Darth-Baiter

When is the closed season? The Spawn? No fishing during the spawn?

I;m a one trick pony at this point. drop shot. for sure. I was pulling bass up below huge bait balls at 60 feet in Lake Berryessa. honestly, I was shocked it worked. I nose hooked that plastic shad looking bait, the Hazadong shad. killed them.

I was so skeptical of my friends Nucanoe F10. it is so stable. either he is ignorant of danger or it is SUPER stable. we got caught out in Clearlake in a windstorm. he was fishing in huge waves, while I was picking my way back to the ramp. last trip he was standing up in the wind. its a little wonky where you have to set the seat in the rails and screw it down, that takes time, but that is it. done. push it into the water and go. it is more canoe looking than a kayak. but me, if I were in the market..I would get. a pedal thing. the Native Slayer Pro 10 or whatever their brand new boat offering is. I bet it is crazy stable. worth a look for sure.

Thanks you all. I do love my Phenix Maxim. It’s the reason Phenix is the front runner. ‘The sucky thing. It’s completely sold out. Boo!

Bass fishing is a puzzle. One day this works, the next day or even in the next few hours it changes. I love changing a technique or a bait offering and getting that first bite.,,,luck? No, there’s a second bite. Coincidence? Mmmmm. Let me try again. THIRD BITE! I love figuring out the pattern. It’s what getting that first “at least I’m not going to skunk” fish in the kayak means to me. they were hard fighting today. One fish was I undetectable. I just sat still and I heard my line playing against the tule like a fiddle. The line was moving! Moving slow. Set hook and out popped a 2.85. Netted and fist pumped the sky! the third fish: I saw it swipe at something on the surface. I pitched in my bait. HARD TICK! Wham. He dragged me, my lure, my kayak into the tule. Haha. 2.70. ‘’then my wife called, dinner time. ‘no skunk people! No skunk. Just a quick 1.5 hour trip after a tough day at the office. fish #2 and #3

Oh. How bad was shipping?

Looking at the FFS-MBR-723-1 Spinning rod. for dropshot rigs. Looking for some real world experience. It’s not the most esthetically pleasing package to my eye, but whatever.

Leaning that way. Even the bait holder hook is placed in a well thought out location. Allows me to stuff it in a rod holder and my bait stays above the tube. Thx

Phenix Bass Recon Elite Spinning medium 7’2” or: Dobyns Sierra 702? the numbers match. Same specs really. Cost within a couple of fancy coffee drinks of each other. Shorter handle on the Dobyns which is nice for a PFF wearing kayaker. mostly drop-shot rodding with the occasional Ned-Rig Hail Mary thrown in. Both seem like nice sticks.

I’m skunked thus far with the flatworm. On the other hand, my zoom z-drop is killing them.

Trolling isn’t for me either. It’s just boring for me on my kayak. My friends do really well on some lakes. But some lakes they suck. Like when I’m casting to cover. ‘’the truck is to know when to troll.

ouch!!! 144 months of financing? a gross of monthly payments. d**n..screw that. you cannot turn that into good math no matter what you do.

sounds like a blast!! see any wild hogs?

How does it cast? Nice? I might buy that for my sister in law. She has the same mental block.

The Simms ones have perforations where your mouth and nose are. Pretty free breathing.

I have a few but the ones I gravitate to are my Buffs brands that I bought for hiking and work

100%. The reason it got away was because it was fighting for its life. It was scared. every bass I lost was a giant. was the bridge way up off the water? I find when I set the hook, I’m yanking up and the hooks are at the bottom. I sonetimes get crappie hook sets that way.

I bet people cancel order when they get that email stating “ your reel will ship in two weeks”. haha.

I’ll probably focus on a less expensive rod. Gotta stay under my wife’s radar. but yea. That would be sexy.

Well. They got a few more in, or people cancelled orders. Oredered. mine is SLOWLY on the way. TW is like on Hawaiian Island time these day. Chill, not hurried. Relax Bra. ? gives me time to agonize over my rod choice.

I’m still the constant recipient of assistance people help. I had a guy in a bass boat in a tournament explain to me why the bass were where they were at. I learned something awesome that day.

My friend has the Nucanoe F10. 60ish lbs. Empty. it is a super standy boat. The seat is high, and he just stands like he is getting up off a lawn chair.

I’m no expert. I think it’s water temps and longer daylight hours that put them in the mood. go deeper in the water with the drop shot?

Haha. Yea. Maybe.

I’ll definitely will buy a clamp.