What's your setup?

[FullFlavorPike]

Of all my cheap-o gear, I think I like my Okuma rods the best as far as fit and finish for the price, not to mention with loads of backbone.

If you're looking for a cheap and capable reel, especially to use as a backup, the older Penn 320GT reels are surprisingly bomb proof. I'm not the best at keeping my shit clean, and this is the reel that I have had that requires the least love to function consistently right. Holds like 300yds of 65# braid, which is more than you'll (probably) ever need on a kayak. Supply is virtually limitless on ebay, and if you don't like the levelwind you can take it off in like ten minutes.

[octico]

Originally Posted by FullFlavorPike

Of all my cheap-o gear, I think I like my Okuma rods the best as far as fit and finish for the price, not to mention with loads of backbone.

If you're looking for a cheap and capable reel, especially to use as a backup, the older Penn 320GT reels are surprisingly bomb proof. I'm not the best at keeping my shit clean, and this is the reel that I have had that requires the least love to function consistently right. Holds like 300yds of 65# braid, which is more than you'll (probably) ever need on a kayak. Supply is virtually limitless on ebay, and if you don't like the levelwind you can take it off in like ten minutes.

How could I forget the Penn 320GT! I love that reel, I should dig out

[hook1fred]

Like most are saying here leave your nicer stuff on the rod rack and take your less expensive but functional stuff on the yak. I use my sealines and my avets and my older sticks. Wash them off gives them oil and they're ready to go back out next week

[2-Stix]

This is the upper cost on rods, upper middle on reels.
I use these on a 10 pack I fish 1-2 times April-Nov out of Oxnard at the Channel Islands.
In the past I would do about 20-25 days a year on the yak and a 2-3 days on the boats, now its 5-10 days on the yak and 12-16 days on the charter.
So my gear is a bit nice for the yak.

Chris nailed it with the TLD and Ugly Sticks. A few of those and your set just as well. It will all hang fish.

(Chris...lets not do this again...)

Here my Gucci Gear below.

Shimano Curado 300e - bass rod
Plastics/lite flyliner/squid strips
Calstar GFGR-800XL 8' 10-25
20/50# floro/braid
strike set at 6#

Avet SX 5.3 MC - light flyliner
Surface irons/med flyliner
Calstar GFDH-800ML 8’ 15-40
30/50# floro/braid
strike set at 9#

Avet MXJ 6/4
Heavy Irons/surface Irons - jig stick
Calstar GG 690J 9' 20-50
40/65# floro/braid
strike set at 9#

Avet MXL 6/4 Raptor - heavy bait dropper
Dropper Loop/back up heavy flyliner
Calstar GFGR-700M 7’ 20-50
40/65# floro/braid
strike 15#

Avet JX 6/3 MC - heavy bait flyliner
Heavy flyliner/back up dropper loop
Calstar GFDH-800MH 8’ 20-50
40/65# floro/braid
strike set at 13#

[Stuck20]

Surface- Avet MXJ 5.8, Ugly Stik Tiger rod with 30lb mono.

Live Bait- Penn Squall LD 40 with an Okuma rod. Think it's called a Nomad?
65 lb power pro braid and leader depends on where I'm at.

[tamddo714]

i use the same rods on my kayak as i do on a boat. i just leash everything down and give everything a good wash afterwards

7'6'' crucial mh w/curado 200- for harbor fishing
7'11'' crucial H w/curado 300- my heavy bass setup-catching bait
8' teramar H w/avet mxj- 30# rig for yellow and small jigs
8'5'' seeker blk steel w/torium 20- jig stick
7' seeker blk steel 6470h w/avet jx 2spd- dropper loop and yoyo