Girl Power SD Harbor 04/20/2012 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 04-24-2012, 08:29 AM

Well done Kat. SD Bay is a great fishery. There are plenty of websites that have excellent tutorials on way too many knots. Many have animated instructions that make following along easy. And like any thing else, practice makes perfect. I have learned maybe 20 knots over the years but but only use 4. Improved clinch, perfection loop, dropper loop, and back to back uni.
In your photos it looks like your sculpin still have thier spines intact. If you have a safe, secure place to store them thats ok, but if they are loose in your kayak it's a good habit to trim the spins. All the hard forward dorsal spines, anal spines and the pelvic fins are the ones that carry venom. Mike

04-24-2012, 08:29 AM	#14
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Well done Kat. SD Bay is a great fishery. There are plenty of websites that have excellent tutorials on way too many knots. Many have animated instructions that make following along easy. And like any thing else, practice makes perfect. I have learned maybe 20 knots over the years but but only use 4. Improved clinch, perfection loop, dropper loop, and back to back uni. In your photos it looks like your sculpin still have thier spines intact. If you have a safe, secure place to store them thats ok, but if they are loose in your kayak it's a good habit to trim the spins. All the hard forward dorsal spines, anal spines and the pelvic fins are the ones that carry venom. Mike