yakfisher
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Yak fishin
Just wonderin if anyone around Erie fishes from a kayak ever. I am new to kayaking and kayak fishing but have enjoyed it so far. Was ahoping to find others in the area who love it as well. Otherwise, I am stuck casting from shore...
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 15:16:44
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not in the creeks. you can fish back in teh lagoons on PI or even in the bay. I'd be a little leary taking it out on the lake.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 15:18:57
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not in the creeks. you can fish back in teh lagoons on PI or even in the bay. I'd be a little leary taking it out on the lake.
+1 - get caught in a little wind and you could end up in Canada, or worse Ohio....
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 16:18:33
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I had asked this a few years back, but never attempted. I ended up buying a larger boat, and rarely ever use my kayak now (also live about 2 hours from Erie). What I found out, was you really need to keep an eye and ear on the weather, since it changes pretty quickly. Guys fish the mouths of the creeks in float tubes, so a kayak is probably safer IMO. Same deal with guys fishing the oceans & much larger waters in yaks (many dissapear though...). Just make sure you are out far enough to not be in casting range of those on shore, if planning to fish the mouths during steelhead season. If they aren't catching fish, some neandrathals will certainly try to hook up with you...
Getting a handheld marine radio would not be a bad idea either.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 18:41:39
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get caught in a little wind and you could end up in Canada, or worse Ohio.... Same deal with guys fishing the oceans & much larger waters in yaks (many dissapear though...). It all depends on what kind of kayak you have. Check out this one that my parents bought to use in Hawaii. It has catamarans, a sail, foot peddles, and an electric motor that we didn't even use. I wouldn't hesitate to take it out on lake Erie. We were using it in the ocean and slicing right through pretty decent swells while sailing, it was stable as hell. Definitely need to take all the safety precautions though when on a large body of water.  
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 19:50:13
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 20:27:20
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It's one of them tropical steelhead, and I caught him south of rt 5. Actually it's a small giant trevally, which I guess is like the complete opposite of a jumbo shrimp.  Here is what a big GT looks like, I have no idea who these guys are. I'm sure this beast would have spooled my spinning gear. That little guy though fought just as hard as any NY King I've ever had hooked up. 
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 20:39:17
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I use mine in the PI Bay a bunch. I've never had it out in the lake, although I'd like to try off the mouth on a flat day for steelhead. It is a ton of fun fishing out of though.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 20:45:33
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It looks like this coming Friday will offer ideal conditions to venture out into the lake on a yak. Please take plenty of pictures if you go .FRIDAY...WEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES 9 TO 12 FEET.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 20:59:47
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If you guys are serious about fishing larger bodies of water in your yak, having catamarans on the sides really helps the stability allot and makes it virtually impossible to tip over. If you don't have mounts for them on your yak already, you can buy the mounts from ocean or hobie and have them put on just about any brand.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/28 21:13:45
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I'd probably stay in during the rain and 9 - 12 foot waves. But the first day I was out in the ocean on that hobie, there were pretty decent winds and 4 - 6 foot waves. Didn't catch any fish that day and got wet the whole time, but it was pretty darn fun.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 13:07:10
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been kayak fishing for some years now from, everything from smallies in white water to being miles out in the ocean . rescently we got in to landbased shark fishing where we use or yaks to paddle baits out upwards of 600+yards. we have always wanted to fish the mouths for chromers in the lake been saying it for atleast three years. i think this year in the next couple weeks or so we might try it. like said before just have to watch the weather, not worred about rain just the wind and from what direction this will detemine the swell.like 99% of thing's in life just use commen sense, if it looks rough from shore then it's even worse when you get out there. know your boat and skill, what it and you can handle. like most i have had some SCARY moments in my yak from fliping over in a class 3 loaded down with camping gear and riding my yak upside down thru the rapid. to be towed out in the ocean from a monster chopper blue, that it took over an hr and half to get back to the beach and seeing larg dorsal fins break the surface around me draging the fish back. good luck i think if you find them your arms will be soar in no time  . if we do make it up i'll pm you, kinda hard with the two hr drive from the burgh. tight lines moose
your "game fish" is my bait.....got flathead!!
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 14:11:28
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rescently we got in to landbased shark fishing where we use or yaks to paddle baits out upwards of 600+yards. THAT sounds like fun. Like flathead fishing on steroids.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 15:15:07
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rescently we got in to landbased shark fishing where we use or yaks to paddle baits out upwards of 600+yards.
