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I'm going to offer up a technique I picked up last year....a cane pole. Stay with me here. 
I fish a marsh behind my house for crappie, blue gills and the occasional bass. It's not a great spot, but the small fish are plentiful and is good enough if I want to fish but not make a big deal out of it. I use this area to practice some techniques. One thing I tried is a 16' telescoping cane pole with a small reel.
I've found it's the most effective way to catch these fish because I can wade to an area and very precisely present a lure, like a grub, shad dart, beetle spin or small crank bait. This is most effective in areas that are too treacherous to cast, like a big ol' brush pile. I can drop the lure right into a hole, lightly jig and almost guarantee a fish if they are there.
So I thought the same technique could apply to kayak fishing, which as it turns out, it does. Perch is the obvious choice here, but I've also caught rockfish doing the same thing. I saw JA Vail's post on the low water at the severn, showing all the submerged brush where he's found fish and it makes me think that the cane pole could pull in some pickerel as well since the presentation can be very precise.
I will also hold it out along the bank and troll along. It is very effective for pan fish.
I fish a marsh behind my house for crappie, blue gills and the occasional bass. It's not a great spot, but the small fish are plentiful and is good enough if I want to fish but not make a big deal out of it. I use this area to practice some techniques. One thing I tried is a 16' telescoping cane pole with a small reel.
I've found it's the most effective way to catch these fish because I can wade to an area and very precisely present a lure, like a grub, shad dart, beetle spin or small crank bait. This is most effective in areas that are too treacherous to cast, like a big ol' brush pile. I can drop the lure right into a hole, lightly jig and almost guarantee a fish if they are there.
So I thought the same technique could apply to kayak fishing, which as it turns out, it does. Perch is the obvious choice here, but I've also caught rockfish doing the same thing. I saw JA Vail's post on the low water at the severn, showing all the submerged brush where he's found fish and it makes me think that the cane pole could pull in some pickerel as well since the presentation can be very precise.
I will also hold it out along the bank and troll along. It is very effective for pan fish.
But that's exactly the type of rod I use.
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