been too crazy at work lately and finally found this post.

[dboyd101]

i agree...

[Kollmer Equipment]

yup we do it all the time. we just bailed out of a delaware river float trip this past week do to high winds. we were hoping to drift for smallies. have you tried that yet? and how did you make out?

[HookAFattie]

Keep me posted on this, I have a couple of 'yaks and would be interested in joining, fresh or saltwater.

[m(a)ce]

I ended up getting a Tarpon & it's been great! My gf just got a kayak too and we went to Funace Lake early this morning to break it in.

She got 2 bass right off the bat (way more productive then when we've done shoreline there) & one of them was a nice chunk. No bass for me but I got my first Muskie! Not a biggie but got him in on my bass spinning setup (perch pattern rapala).

Had him out of the water briefly to snap this pick & then right back in.

[tycomps]

thinking about getting a Hobie Mirage Pro Angler 12, has anyone had any experience with the paddle drive or electric motor?