1st ever kayak trip
Posted: March 15th, 2011, 5:03 pm
I took the plunge and bought a kayak last week. A buddy of mine has been after me for a while to get one. He tells me all these stories of getting close to tailing redfish, etc. so when the opportunity to purchase a Wilderness System Ride 135 at a decent price came around I jumped at the opportunity.
We launched our yaks in the back waters of Port St. Joe and fished the flats all the way to Black's Island. Best I can tell from my GPS, we paddled a little over 6 miles on Saturday. Had a few fish blow up on some topwaters late in the day, but overall it was a really bad day of fishing as I think the water was still just a little too cold. Mostly went just to try out the new kayak. I must admit it was a bunch of fun despite the bad fishing. Can't wait to go again in a few weeks when there is more life on the flats.
I do have one question. How do you guys land these fish that have large plugs hanging on them with exposed treble hooks? Do you guys take a net? I lost a fish due to the fact that I was hesitant to pull the fish into the yak and into my lap with those hooks being exposed. No need for a hook in the groin if you know what I mean.
We launched our yaks in the back waters of Port St. Joe and fished the flats all the way to Black's Island. Best I can tell from my GPS, we paddled a little over 6 miles on Saturday. Had a few fish blow up on some topwaters late in the day, but overall it was a really bad day of fishing as I think the water was still just a little too cold. Mostly went just to try out the new kayak. I must admit it was a bunch of fun despite the bad fishing. Can't wait to go again in a few weeks when there is more life on the flats.
I do have one question. How do you guys land these fish that have large plugs hanging on them with exposed treble hooks? Do you guys take a net? I lost a fish due to the fact that I was hesitant to pull the fish into the yak and into my lap with those hooks being exposed. No need for a hook in the groin if you know what I mean.