kayak people. your rods.

[Darth-Baiter]

if you're paddling/kicking with your rods standing up in rod holders behind you.  do you have a pecking order?  I mean, do you put them back into the same spot day after day.?  

 

in orchestra/band the best musician sits "first chair".  do you have a first chair?

 

yesterday as I was pulling off rod sleeve and stuffing rods into their holders, realize I do the same thing over and over.  I dont know when that started.  I used to go all willy-nilly.  now?  my bottom contact goes behind my left shoulder..heavier bottom contact (jig) goes right shoulder and it goes back from there.  my drop shot is the furthest to reach.  now I am strangely anal about it.  

 

you?  

[DogBone_384]

15 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

do you put them back into the same spot day after day.?

No.

[FryDog62]

I tend to keep them in order, I have a Blackpak pro and the first 2 rods on each side are what I go into the day planning to use most. I DO put any treble bait lures on the opposite side of where my landing net is stored. They stick to it like Velcro! 

[Boomstick]

I usually do keep them in some kind of an order. I can carry 8 rods, given what I am carrying, I will keep the rod I most likely want the quickest access to in the most accessible spot based on what I think I need that day. The order may change if I find another rod/lure has been more effective throughout the day.

[casts_by_fly]

When I was using the horizontal rod holder on the kayak I would start the day with the first rod I planned to use in the built in rod holder and the next most likely as the first rod nearest the boat. If I had a spinning rod with me it had to be the outside rod. Then through the day they would all rotate around. The two most used though would be in my hand and in first slot. 

[Alex from GA]

I have never taken more than 2 rods so it doesn't matter.  One in my hand and the other next to my seat.

[Bird]

When I had a fishing kayak I carried only 3 rods 

1 standing up behind, 1 standing up beside me on non casting side and the 1 catching fish in my hand.

I should mention it was a foot controlled trolling motor.

[MIbassyaker]

I have 5 rods behind the seat in the kayak, one to right and four to the left (can kind of see in my profile pic)

 

The right-side rod is almost always a spinning rig with a fluke or senko. It is there for quick access when I need a follow-up cast.

 

The left-side rods are arrayed behind me standing in a row, generally with the ones I expect to use more frequently closer, although they're all close enough that order doesn't matter much.

 

 

 

 

[Darren.]

I usually take 4-5, sometimes 6...4 behind me, 1 or 2

laying down in front of me. I do have "favs" but I don't 

have them in particular order unless things are calm.

[king fisher]

I take four rods with me.  Usually 4 casting, but sometimes 3 casting and one spinning.  One rod is in a holder in front of me, and the other three are stored vertical behind me.  No order except no rods with treble hooked lures in the holder directly behind my seat.  I have snagged a hook with my shirt before, and I can either take some time to get a treble unhooked without damage to my shirt, or grab my knife and get back to fishing.  Being as I lack even minimal patience I opt for the knife.  The problem is a new shirt costs as much as a crankbait, and my wife doesn't like it when I wear shirts with large holes in them.  Because I compare every purchase I make to how many crankbaits I could have bought with the money, a few shirts can add up to many crankbaits or even a jackhamer or two.  Being a slow learner it took me a few times getting hooked before I made it a habit to only place my T rigs in that rod holder.

[MRQturbo]

My blackpack has 10 rod holders... One side is for moving baits.. Other side for bottom contact... Spinning setup and cranking rods on the 3rd side.. 

[IYAOYAS]

The way my titan is set up I have 6 rod holders on my crate in back and 4 laydown holders going down the side of the boat next to my seat. 2 on each side. I put the ones I believe I might need in the holders on the side laying down and the ones I'm pretty sure I'll use in the crate holders. The lay down holders are not as accessible as the crate.

[Koz]

I carry between 5 and 9 rods depending upon my game plan. As to where they are placed, that depends upon what rods and baits I plan to use that day.

[Standard]

My Bite FD has one in-hull holder at each side of the seat, and I have a crate with 2 rod holders on it.  At the start of the day, my favorite / most used setup goes in the left hull (I'm a lefty), second choice for the day in the right hull.  Backups go in the crate.  They'll rotate through positions depending on what's working.

[Fishingmickey]

I carry more then ten vertically.... Yes, I have them sorted, Single hooked Spinner baits and Chatters on one side. A cross the back is usually treble hooked lures.  Crank baits, Jerk baits, etc.  I have soft plastics single hooked on the opposite side, T-rigged, weightless, jigs, etc.

FM

[Bass Junke]

I carry between 4 and 8 rods on my kayak. They are stored in specific spots. My jig rod, swim jig rod and worm rod are the easiest to reach. I sometimes switch rods around throughout the day. Last year I re-designed my crate. I wanted all rods stored at an angle. No rods standing straight up. I was successful and was happy with the results. One of the downfalls to this setup is 2 rods are difficult to reach quickly. I have adapted, pros and cons.  

[TnRiver46]

I never store them vertically, seen at least 6-8 disappear that way. Luckily only one was mine 😂 

[JHoss]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

I never store them vertically, seen at least 6-8 disappear that way. Luckily only one was mine 😂 

Second this. Can think of two specific instances where I watched someone lose thousands of dollars this way. One was on a small creek on the Coosa where a buddy broke multiple Megabass rods on an overhanging limb and got his kayak hung up in the current. The other was a guy who forgot they were all standing when he went under a bridge at first light. I almost broke a blade on my trolling motor chopping up his rods... it was still dark and being shortly after a shotgun start, everyone was too close together to have time to react and avoid his gear.

 

In both instances I slid through those same spots in my Pursuit without any issue because my rods were stored horizontally. 

 

 

[slowworm]

I have 4-6 rods at any one time.  2 in yakattack rod holders horizontally and 2-4 vertically.  Rods with trebles go horizontally so if they get loose, they don't catch me in the back but swing onto the water.  Learned that one the hard way.

 

I might have 8-10 rods with me, but rods I'm not actively using go inside the hull.  If I want to swap out rods, I pull over somewhere and open the front hatch.

 

I fish cheaper combos out of the yak because I do get caught up at least once per trip.  Mostly Diawa AIRD-X and Fuego combos.  I haven't broken a rod yet, and if I drop one and lose it, it's less than $200 to replace.  I keep my spendy combos for the boat.

 

[Bluebasser86]

I try to keep the rods I plan to use the most closer to me so they’re easier to reach, but I don’t have a particular order. I do try to keep my casting rods on my left and spinning rods on my right. Just makes it easier so I know which side a rod should be on.