How do you secure your hoop nets? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Deamon · 09-25-2013, 05:58 PM

I must be the only spinner dolphin on a yak

...I would NEVER strapped it all down in the ocean or in the bay. Entering and exiting the water maybe but in deep water???

Don't need to plan worse case scenario but don't ever think flipping couldn't happen either. 40-50#'s strapped in on one end. You gotta flip it back over then climb back in? I'm just not picturing it. Jim

Divad · 09-25-2013, 06:12 PM

Chris, run a strap just around your PVC rack. That way it would stay together and would pop off the kayak if you took a roll. Just leave one of your floats lose to allow it to float up so you can find it. And put your lobsters in some sort of bag. And tie them down. Good luck!:

DocHaole · 09-26-2013, 09:34 PM

I run a "main line" of rope along the side of the boat on which I clip everything: hoops, dry bag, lobster cooler ect. Every bag has a carabiner and short line attached. I keep the hoops on the back with a small bungee to keep them from sliding around. I've spent too much on this gear not to tie it down, however I have never capsized so I cant speak to how hard it is to recover it all.

09-25-2013, 05:58 PM	#1
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	I must be the only spinner dolphin on a yak ...I would NEVER strapped it all down in the ocean or in the bay. Entering and exiting the water maybe but in deep water??? Don't need to plan worse case scenario but don't ever think flipping couldn't happen either. 40-50#'s strapped in on one end. You gotta flip it back over then climb back in? I'm just not picturing it. Jim __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"

09-25-2013, 06:12 PM	#2
Divad Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Oceanside Posts: 112	Chris, run a strap just around your PVC rack. That way it would stay together and would pop off the kayak if you took a roll. Just leave one of your floats lose to allow it to float up so you can find it. And put your lobsters in some sort of bag. And tie them down. Good luck!:

09-26-2013, 09:34 PM	#3
DocHaole Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lake Forest Posts: 59	I run a "main line" of rope along the side of the boat on which I clip everything: hoops, dry bag, lobster cooler ect. Every bag has a carabiner and short line attached. I keep the hoops on the back with a small bungee to keep them from sliding around. I've spent too much on this gear not to tie it down, however I have never capsized so I cant speak to how hard it is to recover it all.