Finally bought a standard fishing kayak last night. Something I should have done in my late teens, early 20s. But here I am today. My planned entry to the to river is a mile from the house. Should be able to park close to the water too. Going to be a good fall.
Took two of the girls to the river and took the rod along for a few cast. Had a net helper and helpers turning over rocks.
billdozer those are some scenic-ass rivers. Seems like a great place to disappear every couple weekends.
Cold weather guys - what do you wear under your waders? It could be snowy cold, but seems most likely to be close to freezing/below freezing and then warming up to 50s/60s looking at historical data from last several years. Not going to be chest deep or anything close to that. was thinking just wool socks, compression pants for base layer with fleece joggers? I have a thermal legging I’ll bring just in case it’s cold. Worried about sweating my ass off hiking in. top I think I’m good with base layer or sun shirt, hoodie or fleece and then can add a vest or patagucci jacket and i have a nice rain shell. Not as worried about top as I can always shed easily. i know no cotton or cotton blend
I just wear wool socks and thermals. up top, it is harder to gauge, but if you get bad weather your jacket goes OVER the waders, not under them.
Yeah it’s a simms rain jacket that goes over my bib I have for here. Top I’m really not worried about. My Patagonia puffy packs down and fits in my pack so worst case I’ll always have it. I just have this fear my legs are either going to be dripping wet with sweat or cold
I also don't recommend gloves. sometimes i tuck a small towel inside my front pockets and wipe off after i touch a fish or something. gloves are just a pain in the ass and once they are wet it's over.
I wear the same when it gets really cold. I layer up for my upper body as needed. I will wear nitrile gloves some to keep my hands dry.
If I had that good shit RJF-GUMP gets, Id type out a thesis on what I've learned about shopping for kayak accessories. Thinking about buying a $50 stake pole vs DIY or anchor. Paid $20 extra for a nicer wall mount. ($33) And probably going to buy the transducer holder for my Deeper Pro + at $65. I will tie it to a stringer first though. Edit add on: Need a used tablet as my Deeper screen and not my phone. Spoiler
A flow through live bait bucket, paddle, 12 foot yak, little claw anchor, cooler for fish, 2 rods, and a net, and I used to crush some inshore fishing in my kayak. Those were the days.
Layer it up. I’d probably take some sort of backpack to hike in with less. Thermals are good but only putting them on when it’s known cold as balls. Otherwise a couple loose layers easy to get on/off. Wool socks are a definite. bonus points, got these wool compression socks for flying a few years back and they are absolutely perfect for cold weather. Come up to the knee, they’re warm and breathe as well. Obviously not in gear but when you are done it’s nice. Definitely got them on Amazon.
Budget be damned sometimes, a fishing lure on clearance will catch me more than the fish. Sure Academy. $9 Jack hammers are exactly what I don't need, but you knew I want to try them. Good thing Sportsman's Warehouse had the matching Zako's on sale.
i just can't wrap my head around that conversation happening. it fucking sucks. Malik Wilder has a nice page, i followed him a long time ago and it has always been positive and wholesome.
Thought he hung up the phone and went on a hard R tirade. I stopped listening after the 10th R so not sure what follows.
This is a beautiful place. Where is it? Or do you not give up your favorite spots? Certainly understand. Just got a fly rod for my 14 year old. We're in Greenville SC and looking for a place to take him Monday. We went to Burrell's Ford and walked around on his first outing with his rod but didn't catch anything.
Easier to send you a PM. Basically the only place I'd consider for trout due to water temps is the East Fork around the Hatchery. The Chattooga is still too hot (68 F low).
First day in Bolivia was successful. It’s super tough fishing, almost like an adventure. 2 dorado landed on 5 takes. The untouched beauty of this place is incredible.
The 8lb fish was about 4-5 min. The 14 lb fish was a bit longer min. It felt like being hooked up to a car battery. I’m fishing 40 lb leader with 40 lb wire tippet. So I was pretty aggressive pulling them in. But it still takes a while.
Fishing down in Bokelia area on vacation and hooked this sawfish on the fly rod. I’ve never seen one in person before. Got him safely released and reported to FWC.
Panfish battle with the youngest today He caught 5 gills I caught a 6 inch bass He talked shit the whole time
I'm starting to help DNR with sampling of our wild rivers when I get a chance. Went today to a river I like to fish when water temps allow. It's a fairly infertile stream but has wild browns and rainbows. I was prepared to be humbled and wasn't disappointed. We found 108 trout in 200 yards, about 5 browns in the 12" range. They said the last time they sampled here 6 years ago they pulled a 20" one out. It involves a line of shocker packs with netters and buckets following. Along the way the bucket contents are dropped into live well mesh boxes and then we collect the fish on the way back. 3 runs are done in the same section so they can develop a work down curve. Then the fish are all separated into species and the non trout ones are weighed and released while the trout are measured and weighed individually. A total of 4 non-species were present, which is pretty sparse. We had jump rock suckers, long nose daces, horny head chubs, and redhorses. Then they kept a selection of them to send off for whirling disease testing, as a just in case, not due to any evidence. They even let me run one of the shocker packs on the last run.
I brought and Winston 8 and Sage 9. Both saltwater series. They normally eat vegetation from their overhanging trees like nuts/fruits/flowers and seldomly will eat minnows if the opportunity arises. I caught it on the this little streamer. Super long double haul cast that I somehow nailed the spot. It ate the streamer after 1 tiny strip. I was so happy to see the take, bc they normally take on slow stripping on the bottom of a pool here’s what I used and here is the aftermath
Explored the farthest up one stream that I've ever gone. Had to climb out over 200 ft up a steep hill to get out.