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  1. KayakFisherman

    Misfit Kayak Fishing Team: Earning the Fish by Learning the Fish

    Some pics
  2. KayakFisherman

    Misfit Kayak Fishing Team: Earning the Fish by Learning the Fish

    Decided to try something different this time up to the Housatonic: A night fishing trip, through sunrise, into the following day. I'm a firm believer that the night bass fishing is always better than during the day. I'm going to qualify that now and add "... unless it affects the water temp."...
  3. KayakFisherman

    More Winter Kayak Stripers

    Just a quick note about kayak color. There's a common misconception that any blue kayak is a bad idea for safety reasons. I operated a kayak rental for13 years and certain shades of medium blue kayak are highly visible, much more so than reds. The emphasis should be on earth tones versus...
  4. KayakFisherman

    More Winter Kayak Stripers

    I don't mind sharing where I catch fish. They're not my fish. People just think I'm giving the farm away. It's no secret that the only fish around right now are going to be up in the Housatonic. There are a couple of other rivers, but maybe three places in the tri-state area. If you're willing...
  5. KayakFisherman

    Rod length opinion wanted

    I've given this a considerable amount of thought and learned a lot the hard way. When I first started kayak fishing I was partial to A 7-foot rod simply because it seemed about the right size and it fit inside my truck. Kayak fishing in general dictates that a somewhat shorter rod be used, and I...
  6. KayakFisherman

    More Winter Kayak Stripers

    Saturday 3/9
  7. KayakFisherman

    More Winter Kayak Stripers

    Sorry. CT. Housatonic River @ Shelby/Derby
  8. KayakFisherman

    More Winter Kayak Stripers

    Got skunked last time, so I was a motivated fisherman. It was cold when we first got there (24 degree air temps), with a low tide and there wasn't much of a bite. I failed to set the hook on a solid hit and thought that would be it, but soon after I hooked up with a fat 24" bass on a small...
  9. KayakFisherman

    Housey Humbling: More "wheel" than "whale"

    Had a good trip my last time across to fish for winter bass in the Housatonic River. Thought I was getting a feel for it. Then I went up this weekend when by all accounts the fish were more finicky, and got totally skunked. Now my kayak fishing partner only caught two fish, but the action...
  10. KayakFisherman

    Greetings everyone.

    I'll try to keep the kayak fishing thread going here, and plan to post reports here too. I was unaware that Noreast folded until recently.
  11. KayakFisherman

    Villanova Basketball tough loss

    Big time St. John's fan. On any given night, they can beat anyone, including themselves. They can beat Marquette twice, beat Villanova, then get pounded twice by the worst team in the Big East? That's a mental issue right there. Loved Mullin since his college playing days, but it starts at the...
  12. KayakFisherman

    Rubber landing nets

    And ideally the angler holding the rod, after going free spool, will step back out of the way and let the wire man (big gamefish) or netter (inshore fishing) secure the fish once it's on deck. There are a lot of crappy nets out there, but usually it's the netter, not the net that loses the fish.
  13. KayakFisherman

    Welcome TonyZfishin

    Thank you. Looking forward to having something postworthy.
  14. KayakFisherman

    Rubber landing nets

    Found it. Yak Attack makes it. Called a leverage landing net. Love it. Can't afford it.
  15. KayakFisherman

    Rubber landing nets

    There's a great net with rubber mesh and an angled handle that braces against your elbow for better leverage; Hard to move 30+ lbs of fish when you need to if you're trying to do it all with your wrist. Don't recall the name, but they were cost-prohibitive for me - around $70. It was kick-ass...
  16. KayakFisherman

    Welcome TonyZfishin

    Good to see Tony Z, Mojoe and other friends from Noreast.
  17. KayakFisherman

    Winter Kayak Fishing Report from the Housatonic

    Jumped across the Sound again for a day of winter kayak bass fishing. Starting to get the hang of it. Pistol Pete and I hit double digits with the striped bass this afternoon. The set-up seemed perfect: 3 or 4 days of warm weather followed by two days of rain - wait one day for it to run off...
  18. KayakFisherman

    What Every Kayak Fisherman Should Be Doing Right AbouT Now

    It used to be that I stowed away my kayak gear sometime in late November (or early December even) and even if I stuffed everything into a closet “rode hard and put up wet,” invariably in the spring I’d devote a week to gearing up again. The hardware, accessories and apparel all changed as my...

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