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Moc and I headed out to the Susky today in hopes of limiting out on Yellow Perch. High hopes. 10 keepers seems like a little bit until you get out there and can't seem to get any keepers!
We hit the water just before 11am. I was with motor and battery today, so I was extra excited. I was so excited that I forgot to un-clip my rudder prior to launching...d'oh!
Aside from that, the backward launch went well. I really had to move my boat no further than moc in his T-120 (if you let the internet tell you, one needs to be waist deep in water to launch the Torque lol).
First order of business...HOOK UP THE TOW ROPE! I brought the rope along just in case we decided to do a test tow. We ended up traveling in tandem every time we switched locations. The
looks we got from boaters were priceless. On the way out, Foursteps called me to tell me that YakFish decided to come out...cool! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1X9EY_OJbk
We headed downstream of the Amtrak bridge were a bunch of boaters were congregated. Among them we hunted and pecked for a bite...no haps. After we remarked about how calm it was, mother nature began to fart. Winds picked up at the drop of a hat! It's amazing how rapid conditions changed. What was smooth water went to white caps in about 4 minutes! All of a sudden, we were the only ones left over there. Everyone else sought refuge behind the cover of the island...near Owens. We hooked up our tow ropes and off we went. We saw YakFish peddling out as we made our way over there.
With the winds being westerly, the waters east of the island near Owens was calm. Well, calmer than elsewhere. The wind made it difficult to maintain a constant position. At one point, we actually positioned the yaks next to the floating piers and fished alongside the pier fishermen. It was cool to fish alongside them as we all tried our luck. Few fish were caught here and there.
We combed this area all afternoon without many fish to show for it. Plently of small fish were caught. I had one keeper, and moc had 2 keepers (out of more than 10 fish caught). I had a few breakoffs, but luckily I had tackle to handle it this time around. I was able to make some leaders on the water with a reel of 10lb mono I carried with me. Yakfish gave me some pointers on how to rig my lures...which resulted in me catching a fish shortly thereafter. Always great to learn from past experiences, and each other.
It was a great day out there on the water. We fished for about 4hours. My battery lasted all the way till the paddle back to Jean Roberts. About 1/2 mile away, my baby began to breathe its last breaths. I was impressed at the run time. A good percentage of my operations today were with a second fully loaded kayak in tow. I was much more comfortable this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1h212prOdc
We hit the water just before 11am. I was with motor and battery today, so I was extra excited. I was so excited that I forgot to un-clip my rudder prior to launching...d'oh!
Aside from that, the backward launch went well. I really had to move my boat no further than moc in his T-120 (if you let the internet tell you, one needs to be waist deep in water to launch the Torque lol).First order of business...HOOK UP THE TOW ROPE! I brought the rope along just in case we decided to do a test tow. We ended up traveling in tandem every time we switched locations. The
looks we got from boaters were priceless. On the way out, Foursteps called me to tell me that YakFish decided to come out...cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1X9EY_OJbk
We headed downstream of the Amtrak bridge were a bunch of boaters were congregated. Among them we hunted and pecked for a bite...no haps. After we remarked about how calm it was, mother nature began to fart. Winds picked up at the drop of a hat! It's amazing how rapid conditions changed. What was smooth water went to white caps in about 4 minutes! All of a sudden, we were the only ones left over there. Everyone else sought refuge behind the cover of the island...near Owens. We hooked up our tow ropes and off we went. We saw YakFish peddling out as we made our way over there.
With the winds being westerly, the waters east of the island near Owens was calm. Well, calmer than elsewhere. The wind made it difficult to maintain a constant position. At one point, we actually positioned the yaks next to the floating piers and fished alongside the pier fishermen. It was cool to fish alongside them as we all tried our luck. Few fish were caught here and there.
We combed this area all afternoon without many fish to show for it. Plently of small fish were caught. I had one keeper, and moc had 2 keepers (out of more than 10 fish caught). I had a few breakoffs, but luckily I had tackle to handle it this time around. I was able to make some leaders on the water with a reel of 10lb mono I carried with me. Yakfish gave me some pointers on how to rig my lures...which resulted in me catching a fish shortly thereafter. Always great to learn from past experiences, and each other.
It was a great day out there on the water. We fished for about 4hours. My battery lasted all the way till the paddle back to Jean Roberts. About 1/2 mile away, my baby began to breathe its last breaths. I was impressed at the run time. A good percentage of my operations today were with a second fully loaded kayak in tow. I was much more comfortable this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1h212prOdc
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