Dangerously close to a skunk yesterday evening

[Darth-Baiter]

 

my last skunk I call January 2021 ?

 

Man. Local big lake. Lake Sonoma.  Windy with 20 mph gust.  We were in a narrow arm of the lake so waves didn’t get choppy and it never felt scary.  However holding kayak position was impossible.  Drifting fast,and finesse fishing doesn’t work together. Not for me. My buddy had a clamp he could latch onto trees poking out of the water. He killed them. 20+.  Me. Lost a 8” fish at the boat.   Last five minutes I threaded a morning glory colored worm on my drop shot. And I caught a small keeper. No skunk. 
 

got home at 8:30.   Had to scrub mud out of kayak since we launched where there is no ramp. Ate showers went to bed. What a day. 
 

wind is unpleasant 

[Uknowjusticemill]

I understand the difficulty of fishing in a kayak while being pushed around, I kayak fish rivers and the current mixed with wind can make it a nightmare to stay steady and fish, most the time I get one chance to cast a spot as I drift before I'm 30 feet downriver and cannot hit the spot with another cast, under these conditions I find some backwaters to shelter from the wind.

[TnRiver46]

Wind is the worst . Maybe get a clamp like your buddy!! Or a drift sock. We rarely get high wind and when we do, I usually stay home 

[Darth-Baiter]

I’ll definitely will buy a clamp.