Long time lurker who decided to sign up and say hello!
I’m a born and raised Charlestonian (West Ashley)who’s fished the beaches, rivers and ocean all of my 40something yrs.
Only very recently, after another member of another forum posted pics of his new Ocean Kayak, did my brain start working as I realized the potential of a kayak. (ding,ding,ding.The light is now on!)
Although I Wanted to start out w/the top of the line(Ocean Kayak), I decided to start out slow and pick up a hell of a deal on a 6month old used yak(Emotion Mojo Angler)and get a season or two under my belt before moving up.($350)
To save even more I did all the rigging myself which includes a used bottomline fishfinder w/through hull transducer powered by 8 AA batts($50), a used Scotty rod holder foreward($12), Stake out pole I made using an Alum handled rake from Home Depote($8), made my own leases using UV rated shock cord and my own trolly system via materials from West Marine($45)
I’ll decide after this season if I need to move on up or just stick with what I’ve got, but with roughly only $465 invested I’ll be happy either way.
Anyway, I’m sure to have a question or two somewhere down the line and hopefully be able to add something to these forums.
It’s good to be here!
There will always be a large group of people that will be preyed upon, consumed by predators just like in a school of fish.
Some fish don’t venture out into the deep water, others do so only when they’ve developed big teeth, but most just swim along looking at how blue the water is.
Welcome Sting! That sounds like a really good deal and I believe you did the right thing in buying a used boat to start out with. I wanted to buy a nice new boat myself but thought that if I could get a really nice quality boat used to start with then I my learn to appreciate the sport more then upgrade when I knew what I wanted in a boat. Luckily I found a REALLY nice boat almost new from an ESPN fishing shoot for about half the cost. Anyway glad to see this sport growing and hope to maybe get up with you and put some fish in our new yaks.
By the way I like your yak. I considered looking into that boat but the retailer here won’t let you test ride them first. That is what I like about Time Out Sports. Those guys over there are great. My next boat or 2 will be from them.
“Live like you will live forever but live like you will die tomorrow.”
Thanks for the welcome Faith.
I read your thread a month or so ago about your ESPN buy,what a great deal!
Over the yrs I’ve seen many a spot that I would have liked to fish but couldn’t due to the size of my boats. I’ve always wanted to get up behind Fort Sumpter in the shallows and throw a grub, maybe when I get comfortable I may have to ease out there some day.
Until then I’ll be fishing the mouth of the Toogadoo and other small creeks as well as the ICW and Shem Creek. Those flats out by the North Bridge look inviting but I prefer a little more seclusion.
Hope to meet many of you this yr as I’ll keep my eye on this forum for get togethers, tourneys and such.
There will always be a large group of people that will be preyed upon, consumed by predators just like in a school of fish.
Some fish don’t venture out into the deep water, others do so only when they’ve developed big teeth, but most just swim along looking at how blue the water is.
Nice looking rig Stingray. That stake out pole you have there, is it hollow? It looks like it has a point on it?
Thanks Rock, Slixter!
Slix, yes its hollow and has a point. I filled the end of the shaft w/JB Weld and dremeled a nice point. We’ll see how it holds up, if not I’ll just mig-weld a point.
There will always be a large group of people that will be preyed upon, consumed by predators just like in a school of fish.
Some fish don’t venture out into the deep water, others do so only when they’ve developed big teeth, but most just swim along looking at how blue the water is.
Made my stake-out pole in a similar fashion using the aluminum rake handle. Look for a plastic coated metal tomato growers pole at any home improvement store’s garden center. It has a point on one end and the pole fits snuggly in the rake handle. A couple of metal screws at the joint with some JB weld and you’re ready to spray with a can of plastic coating.
A couple wkends ago I was able to complete the kayak by installing my Bottom Line Fishfinder. I hope you guys like it!
There will always be a large group of people that will be preyed upon, consumed by predators just like in a school of fish.
Some fish don’t venture out into the deep water, others do so only when they’ve developed big teeth, but most just swim along looking at how blue the water is.
