Fishing in a Kayak

[MuskieBait]

(03-21-2013 08:54 AM)Freshwater Wrote:  A dunking always come to mind when I picture kayak fishing.
I believe your expertise with a kayak, along with all the safety steps should come first.
Weeds are a tangling risk and can be dangerous on a roll over.

That being said, I watched a lot of youtube videos on kayak fishing and would love to try something like that. It can take you places that are normally inaccessible from shore.

Kayaks are surprisingly stable, especially because your center of gravity is so low to the water. It is much more stable and maneuverable compared to a canoe. If you happen to roll over in a sit-in kayak, it is much easier to roll back up over in a kayak as opposed to flipping over in a canoe, rolling the canoe over and reentry. Sit-on-top kayak are even easier to simply flip over the kayak and reenter...not to mention they are designed to be buoyant.

Most definitely you need to practice your safety skills and have all the safety tools available.

Weeds are a tangling risk...but that's why you should have a dive knife strapped to your upper thigh or on your belt in case of tangling. But I would worry much less about weeds and worry much more about paddling ability and general water knowledge.

Again, a small pond is not much to worry about...you can always simply swim back to shore. On a bigger lake or even the Great Lakes, much more is involved.