Pitching from a kayak

[Bass Ninja]

Thanks for all the replies! With all the house projects, I was only able to get out for about 2 hours on Sunday, but it was mostly teaching a friend how to fish. I was teaching him how to fish a frog at first and got a 4lber while I was demonstrating how I do it, which is always nice. Practiced pitching a lot for the rest of the time, like you guys said, slinging it sideways. Its not too difficult, and hopefully it'll pay off soon with some nice fish. Just one more question....When you guys pitch it out, what do you do next? do you just let it drop through the weeds and sit? Do you hop it couple times? When reeling it back to you, do you let it drop in any more pockets? How long do you leave it in a pocket before you decide to do another cast? 

[Bass Ninja]

10 hours ago, Bassjam2000 said:

A little of topic but did this legend by chance share with you his eight lure fishing system? I’m curious.

He said he keeps it simple to what he has confidence in and knows it will work. During the winter, he uses either jigs or jerkbaits, and spring through the fall he uses square bills, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, senko-type baits usually wacky rigged when he gets desperate, a frog, and his pitching set up. As soon as the weeds come up in the late spring though, 90% of the time he is pitching shallow weeds. His pitching set up is a 6" Zoom Brushhog on an extra wide gap hook with a 1/2oz bullet weight, and he uses a 7ft heavy rod with 50lb braid. He's told me plenty of times though that those lures cover pretty much all scenarios for him, so dont get hung up on specific lure or brand. Odds are high that the same fish that ate his brushhog would eat my pitboss, its just what he likes to use, but more importantly, he can take apart cover effectively with it. He'll pitch a lake for like 6 hours straight before he'll think about switching out to a different lure, which I don't quite have the patience for, and I don't quite think thats the most effective way to fish, but....he's beat me enough times and his record is such that I can't argue with him haha ?

[Boomstick]

You're definitely overthinking it. It's my personal belief that pitching from a kayak puts you just above the water and thus you are able to pitch quietly into shallower waters and scare the fish less which puts you at an advantage, plus a smaller footprint overall