Kayak Fishing Novice / Beginner Story
- Wind Waker
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Re: Kayak Fishing Novice / Beginner Story
Drypants and lavacore socks... Worth every cent
Live long, fish hard and hopefully catch something.
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Re: Kayak Fishing Novice / Beginner Story
Try reducing the anchor line to 5mm or 7mm cord - no need for the boat rope.
Well past the edge, almost at the point of no return.
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Re: Kayak Fishing Novice / Beginner Story
Thanks for sharing your story. It takes guts to share your misadventures with everyone. Oldies like myself remember the impulsiveness in our youth so empathise with your story.
I fish ricketts frequently. I don't go out if I see white caps. Especially the case it winter. Hypothermia is a killer.
Breaking the anchor tie is not easy as you found. Floating you have no point of fixation to pull against. I go with a heavy mono fishing line as my breaking point. It means it may break against a heavy current, however your not fishing in strong current. Also I have had success breaking off by tying onto the rear of the yak and peddling strongly away from snagged line.
Now that your kayak is full of leashes consider a divers knife. You don't want to be capsized and entangled!
Anyway good luck.
I fish ricketts frequently. I don't go out if I see white caps. Especially the case it winter. Hypothermia is a killer.
Breaking the anchor tie is not easy as you found. Floating you have no point of fixation to pull against. I go with a heavy mono fishing line as my breaking point. It means it may break against a heavy current, however your not fishing in strong current. Also I have had success breaking off by tying onto the rear of the yak and peddling strongly away from snagged line.
Now that your kayak is full of leashes consider a divers knife. You don't want to be capsized and entangled!
Anyway good luck.
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- laneends
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Re: Kayak Fishing Novice / Beginner Story
Especially with the anchor rope. Dont leave that laying around between you legs. Single purpose sharp knife or line cutter attached to you, or your pfd, not floating around the yak doubling as a bait knifebj fisherman wrote:
Now that your kayak is full of leashes consider a divers knife. You don't want to be capsized and entangled!
You can always put a small nick in a cable tie to weaken it. Then carry some spares.
Also keep in mind if you really have to haul on an anchor when it suddenly gives way you can topple backwards. so loop it around a forward point when retrieving, so you are pulling back into you seat. Pulling side on into the waves is never a good idea anyway. Catastrophic in rough conditions or high tide flow. Pulling from behind in anything but a PA can upset your balance with twisting.
without a sounder in reefy areas like ricketts you are going to get a lot of stuck anchors. shopping bag full of rocks is a cheap alternative if you keep loosing them. Proper anchors though are more effective per weight carried
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Re: Kayak Fishing Novice / Beginner Story
Keith has a good point -- you'll get away with pulling your anchor rope up from the side in places like rickets most of the time as there is little to no tide flowlaneends wrote:Also keep in mind if you really have to haul on an anchor when it suddenly gives way you can topple backwards. so loop it around a forward point when retrieving, so you are pulling back into you seat. Pulling side on into the waves is never a good idea anyway. Catastrophic in rough conditions or high tide flow.
however in the wind you will go side on the the waves and swell
by taking the rope forward ether by using the anchor trolley to the front and locking it there or having a position you can put the rope forward ( I use my side rod holder as it's a solid point forward of the center )
By doing this ether the yak swing into the tide flow or weather making the yak more stable , less drag and you are working pulling from the front not the side
every thing works in your favor - if you do end up fishing areas like Westernport or the sth end of PPB where the tide does rip along it's worth having your anchoring down pat
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Re: Kayak Fishing Novice / Beginner Story
I really appreciate the feedback guys, I've been taking everything on board, I've been looking into Dry Pant and diver knifes.
Cheers boys!
Cheers boys!