Jiggy With It

The colors we see and the colors fish see are also different, especially deep in cloudy-murky water

I will definitely try the q-tip idea. What should I be looking for exactly? As for the 50lb braid... this is my senko/weighted plastics rod so I prefer fluro but I may upgrade to 15lb Red label.... Spiderwire=Garbage unfortunately I learned the hard way!

I don't think it's the drag.. I have it set "perfect" plus the kayak moves easily as I found out so there is some "give". The issue was the lake has a lot of thick weeds & submerged trees.. I also had the line run against the bottom of my kayak as the fish swam under my boat- right as I was grabbing the net... It is the line though... It's Spiderwire Ez Fluro and it's trash. I just bought some 15lb Red Label fluro and it's a night and day difference from Spiderwire. I've noticed a lot of fraying in spiderwire just from landing big fish (4lbs+)

TWO hooks....

Kayak fishing a local reservoir I hooked into what I expect to be a double digit fish, twice! The first time I felt the line tighten and when I set the hook it felt like a stump, until it started running! The fish managed to swing my boat from a 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock position and began pulling me into open water almost like Jaws! Just as quickly as it started my line snapped and the fight was over. So I fished the area and managed to catch a 4lber in the spot I hooked the monster, but after checking this fishes mouth the was no hook marks so I knew the big girl was still out there! After about 10-15 minutes it began raining and I felt the line tighten once again. Just as before, the nose of my kayak swung and I set the hook and the fish ran for open water. This time the fight lasted roughly 2 minutes and as I was grabbing my net behind me, the fish went from my right to my left and crossed under my boat and the line popped.......!! 12lb brand new flurocarbon snapped twice from the same fish. I managed to catch of glimpse of the fish before she broke free and her belly was roughly the same size as my paddle! Not her head or tail but just the white belly alone was the size of a kayak paddle... I've caught several 4-6lb bass out of this kayak before and none managed to pull my boat this much or fight this hard. Y'all know where I will be tomorrow!

After working out and relaxing I finally realized that it's not worth it. If I REALLY want to fish this spot I can go late (after they close) or meet up with Boss Hawg and have a little conversation. The fishing there is awesome, but not worth the potential risk of trespassing fines & burning bridges.

I'd rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.

The problem is he keeps pressing me, where as I had mutual understandings with the gentlemen who worked before him. They would tell me something along the lines of "I'm sorry to bother you sir but you're going to have to leave, next time you choose to fish here come when we aren't busy." It's not like I'm the only one either.. I've had conversations with MANY other golfers and residents (because I live in the neighborhood) about how good the fishing is in these ponds. It's a mutual understanding to fish later in the evenings and not on the weekends, or WAS.... I just feel disrespected honestly, it's one thing to ask me to leave (politely) but to blatantly tell me to "leave you are trespassing" is putting it cold, in my opinion. Not to mention threatening to call the police, or to tell me that I am "destroying" the course...? I'm going to bite my tongue and be as respectful as possible, but if he calls the police on me like he claims he will I will share some choice words with him. He works behind the counter at the pro-shop, it's not like people are complaining or he is the "Boss". Sorry about the long posts, as you can tell I'm upset about this. Hopefully we can come to an understanding as adults, like I have with the gentlemen before him.

Agreed, which is why sticking it to him will feel even better!

Well fishing one of my golf course honey holes I found myself face to face with one of the Pro-shop guys... Normally, this is a non-issue because I work for the Company (not specific course) and have fished with some guys that work there. I've never had an issue because I fish off-hours and respect the course (cleaning up after myself & others, stay wayyy off to the sides, ect..) So fishing today in a misting rain, with nobody on the course at 6pm on a Thursday afternoon, this young 20-something kid walks down from the pro-shop and immediately starts laying into me about how I'm trespassing and "I've seen you out here before why do you keep coming back".. Fortunately for him, I was on a hot streak and was soaked so I didn't even bother arguing with him- I'd caught enough crappie for a fish fry (the whole reason I was out there). I guess me walking away from him as he was trying to scold me (another grown man?) made him even more agitated and he began lecturing me on how he had to stop what he was doing to walk down and tell me to leave and if he ever saw me again he would call the police on the spot, yada yada yada. I never bothered to tell him that I work for the Company, that I have friends & family that are Police Officers in the department he would call on me or the fact that I fish with his boss. BUT I heard rumors that the spot I was fishing is owned by the county due to some ruling regulations.. After some digging on the County Tax Assessors website I confirmed that the area I was fishing & the ponds I was fishing in are indeed owned by the County! Guess where I will be at 5pm tomorrow with the printed tax assessors map, my Drivers license and Fishing license! Ol' buddy shoulda shown some respect, because it ain't illegal to cuss someone out in front of an officer!!!

Maybe he ended up sleeping through the tournament and is embarrassed?

You can fish almost any golf course pond and expect good results due to the Nitrogen run off in the fertilizers they use. It causes plankton blooms in the ponds which helps feed the baitfish which in turn make the bass fat and happy.

There is no "permission" but rather a grey area when to fish (off peak hours- not on weekends). As to which golf course... you ain't finding my honey hole that easy.

That's awesome man! Good luck with it

Spawning in South Georgia but in Prespawn around Atlanta