School(ie) Time!

Hello all -

Brand new noob here. I wanted to thank Steves for his most awsome and generous post.

I have a sit-in kayak  - a 12 ft Precision. I guess I'll need a SOT for serious fishing but until then I'm going to add a couple rod holders and a milk crate and see what I can do knocking around the local bay waters in Marin.

I was paddling with my 10 y/o off Strawberry Pt on Labor Day afternoon. We saw a fair bit of bait activity and one (most likely) Striper surface.  I plan to get him onto some smelt and macks - he love's that from the piers - should be twice the fun from his yak. I'm not sure how long they'll be running though.

Oh and props to Sailfish too. We met him in the parking lot at Paradise. Great guy and an embassador for this board.

Welcome aboard!  Glad to see you found us here.  This is a great community for us kayak anglers.  Check out the "Gearing Up" thread for "pimp-up" your yak tips.

Thanks SF. I'm not sure how much pimpin' I'll be doing on this yak. The plan is to make it minimally fishable, then keep an eye out for a SOT. Storage space is an issue too - I'm not sure whether I'd want both boats or not.

Time will tell - first I need to catch me some fish. 

Ditto what u said fishwrapper (love that screen name) I can see u wrapped around a big ol flattie...  I can't wait to try Steves recommendations!!! Thanks again Steve Very informative, if u haven't done it before! and even if u have!!!   and Ditto what Sonny says...WELCOME...and when u get your S.O.T that sounds like what your leaning towards...than let the pimping begin........ one thing to know, SF is a pic hungry guy...lol and so ain't we all...

Bump for a great article. thanks SteveS. I think this article should be stickied to the top. Great info.

I 2nd the sticky idea...

It's nice when one of the gunslingers offers up a little (hard earned) wisdom.

Here's a somewhat belated thanks SteveS


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