What's your setup? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

2-Stix · 01-27-2017, 09:36 PM

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 · 01-28-2017, 12:12 AM

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 · 01-29-2017, 12:57 PM

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

01-27-2017, 09:36 PM	#1
2-Stix Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 376	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# Last edited by 2-Stix; 01-27-2017 at 09:43 PM.

01-28-2017, 12:12 AM	#2
Stuck20 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Rancho Cucamonga Posts: 100	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.

01-29-2017, 12:57 PM	#3
tamddo714 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 273	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