Kayak Fishing

[wesleydnunder]

Everytime I see the discovery channel and such I wonder how some people in other parts of the world live with all the creatures they share the land and waters with. I'm surprise we don't hear meany local incidents with all the gators and sharks around here. Do the sting rays around here have that dangreous poisonous stinger on them?

Yes, the stingrays have the barb on their tail. With the lack of rain, the bay is very saline and there are many rays and sharks throughout. Be very careful...especially when wading!

Mark

[BassTank]

I'm actually thinking about taking to lake livingston dam. I gotta call Browders marina though to see how many gates is open cause theres been a lot of rain in north Texas.

Instead of worrying about sharks and stingrays I just look for rolling alligator gar...... Yay.

[HawgHunter]

Hit the lower San Jac....below Lake Houston Dam. You'll run into fresh and saltwater species all in the same water. Launch at Good Times Marina to go to the dam and launch at Loves Marina to fish the old and new 90 bridges.

Something closer to the coast....San Luis Pass....you can fish BTB on the surf side....or fish the bay side which is a spider web of channels or just fish the pass it self.

Lake Houston....Launch from BJ's marina and you can fish Luces for Bass and crappie.

Cypress Creek....launch anywhere you can park. Bass, crappie, catfish and whites

Spring Creek....same as Cypress

Houston Ship Channel to chase the big uglies.

[BassTank]

^^^ thanks for the info!!

[BassTank]

So I went to San luis pass today in the crazy wind. Morning fishing wasn't bad. But didn't realize how far we drifted till we look back. After that fun was over.... Fighting current and wind coming from where we needed to get back to. So I cheated and asked a boat to toll us back.

Lesson learned. No goin in winds over 10mph.

[wesleydnunder]

I went to the TC dike friday morning. A late night power outtage at my house knocked out my alarm clock so I woke up late. I was fishing by 8am, at least two hours later than I usually go, and caught two nice trout. By 9am the wind was gusting to 29 mph and I was about a mile and a half north of the Dike near the Mosquito island reef. After fighting wind and current for 30 minutes and getting virtually no where I made my way over to the reef, hopped out of the kayak and walked it back in.
...lesson learned...

Mark

[BassTank]

Yea it was a bad weekend for the yak.

It sucks when u look at a marker and never make any progress.

[BassTank]

My kayak is now for sale if anyone is interested. 200 for everything u see on pg1 except fishing rod.

I'm getting a John boat lol.

[newb]

I been saving up for a Hobie Pro Angler...sweet kayak. Really like the width and squared front end for my fat ***!!!

[moganman]

The hobie is one of the nicer yaks out there. I've riden on many kayaks and the hobie is one of the faster and stabler ones but the price reflects the niceness of it lol. Depending on the type of fishing you want to do I'd go with the bare necessities first. Life jacket, anchor, whether a man powered fiberglass pole that sticks into sand and mud or a real anchor used for deeper water fishing. A good paddle for faster speeds if you don't have money to buy a hobie mirage with the mirage-drive. Get a comfortable seat with back support, rod holders, battery and trolling motor if you don't wanna paddle and don't get one with a built in paddle drive. Always carry a horn and a spare paddle (if you have a mirage drive type kayak or one with trolling motor) and tape some type of floatation material like styrofoam to the paddle and expensive equipment in case you flip. I'm a strict wade fisherman and only time the yak comes out is when we wanna get to a hard to access wade spot and then we get out and wade 99% of the time. Rarely we'll drift and the equipment mentioned should suffice. If you want a good kayaking forum go to texaskayakfisherman.com.