I’m a newcomer to the area, originally from Greenville, SC and have been yak fishing for about 3 years. The most informative website that I have found for yak riggin’ has to be www.socalkayakfishing.com/. They have a section called ‘rigged kayaks’ with photos and instructions for things like home-made aeriated bait tanks, fish finders, lighting, etc. Although the fishing portion of the website is geared toward Southern California, the majority of the site has some useful info that anyone could use.
As for my rig, I have a Perception Swing. It’s a sit-on-top and by far the most stable boat I tried. I’m a bigun’ (6"4" and 210#) so I had to really check out some boats before I put down the cash and the Swing had the seat that was lowest to the water for a lower center of gravity, although I get a little wet on the hind end. The Swing is 14.5’ long and I think 32 or 34 " wide. I have two flush mounted rod holders w/ rubber stoppers to keep water out when not fishing. I’ve also fabbed up a small clear plastic box (about4"x8") that I have mounted a small piece of plastic cutting board to the lid with a slot cut in the overhanging portion of the cutting board/lid that holds my bait knife. It attaches to the center (tween the knees) of my boat with some heavy duty velcro so I can remove the bait box when just cruising. Occasionally I will strap a 5gal. bucket w/ a battery powered aeriator on the back for live bait (tip: never buy one of those 7$ aeriators from Kmart/Walmart, etc.) I don’t use an anchor, I just back up into the marsh grass in the creeks or just opt for the free ride when fishing open water (Charleston sleigh ride).
Living on Folly has sure thrown a new twist to yak fishing for me. I’m still trying to figure this saltwater fishing stuff out. So far I’ve caught a a couple of nice red drum (biggest was 30") a few sharks in the surf (biggest 3.5 feet) a million and a half stingrays and a few other things I’ve yet to identify.
Good luck and keep postin’
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day–