1/13/11 The new kayak HYBRID on the Brazos, Slimed
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:04 pm
Took my newly semi-complete kayak HYBRID fishing on the Brazos.
Put forth around 11:00 after the thaw. Paddled about a mile.
Tried the Long rod first and I had Sandies hitting a 7" long Bomber 16J. With the modest tailwind I was getting casts near 100 yards.
Switch to what worked last week, Bass Pro Kastmaster knockoff. On the 3rd cast:
Shortly thereafter one slightly better.
It was pretty good. Some times I would get a couple or 3 fish in a row but it wasn't really much work. Lots of hits and lots of fish. I had 14 fish by 1:30
I tried balloon drifting a dead Shad. This was the most excruciating drift. Went straight where I wanted it, just took about 2 hours to get there. In the mean time I just kept chunking Sandies in the cooler.
After 20 though it slowed down and I had to actually work at it a bit. Around 3:00 with the drift finally reaching its destination and no action I caught Sandie # 25. I was just a little bit cold and had had enough fun for the first fishing trip out in HYBRID.
Came home cleaned fish and called my friends to come get theirs.
Put forth around 11:00 after the thaw. Paddled about a mile.
Tried the Long rod first and I had Sandies hitting a 7" long Bomber 16J. With the modest tailwind I was getting casts near 100 yards.
Switch to what worked last week, Bass Pro Kastmaster knockoff. On the 3rd cast:
Shortly thereafter one slightly better.
It was pretty good. Some times I would get a couple or 3 fish in a row but it wasn't really much work. Lots of hits and lots of fish. I had 14 fish by 1:30
I tried balloon drifting a dead Shad. This was the most excruciating drift. Went straight where I wanted it, just took about 2 hours to get there. In the mean time I just kept chunking Sandies in the cooler.
After 20 though it slowed down and I had to actually work at it a bit. Around 3:00 with the drift finally reaching its destination and no action I caught Sandie # 25. I was just a little bit cold and had had enough fun for the first fishing trip out in HYBRID.
Came home cleaned fish and called my friends to come get theirs.