kikstand454

Hate to raise this zombie thread- but hey....I'm a zombie member. Still no tapatalk for bass resource forum? Just checking as I can't seem to find one.

First post in a long long time. ..... OP- I've been punching the last few years with a 7'h rod that I also threw frogs with. It worked fine for both- but not excellent for either. I think if the mats youre frogging and punhing can be described as "moderate", then youll be fine. That leads me to add to the OPs question here- I recently got a 7'11" veritas and haven't taken it out yet. Will this rod be a bit too stiff with braid? I'm punching some serious stuff here in Fla.

Sorry for the late reply... don't get on here much anymore. Lol. I have been kayak fishing exclusively now for about 6 months. All the advice that was given before was right on. Learn to paddle, learn to travel light...and most important for you ...learn to get back into your boat. Having a sit inside is.......well......not IDEAL for fishing. Water re~entry MUST be your top priority with a sit inside...as is keeping water out/sinking. Have fun and be safe with your sit inside....ALWAYS wear your pfd. Start looking for a good 12ft SOT...... you're going to want it. Twice the room, twice the versitility...a third of the headaches. You're gonna get wet in the sit inside too. SOT is the way to go. Also.....when you install an anchor trolley.....most of the issues of anchoring in current are subdued. Just make sure you have a means of quickly disconnecting your anchor from your trolley...and put a float on your line so you can come back to it. Down here we do that for chasing tarpon! Lol.

15lb yozuri hybrid.

Assuming we are talking about your standard 7"~10" texas rigged worm (culprit, zoom ol monter, rage anacanda, etc).....? Personally, I like to throw a worm out deeper. There's plenty of times thata txrigged worm will work shallow, but I just have more confidence in other lures on that situation. 5 to 20ft, 1/2oz lead..... as a substitute for carolina rig or jig. Sometimes just seems to be the answer. Typically I throw the zoom ol'monster. Perfect size and cheap. Up shallow I like a more subtle worm... smaller, thinner, less thump.

To me, anytime you're not fishing heavy cover on the bank, you should have a c~rig out on the deck. And even then its not a bad idea. C~rig just catches fish. Shallow to super deep. And it tells you a lot about the bottom make up. 1/2oz less than 10ft. 3/4oz plus more than 10ft.

Well..... Without giving away too much......lol. There are fish bedding, but the latest report I had was they were staging heavily. Carolina rigs on bars and swimbaits/paddletails in the grass near spawning areas are doing really well. There are lots of bars on the hooch.....grass and timber in the flint, and clear water and grass in the spring creek area. Hope that helps....lots of tourneys going on there and I don't want to share too much. Fishing pressure is always a factor, so keep that in mind. Good luck!

I do the toothpick method. Make sure to use round ones. Contrary to popular oppinion, I have never had a break off to my knowledge from the toothpick 'pinching' my line. Bobberstops are trully the way to go....but if you're a cheap skate llike me...toothpicks work fine. 1000 for $1 at the dollar store.

Yeah the yozuri will be fine for what you're wanting to do I with it. 15# yozuri is my general line for such things. That being said....my jig/worm rod has 15# berkley flouro on it right now....... I only use braid for grass mats. (Frogs, flipping).

I have a fair amount of quantum reels and have never had an issue with any of them. Not a single one. I have some older ones, iron c, 1310s, old accurists... and I have an assortment of the 'newer' models~ from the bps kvd reel all the way up to the tour pro. Spinning reels as well. Out of the 26 combos I have, 18 are quantum reels. They all perform everytime. That being said...I can understand why someone would question quantum when pricing their high end gear. The older 'blue' tourpro and energy 'rainbow' finish had a habit of flaking or bubbling after a while. Not all of them (mine is perfect) but it was a known issue. Why buy a 260 dollar reel that may be ugly in two years when you can get a revo or curado that has a more durable finish? I totally understand that. But in the 50~ 150 dollar range, quantum is the best bang for the buck, period. The only things that come close are the bps pro qualifier, and the shimano citica. But hey, everyone has their oppinion and who cares if others hate on quantum~ keeps the prices down on ebay.

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Beautiful fish man! Hey, imma be down in melbourne in the next few weeks. I'm bringing my kayak. 1. Are the snook around in that area? 2. What's the nearest canal or anyplace that I might tie into a peacock? I know ill have to make a run to ft. Lauderdale or miami...but what are my odds of running down there and catching one, not really ever being there/ trying? Lol. Its on my bucket list. If I had any sense....or money...id hire a fine guide like yourself. But I have neither. Lol!

