I’m new to kayak and fishing, and I am hoping to gain from the experience of others. I’ve heard and seen pictures of folks taking 2, 3, or more rods/reels with them when fishing from their yaks. Let’s assume you are going out in search of redfish on the flats. I’m curious, how many rods to you folks take with you on an outing? What is your strategy in selecting rods and/or tackle for different rods?
For me, most of my rods are roughly the same weight/type; light- medium light spinning rods with braided line. I think my biggest reel is spooled with 20lb line, the rest 10-15lb. I like to take a few rods (sometimes 5:smiley:) mainly because I want to have different baits ready to throw and I don’t want to waste time retying. The tide, water depth, and time of year usually dictate what I will tie on. Generally, if I am doing some bait fishing, I will take one or two carolina rigs, maybe a popping cork rig, my trusty old faithful jig, and then topwater in the morning, spinnerbait/mirrolure/spoon for later in the day fishing, or a weightless rig for casting to tailers if the tide is flooding.
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I’m sure there are as many answers to my question as there are fishermen, but I’m hoping to find some common themes. Why topwater in the morning as opposed a particular tidal phase?
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I usually take two to four rods. They are all rigged differently, a mixture of hook under a cork, Carolina rig, and one set up with a lure or jig head. Generally, I fish two at a time. Most often it is the float and one other. If I am fishing with shrimp, I will sometimes stick to one rod.
I am rigged with 8-10 lb test on most rods. I have two with 20 or 30 lb braid. I usually bring one of the rods with braid and mono for the rest.
I fish a shrimp or mud minnow under the float. I have tried DOA shrimp under the float, but have not had success. The DOAs are on sale at Haddrel’s if you want to try them yourself.
I use removable split shots a lot. Sometimes I freeline the bait and other times I’ll add a couple of split shots to keep the bait down. I tend to use less weight than some of the people I fish with.
Some people like topwater in the morning because that is the time it is most effective. I did get a trout on topwater last week in the middle of the afternoon.
BC
Mt P, SC
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2 rods, a bag of splitshots and (#6-2)hokes. My extras are corks and some 20lb flourcarbon for leader line. Don’t forget a gold spoon!
On the flats, in my opinion, all you need is 1 functional rod and reel.