Fishing from a kayak ?

Question

Does anyone have now how on fishing and landing fish from a kayak in a current situation like a moderately moving current? I'm a new comer to kayak fishing and have hooked quite a few good small mouth bass and one muskie but had limited success landing them any advice would be help full.

Answer 1

Smallies rock! My experience is that you have three options when attempting to land a fish from your boat:

1. "go with the flow" and hope the fish comes with you;

2. deploy an anchor to keep your boat stationary, or wedge it behind a snag or a rock.

3. beach your boat and get out to fight and land the fish.

Check out the freshwater forum at http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com -- lots of good advice there as well.