Re-introduction. I caught my first kayak bass yesterday.

I haven’t posted in a long time.  I lurked.

Reminder.   I grew up in a desert.  My water-life involved a swimming pool. There Is was a bass lake a few hours away and my brother did buy a bass boat. Having said that, I was never totally comfortable in big bodies of water.

But a kayak always intrigued me.  I’ll never own a (big)boat.  To much commitment with respect to tow vehicle, storage, etc. at least not where I live.

I bought a Hobie Compass a few weeks ago.  I liked the simplicity. I like the relatively lighter weight.  I waited for my PFD order to show up and then  I took a few trips  in a local lake just to use the boat. Get familiar.   No fishing gear. I found a “last-years” model and saved a few bucks.  It fits; kind of in the bed if my pickup truck.

(Oh - Covid-19 (boredom) did rekindle my love for bass fishing. I would hike up solo to fish a lake I mountain bike past.  I was killing them there.  Those Smaller bass was the push I needed to buy the kayak.  I wanted more!)

Well yesterday was my maiden bass voyage. I fished Fountaingrove lake, just a few minutes from my home. I haven’t used a bait-cast reel for a decade, but it came back quickly and I was fairly accurate.  I cannot stand up comfortably yet.  My movements are awkward and jerky. Made me nervous. (I’ll get there)

But I caught this.  Technically my second bass. My first bass was all of 5” long. Haha. 

This one was about 19”. The nearby golfers were cheering me on.   So much fun.   I need to learn how to take a decent selfie.

I can’t wait to get confident enough to go into really big bodies of water.  I’d love to catch a rockfish.

Welcome back Vash.  Nice bass.   

welcome back to the fold! good stuff. congrats on the maiden voyage

Welcome 2.0.

Once you get all setup, I hope to see you on the (big) water...

Any fish selfie is a good selfie, dont cut yourself short