Shore fishing =/= boat fishing

[Smiths.R]

I got a kayak this past winter, and boy is fishing in it WAY different from fishing from shore.  I'm so used to seeing things a certain way, or seeing things in general, and it's all different in the boat.  It does'nt help that I look at my sonar and can't read it well...

Any tips for getting acclimated to a boat?  Fishing deep ( >15') is something I'm not used to at all. 

Thanks!

[Raul]

Well, fishing spots are the same it 's just that you are fishing them from the opposite side if you know can recognize those spots that produce fish for you from the shore it 's a matter of adjusting your mind to work the other way around.

[Catt]

Well, fishing spots are the same it 's just that you are fishing them from the opposite side if you know can recognize those spots that produce fish for you from the shore it 's a matter of adjusting your mind to work the other way around.

X2 and wait until you stand up in a bass boat, it'll look totally different again.

[NateFollmer]

Fishing deep is just the same as fishing shallow, just takes longer to hit bottom

Look for weeds, grass, rocks, humps, depressions in the bottom.... Anything out of the normal 'flow' of the bottom. It takes a few trips to get used to the images you're seeing but grass and weeds normally look like small, but very tall spikes, rocky or hard bottoms will usually look solid, and muddy or sandy bottoms tend to look like the sonar is picking objects up past the bottom (like you'll see holes under the bottom line... hard to explain, but I think when you see it, you'll know what I mean).

Creek channels and there walls are probably my number 1 place to catch deeper fish. They are like transitional highways for bass.

Get yourself some cranks that run a foot or so deeper than the water your fishing so you can dig up the bottom. Or, get a crank that will run with the top of the grassline and smack into the tops of the grass then pause (floaters work good for this). Also, most Texas rigged or Carolina rigged plastics will work.

If you throw weightless plastics, give yourself a LOOOOOONG time to hit bottom. I've sat for 30 seconds to 1 minute in 20 ft. of water until my lure hit bottom. Patience is key!