More than Just Lines on a Map: Best Practices for U.S Bike Routes
Freshwater Fishing From Canoes
1. I've been fishing almost all of my life, avoiding pointy
nosed vessels like canoes and canoes. I've owned and
fished out of just about everything conceivable, but as a
result of a particularly bad event in a canoe years ago, I
have just kept away from anything resembling that or
anything that had to be paddled to be maneuvered. But
some time back, I came to a conclusion, with my better
half and child that buying some canoes and passing a little
time together on the water ( under perfect and calm
conditions naturally ) would be useful to us as a family. My
thoughts were "that's likely true if we don't all drown."
What I didn't know was that the 1st time I pushed back
into the water in one of those peculiar looking vessels my
thinking would change forever about them and about
small fishing boats generally.
2. With just a small amount of time on the water getting
used to the odd feel of being in a kayak which reacts to
each breath you take, you should be able to undertake a
modest amount of fishing. This means taking a good look
at your yak and deciding how much gear to take and
where to put it. This is best done in the home, not when
you get to the water. Because after you've gotten comfy
sliding thru the water without turning over, then you add
fishing gear, you have a brand new set of issues. This isn't
bad. Just something else that needs some practice to
learn.
3. The Pelican Canoe I began with and still use often was a
great value in an entry level canoe. It was this ship that I
used to cut my teeth on kayak fishing on the White River
below Beaver Lake in Arkansas. This little trout river
turned out to be just the environment to learn on with flat
slow water that wasn't promising to a neophyte kayaker
like me. It gave me the opportunity to get used to my
equipment and get confident with my handling of the
ship. It was also the place I determined a bigger yak was in
order if I was going to continue with my fishing journeys
from these pointy gadgets.
4. I believe that most folks who try fishing from a kayak will
wish to come back for more with the activity being
mysteriously addictive. At least it was in my case. I cannot
really tell you why that is, especially if you've been used to
fishing out of larger, more comfy and stable fishing
vessels. But the entire experience of fishing from canoes
does something to you that just makes you need more.
Having looked over and watched my mate expertly fishing
out of a huge 14 foot yak, I made a decision a more stable
vessel was in order, so my choice came from Outback
systems. I custom rigged a big, wide canoe only for me and
it turned out to be an excellent choice.
5. These gigantic kayaks can often be used to comfortably
and effectively fish whole tiny lakes, trout rivers and
streams, and coves and bays of huge lakes. Today they can
be rigged with just about anything possible to make
successful kayak fishing easier. Fishing from them will
likely be reinforced by having some previous knowledge of
the water you plan to fish. Having fished various lakes and
waterways in bigger boats with electronics will give you
awareness of how, where, and how deep to fish without
having all the gizmos of a larger ship on board.
6. Last but not least, is the mystery of what's so satisfying
about catching fish from a canoe. There is something
primitive about the way in which you do everything with a
canoe from preparation to pulling the fish from the water.
You will not typically catch as many bass from your kayak
as you may from a Twenty ' bass ship, time on the water
being equal. Because when you're kayak fishing it's not
just about catching the fish but about the total experience
of a fishing excitement. Without the help of motors or
masses of advanced equipment, in a small, light vessel
with which you have got to use manpower to push
through the water, getting to and catching that fish is a
total experience, not simply an individual fish. The kayak
fishing experience is an expedition all its own.