Well last weekend I bought a future beach angler 160 and due to bad weather and long days at work today was my first time out.
Put it in Lake White today and everything went smoother than I expected. I didn't fall out and I caught some nice fish. Other than a serious need for some scupper plugs to keep my butt and legges dry, I really enjoyed it. I was able to cover a lot of water pretty fast and by the end of the afternoon I felt like I could have made the round trip again.
After I get comfortable my goal is to hit the scioto river, and eventually night trips for flathead. My only concern is making a trip upstream and how current will affect the kayak. I don't really have the option of a drop off and pick up spot. I'm sure I can do it between slack water and the shallows, but how hard of a fight will it be.
__________________ Single White Male -looking for wild healthy mature Flathead. No smaller than 15 pounds but the bigger the better. Do not need to cook or clean, just needs enjoy munching on creek chubs and long fights on the beach. Please meet me tonight at the old scioto mill dam in Piketon. Ill be waiting
I like the exercise, I'm getting out on the way water more often than dragging out pontoon out and even catching a few fish. I'll probably add my 4th yak to the fleet (Big Tuna mebbe ) in August so the whole family and my daughter-in-law can get out at one time.
Second trip out even more fun, but my first intro to SOT kayak burn. My shins have never been so fried.
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__________________ Single White Male -looking for wild healthy mature Flathead. No smaller than 15 pounds but the bigger the better. Do not need to cook or clean, just needs enjoy munching on creek chubs and long fights on the beach. Please meet me tonight at the old scioto mill dam in Piketon. Ill be waiting
If there's not a ton of current, you can paddle upstream without too much difficulty. My buddy and I went on a short float for cats from our place by the Hocking, but didn't want to do a long float to the closest access/take out point last summer. We floated maybe 3/4 mile down, caught some fish, and paddled back up. I was in my Future Beach 13' SOT kayak. The trick to getting through the faster little runs was to build up as much speed as you could, paddling in the calmest section of water you can, hit the current with that momentum and keep your boat straight and you'll get through it.
When water is warm tie a rope to the front of the yak and wade the thinner sections just dragging the Yak behind you. I float a lot by myself so I do that frequently.
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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. ~Author Unknown
That's the way I do it, strap a carabiner to my belt and then I can fish as I wade upstream. Remember, much better to start upstream, easy to get back. You start downstream you can go way to far, either get extremely tired, or run out of sun...
First time on my new yak
First time on my new yak
) in August so the whole family and my daughter-in-law can get out at one time.
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