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Had not tried to fish the BB pilings in the kayak until yesterday. For better or worse (worse yesterday) I am a bait guy, and the guy at Angler's was out of peelers so he sold me some alewives (cut bunker) to use on the bottom rig with two ounces of lead and an 18 " leader around pilings 13 - 15 (new span).
I put in on the Marina side about 3:00 pm (tide was high @ 7:30 pm) to try and catch the incoming. This is the biggest body of water I've fished in the kayak, and if anything, it was good experience dealing with a strong running current, a lot of chop, and the occasional bridge work boat loaded w/ guys in hard hats putting out large wakes. You have to imagine yourself riding on top of a bobber in the big waves, and not fight them. But I really had to work to keep the boat in the right position; sort of diagonally drifting and bouncing w/ the current starting at the south side of the old bridge and ending up a bit closer to the Point on the new span around piling 13.
I did have one good strike, but could not keep him on. The day effectively ended around 6:00 when I snagged for about the 4th time and could not get off or re-tie after an impossible bird's nest. The other rods I had I wanted to keep for breaking fish, which never materialized.
Back at the ramp, a guy was pulling out his boat. We compared notes. He had a great day (five keepers, one over 30 inches) fishing about the same area, but also a little farther out towards the channel jigging using a 3/4 oz bucktail pork rind combo.
Having a FF in big water like that would have probably helped. Any thoughts/suggestions to avoid another skunk?
I put in on the Marina side about 3:00 pm (tide was high @ 7:30 pm) to try and catch the incoming. This is the biggest body of water I've fished in the kayak, and if anything, it was good experience dealing with a strong running current, a lot of chop, and the occasional bridge work boat loaded w/ guys in hard hats putting out large wakes. You have to imagine yourself riding on top of a bobber in the big waves, and not fight them. But I really had to work to keep the boat in the right position; sort of diagonally drifting and bouncing w/ the current starting at the south side of the old bridge and ending up a bit closer to the Point on the new span around piling 13.
I did have one good strike, but could not keep him on. The day effectively ended around 6:00 when I snagged for about the 4th time and could not get off or re-tie after an impossible bird's nest. The other rods I had I wanted to keep for breaking fish, which never materialized.
Back at the ramp, a guy was pulling out his boat. We compared notes. He had a great day (five keepers, one over 30 inches) fishing about the same area, but also a little farther out towards the channel jigging using a 3/4 oz bucktail pork rind combo.
Having a FF in big water like that would have probably helped. Any thoughts/suggestions to avoid another skunk?
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