Kayak Junk Fishing

[Choporoz]

I think we got wrapped around the a semantics axel.  Putting aside the 'junk', I disagree with your premise that discovering and refining a pattern is hard (er?) from a kayak.  (The example above is a pretty extreme hypothetical:  all catchable fish are on southwest corner of docks facing south on inside points.  But all those docks are across the lake.....)  Expand your mind's eye and apply aspects of what you learned from that dock corner to other areas.  Patterning is one thing.  Putting all the targeted bass in a tiny box is something different,  in my opinion. 

[KSanford33]

4 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

i'm with Franco.  i pattern fish to my own limitations, which in my case is a kayak.  if i cant get to a bunch of docks cus they are too far away, i either launch closer to docks or i find out where they are if they are not at the docks.  

 

if i'm on foot, drop shooting 40 foot structure was never an option for me to begin with.  ro docks, unless i own a dock.

This is exactly my point. Kayak fishing limits your ability to pattern fish whereas fishing from a bass boat doesn't. Don't get me wrong, I love fishing from my kayak. But I also acknowledge its drawbacks; this being one of them.

[J Francho]

1 minute ago, KSanford33 said:

What if you can't get to another spot that replicates that pattern because it's too far away to paddle to?

Dude find a lake that doesn't suck. That pretty much is NOT the norm. I've definitely not encountered it. 

[KSanford33]

We'll have to agree to disagree. All the best guys.

[Darth-Baiter]

Just now, KSanford33 said:

This is exactly my point. Kayak fishing limits your ability to pattern fish whereas fishing from a bass boat doesn't. Don't get me wrong, I love fishing from my kayak. But I also acknowledge its drawbacks; this being one of them.

i think i am understanding you more.   but i feel the opposite.  kayak fishing has limitations sure.  but they are kayak limitations and i fish within the confines.  i am not junk fishing at all.  i am kayak fishing.  using techiques that may or may not be unique to a kayak.

 

case in point. Clearlake is getting shallow.  i crept my kayak in agmongst the boats.  fishing was tough.  i saw carp tearing up water near shore.  i went to them and hit shallow water and noted it was getting deeper where the carp orgy was.  i found bass with the carp!!  i imagine they were eating food stuff stirred up by the carp?  the bass boats couldnt get to where i was.    we all fish the way we can, but that doenst make it junk fishing.not to me.