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    Kayak fishing?

    in General Message Board

    Posted

    3 hours ago, prudenceb said:

    Hey, I see a co-initiated NSPN trip come summer fishing season.  Two pods: 1) Fisherpeople and 2) regular old sea kayakers.  Somewhere where we can have a picnic after.  Fisherpeople promise main course, freshly caught, of course.  Regular sea kayakers promise...subiosity.  When everyone returns, we abandon picnic place and all go out to dinner at a nearby restaurant.  Fish stories ensue.  Waddya say?

    pru

    Totally up for it Pru, I think dinner at a nearby restaurant is a wise plan ?

    Kayak fishing?

    in General Message Board

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Dan Foster said:

    A sabiki rig for mackerel or bait fish has 6 or more small hooks with an artificial bait that looks like a large fly or tiny minnow. You clip a 1-2 oz lead sinker on one end, and lower it from your kayak or a pier off the cheapest rod and reel you own. You could even skip the rod and reel and just use a hand line or 50 feet of mono and something to wrap it around. When it hits the bottom, slowly jig it up and down until a school of bait fish swims by. Since macks and other bait fish swim in big "bait balls", you'll typically catch multiple fish if you leave it down for an extra 30 seconds after you feel the first strike.

    https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=sabiki&tbs=imgo:1

    Half of the fun of a sabiki rig is detangling 6+ mini hooks from each other, your fish, and your clothing as your kayak drifts into the rocks or the boating channel.

     

    If you want to skip the live bait, get an artificial lure (we use Daiwa Salt Pro Minnows), the shortest saltwater rod you can find (7.5' or less, easier to deal with in a kayak), and cast around the rocks, or watch for surface feedings around dawn. When you see a bunch of seagulls dive-bombing the surface, paddle over as fast as you can and start casting into the fray. With any luck, you'll catch a striper, and not a seagull.

    Ok, cool, thanks for the info!

    i think I might head to basspro this weekend to get sorted out with the basics. (At least try to)

    Kayak fishing?

    in General Message Board

    Posted

    21 hours ago, leong said:

    Hi, In the spring and summer I fish from a sea kayak usually out of Lanes (bluefish and stripers). I'm now kayak fishing in south Florida (barracuda, tarpon, jacks, etc). I don't bait fish ... I only troll using lures (mostly spoons and sluggos).

    -Leon

    Is it difficult to fish out of your sea kayak? how is it reeling in something big ?

    15 hours ago, Dan Foster said:

    We've had some luck using a sabiki (multiple small hooks on a weighted line) to catch mackerel for bait. We then hook a mack through the lip and let it swim in and out of the rocks where we think stripers may be lurking. What usually happens is we end up having mackerel for dinner.

     

    Do you need to bait the hooks for the mackerel?

    Kayak fishing?

    in General Message Board

    Posted

    Sounds good guys,

    I'd be up for going around Salem or Monomoy. For some reason launching out of Lanes cove in Rockport seems appealing to me as well, and there is Odiorne.

    I don't really know what to use for bait, I'll be doing some research, any insight is welcome.

    Kayak fishing?

    in General Message Board

    Posted

    Any of the sea kayakers out there interested in kayak fishing?

    i have a pretty nice fishing kayak I originally bought for scuba diving off of, which pretty much gathers dust these days. I've been watching kayak fishing videos on you tube, it looks like a blast. Anyone interested in a trip(s) focused around fishing?

    odiorne 2/19

    in Past Trips

    Posted · Edited by dcycleman

    Planning on paddling out of Odiorne Sunday 2/19. 

    Route tbd considering wind direction and velocity the day of. Planning on a conservative paddle regardless.

    Anyone looking to get out with proper gear(drysuit), and training (cold water rescues) message me.

    Planning on Odiorne Launch at 10. No more than 10-12 km.

    Oil canning for lack of a better word

    in Boat repair, outfitting

    Posted

    So I was loading my wife's fiberglass Cetus onto my pickup the other day and I noticed "denting" where the hull sits on the foam blocks on my racks. I don't he-man the tie downs when I secure her boat either.  Is there anyway I might reverse this ? Mabe by suring up the inside of the hull with blocks in the sun? Any other thoughts?

    the glass isn't cracked and it isn't all that pronounced.

    Odiorne Sunday may 1

    in Past Trips

    Posted

    Looking to get out for a few hours on Sunday. Usual 9am bib. 

    Mabe 10-12 miles. 

    If anyone else has another venue they would rather go, I'm flexible.

    just want to get out.

    shoot me a pm if interested

    Dave

    2016 New Year's Day Paddle In Boston Harbor

    in Trip Reports

    Posted

    11 hours ago, rfolster said:

     

    And now to Warrens point about the "open enrollment" concept.  It is quite simple, really - I learned to kayak because people who didn't know me let me paddle with them.  People like Gary York letting me go out to Jewell Island for my first camping trip, even though I had never paddled that far before; and Peter Brady for taking me along to Great Wass for my second camping trip where I stupidly lost my boots and Warren let me borrow his sandals to continue paddling; and Doug Mogill for standing so patiently while it took me FOREVER to flip my boat over during my first cold water workshop.  The list goes on and on of people who had no idea of who I was and what I was (or wasn't) capable of took the time to let me learn.  I do it for others because others did it for me, and I find that paddling with people that I don't know so well actually pushes me to be a better paddler.  I WANT to be a better paddler, because I know that I still have a lot to learn.  That is why I do trips like this, and spend so much time thinking about situations like this.

    Well, I'm glad you tend to post a bunch of trips because I've gotten a lot out of them, both enjoyment and experience.

    BTW thanks for lending me those gloves, I wouldn't have been able to finish the day as mine were not cutting it.

    -Dave

    Cape Neddick 12/12

    in Past Trips

    Posted

    Anyone interested in a Cape Neddick trip saturday?

    I was thinking of leaving from the lobster pound restaurant lot at 10, paddling north to ogunquit beach to possibly catch a wave or 2 if there are any, then paddling back for 330-4 pm.

    Its supposed to be mid 50's with 2 foot swell predicted and ssw wind.

    Pru and Gene both have trips posted, I don't know if people would be interested in this one (including Pru&Gene),

    if not I'll likely join one of those.

    -Dave

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