greenhornet73

I had my first male coho mounted and it was in prime spawning mode with a huge kype at 18 lbs and even though I have caught hundreds of kings and coho's since then,I don't regret it since it is a beautiful mount.

I'm totally addicted. When a rod fires with a big fish on while paddling it's a total rush. Last year was my first year of yak fishing and it produced a 9# walleye, 39" tiger muskie and 25# king. This year started with a 12# brown at fair haven with it. It's a work- out paddling up to 7 miles in a few hours but it is worth it to me

haha that's why I fish out of a kayak....that and a lack of a few thousand more dollars

It helps when fish are on the screen often and not taking. Eventually something will cooperate. It's easier to hang it up when you feel like you are fishing in space. The challenge is what keeps us coming back

I had another slow day as well but did get a nice 34" northern to the kayak in the SR estuary before my knot slipped at the lure and swam away with my favorite hot n tot in its mouth as I was reaching for my camera. I won't let the frustration get to me because I know all it takes is one good day to make all the others forgotten history. Better fishing is still yet to come

Wow nice fish! I still haven't caught a king over 30#.

Yeah I was marking large pods of fish in my kayak this weekend only in 105' or less. When I went out to 120' I didn't see anything like that.

the one I had on hit a black/silver w glow NK spoon about 10 minutes in trolling about 3.2 NW right through a pod of bait and hooks

I still can't believe I had to lose that fish, it was seriously heavy. Running a 4 oz. snap weight just barely behind the kayak about 60' down with the lure 20' behind it and the fish hadn't stripped much line yet and did a nose dive straight under the kayak and they still got me with what I am guessing must have been a dipsey 'cuz they were close enough that we were talking back and forth while my rod was doubled over clicking out drag. I didn't want to be a d@#k and tell them to back off but at the time I was just psyched to have a fish on with such a simple rig.

Holy cow combat fishing out there right now! Calm winds allowed me to to get out to the wall this morning before the fleet arrived and hooked up 60' down with a 20' lead to my NK spoon off a snap weight and had a visitor roll up from behind me as I was fighting it below the yak. before too long I was being trolled towards Canada and realized I was now wrapped up on one or more of their lines after they passed me. They got my only snap weight but at least got my favorite spoon back. Must have been a sight to see a kayak a mile out hooked into a large fish but give some space out there guys, I don't take up much room and not a lot of line out. Marking lots of bait and good hooks among it anywhere from 40' -80' down over 110'. Tried vertical jigging a little until traffic got heavy and headed back to camp so not to disrupt any boats paths.

haha i actually have fished in 4 foot rollers out in front of stony point. I turned green and chummed the surface for a couple minutes but never felt like I was going to tip. The near shore chop is harder to deal with than when I am over deep water. South winds don't allow the water to gain enough momentum to rock you too bad but north winds are brutal but great for brown fishing in the spring when they pound the shore for a few days straight

Thanks bowbender, since I fish out of a kayak my outings are completely dependent on the wind factor and have often had to fish from shore after driving an hour to find the forecast was completely off. If it is over 9mph I don't even go out.

I have yet to find an accurate wind forecast. I trust Accuweather for the weather but as far as wind speed and direction it is often not even close.

Wow that is a nice fish. My biggest Otisco eye went 10.5 but was only a fat 27" but haven't seen another like it until now.

the storms are fierce, don't be on the water when they hit. We got hammered here in Camillus (an hour southeast) for half an hour. Good news is we got at least an inch of water in that short amount of time.