just bought a kayak

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

Hey guys I just bought a kayak for fishing and wanted to hear yalls tips to biginnere and mabye some knowledble websites on kayak fishing

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

O yea this is my kayak i bought.

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/i/1448E,,_Perception-Caster-125-Fishing-Kayak-Sit-on-Top.html

[B-Dozer]

Congratulations! I guess that's your first kayak, right? Spend some time just getting used to it w/o your gear. Might be a good idea to tether your rod (at least at first) . Life jacket is another good thing to have, try not to bring more stuff than you are realistically going to use, have fun. Of coarse I don't always follow my own advice 'cause I bring my two BIG dogs with me.

[GTrombly]

definitely get some of those rod saver floating things. my father dropped a rod off the back of his kayak the first day he bought it. luckily he knew exactly where it was and i got it back.

[stickbowguy67]

I fish from a kayak all the time, love it! I fish from a perception caster 12.5 sit on top. Caught a nice little smallmouth just today from it. Rigging it right can take some time, but you will find out what you need and dont need in time. Have fun

[Fishing Rhino]

Good luck with your new acquisition.  It will open up whole new vistas for you.

Tough to beat small boats, kayaks, canoes or whatever in small waters, and in the shallows.

Possibly the best thing about the peanut fleet is they force you to fish slowly and attentively.

They also allow you to see bottom (if you have a sounder) that faster boats miss.  A six foot patch of rocks, or vegetation looks big when you paddle over it.  On a boat going thirty or better, it doesn't amount to a blip.

Now, here's the best part.  Because you get better acquainted with a particular body of water when you fish from a kayak or canoe, should you ever get a bass boat, or any power boat, you will catch a lot more fish, simply because you will have learned where these tiny patches of productive bottom are.

When you can buzz from one to another in a minute or so, when paddling takes ten or fifteen, it's because you spend more time with your line in the water.

On one of my favorite ponds, we have done real well fishing from canoes.  Both my fishing buddy and I had only canoes to fish from last year.

This year, I've been a couple of times with my bass boat.  It is downright scary, the difference in success for the same hours fished.

If we had hit that pond with a bass boat from the start, ??????  I doubt we'd be doing anywhere near as well.

[bilgerat]

Congrats. I got the same one from Dick's back before Memorial Day.

If you don't like the water coming through the scupper holes, get a pack of foam practice golf balls. They're the perfect size to plug them. You can even get fancy and pierce a hole through the ball, then thread a thin cord through and tie a knot in one end, leaving a length of cord to use as a handle. Makes removing the balls easier.

Pay attention to the storage instructions in the owner's manual. Plastic kayaks + prolonged exposure to the hot sun = a warped hull

Don't worry, it won't happen in a day, but with the brutal heat we've been having it's best not to chance it. I store mine hanging on it's side by straps attatched to my fence, with a loose fitting tarp over top.

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

yea so its probably not a good idea to wrap it wioth a tarp and leave it on the ground outside is it?

[bilgerat]

yea so its probably not a good idea to wrap it wioth a tarp and leave it on the ground outside is it?

No. A tight fitting tarp won't allow air to circulate and it will have a constant layer of condensation on it, which will lead to mildew. Also it will become a magnet for all kinds of critters, which you don't want to discover out in the middle of the lake. Wanna guess how I knew that one ?

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

Lol i kinda do now