My first kayak experience!!!!!!!

My first kayak experience!!!!!!!

Went out for my first kayak experience late this afternoon and with a borrowed fully set up rig off a mate including a sweet little sounder i went for a paddle off hillaries until i found some structure in pretty close holding fish. Armed with only a sol3000 and 17lb rod 20lb leader and some snapbacks i was quite amused picking these two beauties up. I think im hooked.


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Kayak experience!

Fri, 2008-06-06 20:59

Sheesh mate, must of been good to get a feel what's it like to get a fish in a kayak. KG on a snapback is a added bonus mate. Top work. Which one was the first to be landed?

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Pinky on pink first then got

Fri, 2008-06-06 21:08

Pinky on pink first then got busted up 3 times straight up. Had to be bigger pinks, this one went just iover 3kg. Shit its hard to land a fish in a kayak, nearlly fell out twice!lol. changed colour after that to blue speck and after drifting over some weed picked up 2 or 3 skips a wrasse and then the kg jumps on and is my biggest to date. Let me tell u that there are some good fish in close at the moment thats why i went out 4 a paddle.

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Now thats gotta be something

Fri, 2008-06-06 21:13

Now thats gotta be something entertaining for the last couple of hours of the day. 3kg Pinky out of a yak is a darn good effort. I could say leaning over the side to belly lift the fish must of made you have your heart in your throat many times lol.

Always to get a PB mate. Well fed tonight I guess!

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Yeah mate just had em 4 tea

Fri, 2008-06-06 21:17

Yeah mate just had em 4 tea not bad either. the bigger pinks just busted me up its just too hard trying to fish and stay up right  at the same time.lol. But i will be going out again over the weekend and ill take some bigger gear just in case.



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Nice work Spess

Fri, 2008-06-06 21:21

That's a great way to start your kayak fishing experience. It is somehting I am looking forward to trying myself. Congrats on the little one. Hope all is going well.
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Yeah ive just been looking

Fri, 2008-06-06 21:51

Yeah ive just been looking at that mate!mmmmm not bad price either since ive been doing some sums. just got to get it around the bobcat ,truck, 2 cars and everything else in the drive way.lol.



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yeah stuff that i think i

Fri, 2008-06-06 22:08

yeah stuff that i think i might stay with team salmo thanks1lol.



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very tidy effort

Fri, 2008-06-06 22:22

man thats not bad at all for the first time out in a yak, and on plastics

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Yak Fishing

Sat, 2008-06-07 07:28

 Yak fishing is the fastest growing  water sport in the world it has been said, huge in the U.S.A /eastern States,,,,usually they paddle between 2-10 kms out to get amonst them,,,i am leaving now to fish Pt Peron in a yak Cheers

 

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Them guys are mad

Sat, 2008-06-07 07:56

Spess i would  stick to pinkys

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Pinky

Sat, 2008-06-07 10:30

What was the length of the snapper?


 



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Not sure mate but the KG

Sat, 2008-06-07 14:17

Not sure mate but the KG went 71cm my best to date. Gather the pinky is alittle bigger.



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Spess

Sat, 2008-06-07 14:29

Good whiting at 71cm.
The snapper looks smaller than that.
If the snapper is bigger then the whiting it
would be weighing around 5 kilo. CAught a 77cm snapper two weeks ago that wieghed 5.5 kg and it had the lump on its head.


 



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Yeah agree with ya there

Sat, 2008-06-07 14:34

Yeah agree with ya there mate but didnt really measure the length but deff just over the 3kg mark about 3.1kg by memory tasted good though. didnt weigh the KG.



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Cool

Sat, 2008-06-07 14:37

Good catsch from a yak in any case.

 

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Yeah im still not sure how

Sat, 2008-06-07 14:41

Yeah im still not sure how you are supposed to land something bigger i struggled to get that on board. And im talking i really struggled!lol. Ill take my kayak stick out next time i think that would be easier than a 7 foot job Yell



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Hell yeah

Sat, 2008-06-07 14:44

Imagine a hook up with a sambo or decent shark.
You could end up klm away!
How do you stop moving in a yak? Do they have a type of brake or something?

 

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This one had the foot pedals

Sat, 2008-06-07 14:51

This one had the foot pedals so you can actually cruise without a paddle and stay in the same spot if required with a slow drift u just use a little sea anchor. im no expert but basically the same rules to boating apply to this thing but manual labour and u have to do everything yourself. Im sure ill get it sussed over the next few times then it will be time to give it back to its owner.



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Nice work Spess

Sat, 2008-06-07 22:18

 

But there more room in a tinnie to land em!!!!!!

 

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GREAT STUFF

Sat, 2008-06-07 22:24

Love it!!! another addict!

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Top effort Spess

Sun, 2008-06-08 09:08

A VERY tidy result Spec. Would a shorter rod be easier and holding the tip close to the yak? 

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yeah mate it is and i have

Sun, 2008-06-08 09:40

yeah mate it is and i have one but didnt take it 4 some stupid reason.lol.



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How to land the big ones

Sun, 2008-06-08 17:56

Billybobs forum shows how he lands the big ones,  everybody has different methods,,smaller fish just grab the leader and haul aboard, bigger one a gaff or lip grippers and bang them on the head,,,sharks any which way you can,,cut a slice behind the neck right through to the backbone, that stops them moving,,heres Bobs forum

 

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approach!

Wed, 2008-06-11 17:06

A different approach to fishing, onya Spess.....nice work.....TAKE BIGGER GEAR NEXT TIME ALSO Tongue out

 

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Yeah thanks ryan, god thats

Thu, 2008-06-12 08:24

Yeah thanks ryan, god thats hard work and yeah upgraded gear is the go for surew next time.



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Spess if i get a Kayak

Thu, 2008-06-12 14:55

Can you tow me around   So i can troll

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