I personally haven't been up there in a few months. But I do know this. Two weeks ago the winning weight at a tourney was like 26 lbs. This past weekend it was closer to 12. Big fish were caught on jerkbaits and they were fat. I think they are thinking of moving up cause of the weird warm weather we have had. The water temp in in the 60s! But that probably won't hold till you get here. If I were you I would start on the grass patches near channel edges throwing a trap or chatterbait. Then maybe try a little shallower when the sun came up midday. If it stays cloudy and cool and the water is in the 50s then the grasspatches will produce and even better find some bars with light grass on top of them. C~rigs with trickworms and traps work well this time of year. Jerkbaits abviously if its colder. If it stays warm in the next few weeks, and the water is in the 60s when you get here....then I would start top water in the morning and looking for spawn/ prespawn fish as the day goes on. They want to move.....I just don't think the weather will hold. We have never had such a mild winter that I can remember. The water here is low too... we are 22in below normal rainfall in this region. Be careful running in the flint or spring creek. Good luck hope this helps!

Yeah! I've had mine for a few years now and it hasn't given me the first problem. Not a single one! I have the 7.1 burner and I use mine for senkos and the like. Throws the light baits with ease on a medium/ fast shimano clarus. Its a great little reel for the money for sure.

I have spent the last 7 months researching and trying out kayaks and just last night got my first on.... a wilderness systems tarpon 140. If you are determined to stay under twelve feet then I would have to say either the ride 115 (unlikely that you will find these used as they just came out this year...they are around 850 new) or the malibu mini x. The length you want at the amount of weight you will need really limits your choices. Typically you want to take2/3 of the weight rating as the "working" weight the yak can handle. You can go above this (I am with my tarpon) but realize that it is gonna be a wet ride and you'll. probably need to keep scupper plugs in to keep the water out. You are gonna LOVE chasing smallies with your kayak!

Thanx! I've been reading all the stuff I've missed and diggin the new layout.

I have cut the front facing hook off the forward treble on many crankbaits and done awesome with them. Works well shallow and deep and really good around sparse grass/ pads.

Thanks!

Haven't been on in a long while..... good to be back. I see the more things change the more they stay the same. Good! Dave

yeah i use zoom plastics probably 80% of the time. great baits... great colors...cheap price. the only plastic i can think of that use instead of a zoom would be senko baits cause they dont have one. i will say though...i really really like the strike king caffeen shad jerkbaits. theyre just too expensive. i like the way they fall though... horizontal like a senko. but 90% of the time i buy zoom flukes. i do GREAT with flukes on speckled trout and redfish. *shrug*

day in day out...... black zoom trick worm.

*shrug* cut the hook keeper off. go get a zip tie with a nail hole in it.... and attatch it right infront of the "foregrip" where it is out of the way. now you have a hook keeper that will last forever.. and if its ever in an odd position.. just spin it out of the way. i want a veritas jig rod so bad i sometimes wish the baitmonkey knew my pin number.

hahahaa..... my quantum tour pt is MY most finicky reel. it ticks me off sometimes. this new revo.... for half the price i can buy a quantum smoke and put 50 bucks worth of carbonmatrix drag in it and have the same freakin reel. and i can get it left handed. just saying.

i fish a c-rig alot. like.... alot. heres some of my conclusions. almost any plastic will work on a crig when the fish are agressive. this is with any bait really. so if you have confidence in one particular bait... go for it. personally for numbers i think a black zoom trickworm catches them most anytime... agressive or passive. the rest if the advice here is dead on. i personally like to sweep set the hook and only a split second after i feel a bite. it has been my experience that when i "let them have it for a second" i end up with bleeding fish that are going to die. good luck!

there are many answers to this question and its really up to preference. do you want to spend a bit of money and have a reel thats going to last you a long time...or do you want to spend next to nothing in the fear of just not being able to learn to do it and not wanting to waste the money. personally... i think it should be in the middle. its been my experience that upper end ($120+ list) reels are designed for people that know how to use them. can you learn on them? of course. but some can be very frustrating. these reels are designed for tournement anglers or hardcore weekenders and have the features and tolerences for the job. they are also designed to last alot longer and stand up to more because the targeted angler will probably take care of them. i feel a mid level reel is a better bet for a beginner who fishes alot. they tend to be more forgiving all around in both price and performance. by mid level i mean a $70 to $130 list price reel. i say list price because many lower priced/ upper end reels can be found for huge discounts online and on sale. because of this id have to recomend the bps pro qualifier, the daiwa procaster 100h, the shimano citica and the quantum accurist pt. all of these reels are great performers, can be found dirt cheap and will last for a good bunch of years if well maintained. on top of that they also are a bit more forgiving with their casting controls and tend to backlash less in the hands of novices. (im only ASSUMING that of the citica from the comments on here... i havent actually used one... but i own/ have owned the others.) get one of those reels in a 6. something ratio and you will have a good all around reel that will be able to transition with you from beginner to novice to club tourney guy!