Anderson Bass Sunday 4/13 (float tube)

I agree with both floaters and yakers, but give me some wind/current and I can "hover" over any spot in my Hobie.  Plus I can easily cover 3-4 miles in an hour, work over a mile of rip-rap chucking cranks, or troll for stripers, etc.  Try that in a floatie...or a yak.  Best of both worlds, the Hobie.

Hobieblue

Hmmm, maybe that is the best freshwater platform. neither ken nor compa have tried these things!

John

I agree with both floaters and yakers, but give me some wind/current and I can "hover" over any spot in my Hobie.  Plus I can easily cover 3-4 miles in an hour, work over a mile of rip-rap chucking cranks, or troll for stripers, etc.  Try that in a floatie...or a yak.  Best of both worlds, the Hobie.

Hobieblue

Hmmm, maybe that is the best freshwater platform. neither ken nor compa have tried these things!

John

Except when fishing in the trees. That's when you need to be able to go in any direction without any hessitation. If you hessitate, you have lost the fish.

And again I want to reiterate that this is for finesse fishing only.

When in Rome... When in a tube think like a tuber does.

With a float tube I don't have to kick 2 miles to get to a spot except for a couple of lakes. I can drive and launch anywhere. This is what most people forget in here. "Floaties" can drive to a spot, or get out of the water and hike to a spot. Paddling from spot to spot may be easier on a Kayak, but do you really have to in order to catch fish. I usually do the best catching withing 1/2 a mile of where I launch. Travel=lost fishing time. If I have to go far it is because it's a very tough day to fish.

Well, you can walk, drive or paddle, but you have to get there somehow. there is always some travel involved. If I can drive less and paddle more, I will choose that option.

I remember that day @ scr, you might have gone to the back of the lake, but you did not have time while I got back there and returned with two passengers. of course, you still caught more fish, but I think that will always be the case with us!

Sometimes the journey is the reward, 

Well, I missed out on the bass again this year, but I did have quite a good time trolling in the yak.  the yak makes a good trolling and sightseeing platform, but not a good finesse platform unless you have some sort of wind control. maybe dropshotting with a drift chute is the way to go for a yak, or else crank bait trolling.

Sometimes the journey is the reward, 

No doubt. But we were talking about fishing???? Now, sightseeing platform, that's a different story!

My point was this. Because mobility is not so good in a tube I tend to plan my trips accordingly. Instead of spending more time traveling I fish my way over to wherever I want to go. And I plan my routes ahead of time. Not only do I plan where I am going but also where will I be at what time of the day. You'd be surprised at the results after a little planning and time managing. And you will also be surprised at how far can I go fishing my way to a spot.

That day when you went to the back in scr, I would have actually gone, fished and come back in that short time. But I would not have fished it properly. And I doubt you would have been able to fish it properly in the yak either. Do you realize how much structure is there between the picnic area to the creek mouth? There are about 3 dozen trees standing in that section and 5 mins. on each tree (not enough time in my opinion) would have taken you 3 hours to comb that area