Newbie ... lessons learned! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

FlyFishinYakr · 03-30-2014, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by octico

This is just my observation take it for whats worth! Today was my first time out on a yak. Things you MAY want to do:

1. If you are not launching from the surf or rough water, not everything has to be tethered or strapped down.

2. Get a radio ... cheap one should do for now.

3. Be mindful of you rigs. I thought it would be smart to have all my rigs set up before fishing, only to find out once we got on the fish I had all three rods tangled.

4. Bring a cup to pee in.

5. Last and most important bring more than 4 beers with you, 6 max! You can offer one to close friend for bait

Please take this for what its worth I am just a newb!

I bring a bunch of cigars and a flask of 25y.o. Bourbon!

FFY

William Novotny · 03-30-2014, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by FlyFishinYakr

I bring a bunch of cigars and a flask of 25y.o. Bourbon!

FFY

I tried that one time. I don't get sick too often but cigars on the ocean don't agree with me

619-SWIM-DOG · 03-30-2014, 01:47 PM

Here is a good link for kayak fishing checklist

http://www.kayakfishingmagazine.net/...checklist.html

I tie down everything, don't
Think it won't happen to you, it will. I always have my PFD on, what use is it if its not on. I always have a knife on my PFD or strapped to my leg. The best advice I was given was don't rush into this sport. Learn to walk before you try to run. Safety should be first on everyone's list. You can't fish if your injured or dead.

PFD, food, water, rope, signaling Mirror, whistle, license, extra parts for the mirage drive, phone, VHF, hand pump if I take on water, knife, sun block, dress in layers, float plan. I know I'm missing a couple
other things I take out.

YakAttak · 03-30-2014, 06:28 PM

Yes. Tie down everything and PFD on all the time.
I was on recreational rental kayaks a lot of time and never was even close to being flipped, which gave me the ignorance of not leashing my gears and stuffs the first time after I owned a kayak. I was in the bay and thought I wouldn't flip so easily but I flipped twice that day and lost literally everything, over a thousand dollars worth of fishing gears. I was only able to recover sfuffs those float like my slipppers, paddle, tackle box. Hard lesson learned

, it's happens in a blink of an eye

so be safe

.

03-30-2014, 01:47 PM	#3
619-SWIM-DOG Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 619	Here is a good link for kayak fishing checklist http://www.kayakfishingmagazine.net/...checklist.html I tie down everything, don't Think it won't happen to you, it will. I always have my PFD on, what use is it if its not on. I always have a knife on my PFD or strapped to my leg. The best advice I was given was don't rush into this sport. Learn to walk before you try to run. Safety should be first on everyone's list. You can't fish if your injured or dead. PFD, food, water, rope, signaling Mirror, whistle, license, extra parts for the mirage drive, phone, VHF, hand pump if I take on water, knife, sun block, dress in layers, float plan. I know I'm missing a couple other things I take out.

03-30-2014, 06:28 PM	#4
YakAttak Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 82	Yes. Tie down everything and PFD on all the time. I was on recreational rental kayaks a lot of time and never was even close to being flipped, which gave me the ignorance of not leashing my gears and stuffs the first time after I owned a kayak. I was in the bay and thought I wouldn't flip so easily but I flipped twice that day and lost literally everything, over a thousand dollars worth of fishing gears. I was only able to recover sfuffs those float like my slipppers, paddle, tackle box. Hard lesson learned , it's happens in a blink of an eye so be safe .