SumoNinja Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 So I took the plunge and got a kayak. Maiden voyage was a success today. All 3 on the tk with the dive lip Excited for next season Jinxd12, Patgarrett33, LureFlyingAcrossThePond and 25 others 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 Nice and congrats. The water level looks way down. SumoNinja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted December 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, bassbass said: Nice and congrats. The water level looks way down. Thanks man. You're familiar with this lake? But yea it's been way down. Sucks so bad too. In April it was so high, getting closer to capacity. Then they started draining it again, and by July it was way low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCfromNC Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 Even when low , thats still a nice looking background! SumoNinja and gary m 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 10 hours ago, SumoNinja said: Thanks man. You're familiar with this lake? But yea it's been way down. Sucks so bad too. In April it was so high, getting closer to capacity. Then they started draining it again, and by July it was way low No not at all but can tell from the picture. SumoNinja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossyback Angler Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 Bro, you always kill it from the shore, can’t imaging what you’re going to do now that you are out there. Congratulations. SumoNinja and LureFlyingAcrossThePond 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowSpinner Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 The only thing those SoCal fish had going for them was you not being "On" the water. Congrats bro LureFlyingAcrossThePond and SumoNinja 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted December 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Mossyback Angler said: Bro, you always kill it from the shore, can’t imaging what you’re going to do now that you are out there. Congratulations. 2 hours ago, LowSpinner said: The only thing those SoCal fish had going for them was you not being "On" the water. Congrats bro Haha, thanks guys. I do plan on giving them hell after winter LowSpinner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonelan75 Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 Good for you man! Takes awhile to get use to the angles of casting. At least it did for me. Low branches were my enemy last season lol good luck man! SumoNinja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Lemons Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 Game changer for sure, congrats! SumoNinja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted December 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 12 hours ago, Adonelan75 said: Good for you man! Takes awhile to get use to the angles of casting. At least it did for me. Low branches were my enemy last season lol good luck man! Thanks man. I've already noticed a few things I gotta get used to. I don't plan to motorize it so staying still will be a struggle in wind and chop. Also any bait with a big lip tends to wanna pull the rod tip toward the bait which I don't like pointing my rod at the bait during retrieve. And fighting a fish turns u also. But these things are little things u need to adjust for. It's definitely a game changer and u cover so much more water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brootalititties Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 4:45 PM, SumoNinja said: Thanks man. I've already noticed a few things I gotta get used to. I don't plan to motorize it so staying still will be a struggle in wind and chop. Also any bait with a big lip tends to wanna pull the rod tip toward the bait which I don't like pointing my rod at the bait during retrieve. And fighting a fish turns u also. But these things are little things u need to adjust for. It's definitely a game changer and u cover so much more water These are the main issues I didn’t account for myself. I mostly fish lipless or slower moving wake baits from the yak now unless I can an anchor up and fan cast an area to crank some higher resistance baits around, thought I’d get into deep cranking but haven’t really figured out a good way to hold position in deeper water. Good luck out there! SumoNinja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 3 hours ago, brootalititties said: These are the main issues I didn’t account for myself. I mostly fish lipless or slower moving wake baits from the yak now unless I can an anchor up and fan cast an area to crank some higher resistance baits around, thought I’d get into deep cranking but haven’t really figured out a good way to hold position in deeper water. Good luck out there! I got bit actually trolling my tk with the wide lip. Also next time I'm probably gonna try slowly pedaling backwards while cranking a diving swimbait and just face the bait with the rod tip slightly upwards. Gonna be a bit of a learning curve for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbaitrookie Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Congratulations! And welcome to the dark side SumoNinja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted December 31, 2023 Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 Nice way to christen the new kayak! SumoNinja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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