THAT sounds like fun. Like flathead fishing on steroids.
I did this about 4 years ago in Avon, NC. They talk about doing it for cobia at the point, so figured I'd give it a try. We went about twice the length of the Avon pier. Only issue was running out of line on the reels... We only ended up with a skate, which took forever to reel in all of the line.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 15:17:57
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I did this about 4 years ago in Avon, NC. They talk about doing it for cobia at the point, so figured I'd give it a try. We went about twice the length of the Avon pier. Only issue was running out of line on the reels... We only ended up with a skate, which took forever to reel in all of the line.
Someone here used to post about doing that in, I think, Texas, very cool stuff. Links to pictures and everything, I remember checking them out. Was it Mr. Tax Rocks? I don't remember who it was.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 15:39:21
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I think it was Eyes & Taxrocks. His buddie, I think actually fished for sharks directly from the yaks too. I'm fine paddling a fish head, hook and weight out, but trying to pull a shark onto the kayak with me, isn't happening. I almost cut the line one time, when I thought that I had a musky, but ended up being a big channel cat.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 16:47:31
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My rule of thumb when yak fishing in the ocean is that if the fish is as big or bigger than the yak, then the line is getting cut at first sight. I always have an extra spool of line and a spear on board. Catching small sharks is one thing, but Tiger sharks are aggressive and can get up to 2,000 lbs!
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 19:16:06
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this girl went 9'-1", eat a 10# mahi head droped around 650yards. the pix sucks it was 2a.m. and lets just say we had a few beers.  here's a link for the report...http://forums.fishusa.com/Tackle_Help---Asssateaque_Island/m_422162/tm.htm
post edited by moose22dog - 2011/09/29 19:24:50
your "game fish" is my bait.....got flathead!!
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 19:19:27
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ORIGINAL: moose22dog
rescently we got in to landbased shark fishing where we use or yaks to paddle baits out upwards of 600+yards.
THAT sounds like fun. Like flathead fishing on steroids.
YUP!!! i started last year yak big live baits out for flats and finally hooked up with one this year. thou it wasn't that big only 19lbs, kinda funny the looks you get when your yaking out 16" smallie..lol 
your "game fish" is my bait.....got flathead!!
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 20:47:31
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http://forums.fishusa.com/Tackle_Help---Asssateaque_Island/m_422162/tm.htm ORIGINAL: moose22dog
this girl went 9'-1", eat a 10# mahi head droped around 650yards. the pix sucks it was 2a.m. and lets just say we had a few beers.
here's a link for the report...http://forums.fishusa.com/Tackle_Help---Asssateaque_Island/m_422162/tm.htm
Here, now the link should work: http://forums.fishusa.com/Tackle_Help---Asssateaque_Island/m_422162/tm.htm I used to fish Assateaque a long time ago. We would camp in Chincoteague at a friends trailer at Tom's Cove. This was back when it was still just a little fishing village and not too long after the book Misty came out.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/29 21:00:19
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^^^ THANKS!! ^^^ it's a nice place wish it was a little closer, but still not that far..lol
your "game fish" is my bait.....got flathead!!
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/30 10:32:51
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ORIGINAL: Porktown
I did this about 4 years ago in Avon, NC. They talk about doing it for cobia at the point, so figured I'd give it a try. We went about twice the length of the Avon pier. Only issue was running out of line on the reels... We only ended up with a skate, which took forever to reel in all of the line.
Someone here used to post about doing that in, I think, Texas, very cool stuff. Links to pictures and everything, I remember checking them out. Was it Mr. Tax Rocks? I don't remember who it was.
Guilty as charged. A local outdoor writer actually did an article about my buddy and I and I got my ugly mug (actually, the back of my head, the better part), in the magazine. http://www.fishgame.com/article.php?ArticleID=1270 Too bad shark fishing was sucky that weekend.
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RE: Yak fishin
2011/09/30 11:00:00
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Guilty as charged.
A local outdoor writer actually did an article about my buddy and I and I got my ugly mug (actually, the back of my head, the better part), in the magazine.
http://www.fishgame.com/article.php?ArticleID=1270
Too bad shark fishing was sucky that weekend.
haha, nice. That looks so fun.
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