Kayak people. How many rods do you bring?

[NYWayfarer]

2 rods. Sometimes I will bring a telescopic rod and reel for my 3rd setup

[Crankin4Bass]

I usually only bring 2 rods. 

[TnRiver46]

On 1/25/2021 at 12:12 PM, HookInMouth said:

Two, a medium heavy casting and a medium spinning. I'm struggling "not" to add a third because I really would rather keep it simple. I take a backpack with a Cal Coast Battlebox and two 3700 boxes. No electronics. No power poles or motors.

 

I don't even use rod holders. I just lay them on the deck in front of me. I have two Omega Rod Holders and I don't even take them with me. I probably should though. I'm gonna end up in the drink cursing my luck eventually because I lost a grand in fishing rods... 

they fall out of rod holders more than the deck. But with a proper locking holder they won’t 

[Choporoz]

On 1/26/2021 at 12:33 PM, Fishingmickey said:

      Flame away and yes I do carry too much but I like it that way.

Fishingmickey

I certainly get it.   I take 8 and every time out I find myself standing at the back of my truck struggling to decide which rods I'm going to have to leave behind.

  I don't always use all 8, but it is a rare trip when I haven't used 7

[Backroad Angler]

If you think about it fellows, the more rods/reels you hold on your yak as I saw someone say they had 15 at a time, are all potentials rods/reels that could get dunked and lost in the water. A kayak is not as a stable as a boat and I feel like most yakkers have at least flipped over or fell in once and gear could be lost. Keep that in mind when piling your yak with such stuff.

[fishwizzard]

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

I certainly get it.   I take 8 and every time out I find myself standing at the back of my truck struggling to decide which rods I'm going to have to leave behind.

  I don't always use all 8, but it is a rare trip when I haven't used 7

What kind of yak do you have and how are you storing eight rods?
 

I have a relatively short yak (Slayer 10) and find that anything more than four/five rods stored vertically behind me in my off hand side really cuts down on the casting angles I can get. 

[Choporoz]

1 hour ago, fishwizzard said:

What kind of yak do you have and how are you storing eight rods?
 

Hobie Compass.   Pictured earlier in this thread.  I snagged one behind me once or twice in 6 years of kayak fishing.

[Dens228]

2 hours ago, JoshFromBolo said:

If you think about it fellows, the more rods/reels you hold on your yak as I saw someone say they had 15 at a time, are all potentials rods/reels that could get dunked and lost in the water. A kayak is not as a stable as a boat and I feel like most yakkers have at least flipped over or fell in once and gear could be lost. Keep that in mind when piling your yak with such stuff.

Well I don't bring 15 but as I've said I bring 6-8 and in five years I've been out in rougher winds/waves than I'd prefer but have never come close to tipping.  I'm more worried about dropping the one in my hand. 

[Stasher1]

It's the low-hanging limbs you need to keep an eye on. They'll lift a rod right out of a holder, without making a sound. Like a d**n ninja.

[HookInMouth]

13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

they fall out of rod holders more than the deck. But with a proper locking holder they won’t 

Yeah, the YakAttack Omega holders lock them in. I bought them for that but then I just kept laying them on the deck anyway. Quicker access. I'm always paddling down the river and see something I want to cast at. 

[GTN-NY]

10 hours ago, Stasher1 said:

It's the low-hanging limbs you need to keep an eye on. They'll lift a rod right out of a holder, without making a sound. Like a d**n ninja.

That why they make rod leashes. If a rod is in a rod tube it has a leash attached to it

[fishwizzard]

12 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Hobie Compass.   Pictured earlier in this thread.  I snagged one behind me once or twice in 6 years of kayak fishing.

Thanks.  I know I tend to fish to the side more the to the front, but maybe I am overthinking it.  This spring I will tape some dowels to the other side of my crate and see how it works out.  

[Bankc]

18 hours ago, Stasher1 said:

It's the low-hanging limbs you need to keep an eye on. They'll lift a rod right out of a holder, without making a sound. Like a d**n ninja.

Yeah.  As you approach the branch, a small limb will flex against your rod and get caught on a line guide.  Then it will slowly slide it out as you continue your pass.  But it doesn't drop your rod immediately into the water.  Instead the branch bounces up and down, an action that slowly jiggles the rod free of it's grasp, and allows it to silently slip into the water.  

 

I've saw it happen once.  I got lucky and caught it in the act and stopped it before I lost the rod.  It scared me, but not enough to learn a lesson.  The second time it happened to me, I lost one of my favorite reels.  I didn't even know where to begin looking for it when I finally noticed it was gone, because there was never an indication to tell me when or where it may have happened.  

 

Moral of the story: rod leash.    

[TimTheGearNerd]

I think it depends on how long I’m on the water. 
 

I’ve brought as many as 8 but I typically have 4 

typically

worm/ jig

spinning 

cb

frog or c rig

I might rotate different rods out like jerk bait, skipping, swim bait, second spinning rod. 

 

[Hawkeye21]

I carry 9 to 10 rods most times.  If I'm just going out for fun for a little bit then probably only like 4.

[king fisher]

Four.  One medium casting, one medium heavy casting, one heavy casting, one  medium spinning and way to much other gear.

[Landis Carrier]

Depends on where I’m going and for how long. Few hours on a local lake 4 rods. All day on a bigger lake 6-7. 

[Boulderman]

Four. But looking for ways to take more! I don't like retying even though it takes a minute.

[GTN-NY]

1 hour ago, Boulderman said:

I don't like retying even though it takes a minute.

^^^^^^^^^^^
Bingo right there

[MIbassyaker]

1 hour ago, Boulderman said:

Four. But looking for ways to take more! I don't like retying even though it takes a minute.

 

23 minutes ago, GTN said:

^^^^^^^^^^^
Bingo right there

 

Indeed, indeed.

[Alex from GA]

Usually 1 but sometimes 2.  I only fish smallish rivers with overhanging trees.  No tackle box, only the stuff in my PFD.

[arkman]

Usually 4 or 5 if Im on a lake. Usually 2 if its a small river or stream. They get hung up too easy in overhanging limbs to mess with. 

[dickenscpa]

I carry 6 on my kayak and only carried the same 6 on my boat. I do 5 baitcasters and one spinning rod. Spinning rod is ned rig and the other 5 have a specific bait on them. Those are the only six baits I can fish so I have a rod for each.

 

Whether I was on my boat or in my kayak I HATE changing out a bait on the water and if I go from a crank bait to say a T-Rig I just grab the other rod. I hate re-tying on the water (or even in my garage) and it really reduces my bait changing down to just the essential changes. Like line is getting worn, break off, maybe a color change, etc. Even a color change is really just hard plastics, on soft plastic you just pull it off the hook and slide another one on.

 

Did I mention I hate re-tying on the water. LOL!

[FrogFreak]

I typically carry 6 rods. I should carry fewer but I just can't help myself.

1. M Spinning for senko/ned
2. MH bc for frogging
3. Heavy bc for jigs
4. MH bc for buzz/spinner/chatter
5. M bc for topwater, small cranks
6. All purpose MH bc for t rigs, b/u frog rod etc.

[Dens228]

My first outing of 2021 was today.   I brought 5 but used 2.  If I would have brought 2 I would have needed 3.......lol