Flyline or Weight For Summer Yellows? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

YakDout · 07-28-2015, 01:05 PM

Typically in the warmer water months fish tend to be in the upper water column. So I would say flyline. And vice versa in winter you will find more off the bottom sitting on rocks. And much less up top.

taggermike · 07-28-2015, 04:50 PM

I never use a weight this time of year. At a slow cruising speeds your mack should still be a couple of feet deep and out of the bird zone. A small 1/2 oz sinker isn't going to sink the mack much. The difference of your bait being 2 feet or 6 feet under makes the yt kick its tail maybe 1 extra time. A sinker, even a little one, is just more thing that will snap kelp or grass. Mike

Goose1993 · 07-28-2015, 05:09 PM

Fly line.

chris138 · 07-29-2015, 12:26 PM

Do a 2 or 3 oz carolina rig on one rig if you are going to troll two macks at the same time. The weighted one being the short troller. That way when you stop to drift the weight will go down and the fly will say up and out the back.

If you're just trolling 1 rig for yt, flyliner.

07-28-2015, 01:05 PM	#1
YakDout Brandon Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,345	Typically in the warmer water months fish tend to be in the upper water column. So I would say flyline. And vice versa in winter you will find more off the bottom sitting on rocks. And much less up top.

07-28-2015, 04:50 PM	#2
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	I never use a weight this time of year. At a slow cruising speeds your mack should still be a couple of feet deep and out of the bird zone. A small 1/2 oz sinker isn't going to sink the mack much. The difference of your bait being 2 feet or 6 feet under makes the yt kick its tail maybe 1 extra time. A sinker, even a little one, is just more thing that will snap kelp or grass. Mike

07-28-2015, 05:09 PM	#3
Goose1993 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 115	Fly line.

07-29-2015, 12:26 PM	#4
chris138 donkey roper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 968	Do a 2 or 3 oz carolina rig on one rig if you are going to troll two macks at the same time. The weighted one being the short troller. That way when you stop to drift the weight will go down and the fly will say up and out the back. If you're just trolling 1 rig for yt, flyliner.