Was out on lavon trolling for white bass yesterday afternoon/evening and a silver spoon performed extremely well.

Nice!

Five Tips For Fly Fishing in a Kayak #kayaking #flyfishing. From past trips, made a few adjustments to make this trip go much smoother when fishing from a kayak in a seated position. Here are five trip for fly fishing in a kayak:

Kayak Fishing with the EmmRod #lakelavon. Able to fish the point at Brockdale Park on Lake Lavon Sunday. Was a tough go with lots of wind to deal with. No worries... White Bass and Yellow Bass were on the point.

Planned to sight cast to boiling fish with the fly rod but it turned out the fish were staying down below. Good thing we had the EmmRod and Slab and Jigs Rigs as a backup... ended with four keepers!

Fun stuff...!

More Jugline Fishing for Catfish #lakelavon Was a tough start Saturday... windy and a little chilly, plus no shad at the boat ramp at Highland Park. Made the quick adjustment, and decided to head to calmer waters... Bratonia Park, and to the Branch Convenience Store for bait.

Plan was to try some kayak fishing trolling with the fly rod using a Denison Dam Dawber and Tube Fly. No go with the fly rod, but fun time catching Dinner on jug lines! We caught six Catfish - five Blue Catfish and one Channel Catfish, for the stringer for Dinner... Blackened Catfish and Shrimp Etouffee!

Hope your wife enjoyed Mom's day and thanks for the video presentation.

Thanks! Was a good time for all the Mom's

Had a fun time fishing with jug lines this past Saturday. Posted the video on our YouTube Channel - COAF Field Team. Here is an accompanying iFishNews Fishing Podcast to point out a few lessons learned this round iFishNews Fishing Podcast and below is the video version.

Key Take Aways:
- Have a backup plan for bait. Cooler temps and windy conditions, changed the pattern. No Shad at first. Luckily, able to pickup Nightcrawlers at a bait shop / convenience store.
- Adjust for wind, if too windy... move to calmer waters. In our case, across the cove to a leeward shoreline.
- Don't wind the jugline's line. The up and down motion resuls in a slack in the line, giving the chance for the Catfish to twist off the hook Instead, retrieve the line, keeping a steady strain on the line to keep the fish from throwing the hook.
- Circle Hooks tended to work better when the Catfish were slowly taking the bait and setting the hooks themselves. J-Hooks tended to work better when the Catfish struck hard on the first bite and then started to run. Best to have both available, and adjust as needed.
- Adjust jugline pattern starting sets shallow, deeper, and along a bottom slope and/or humps... move to the "money zone" concentrating the juglines as the Catfish tend to one of the sets.

All for now, and Good Luck and Good Fishing!

Kayak Fly Fishing OPST Commando Head or Weight Forward Fly Line? #flyfishing.... Wind was minimal on Mother's Day, finally able to try out the OPST Commando Head sitting in a kayak placed in a grassy area. Wanted to play around with the one-handed spey fly line and compare it with the weight forward fly line... fun time, do like the OPST Commando Head because it makes a for ease of casting when the back cast is limited. Main item is to use a coated running line instead of mono running line, tangle less and unravels while still able to shoot line when needed. All for now, and Good Luck and Good Fishing!

Thanks for another good video.
Always learn something from your videos
Enjoy the variety and your constant search to try new things and to determine what works out best.
Hope the wind drops soon so you can go out and catch some.

Thanks Ocelot!

Video version of our iFishNews Fishing Podcast #8, where we answer the mail concerning questions on jugline fishing for catfish from one of our YouTube viewers. Hope we answered the questions; am standing by for more follow-up questions and/or clarifications. Do send comments, will plan to answer in a timely manner!

Kayak Fishing at Lavon... #shad #kayaking

Short notice quick trip to Lake Lavon at Highland Park for a chance at catching a fish or two kayaking one of of the points.

Windy conditions and some waves to deal with, else no issues other than no fish on our hooks.

After fishing a double rig using shad for bait, switched to trolling a slab and jig rig. Neither had a bite, so headed back to the boat ramp.

Good thing we were able to catch some Shad else the trip would have been a strikeout!

No worries, one of the reasons why we like kayak fishing... if no fish, can at least get workout in!

Add a Skeg to a Kayak, No Holes, No Glue... #velcro #pelicancatch100

Been wanting to add a skeg to the Pelican Catch 100 to make it track true when paddling. But, did not want to drill holes or apply marine glue to mount one.

Learned about Velcro Alpha Lock that comes in 1x3 inch strips. Gave it a try... mounted the skeg, and then made a tweak by adding a lanyard to "catch" the skeg in case I bump bottom and knock it of its base. Replaces the pin screws that came with the skeg.

Plan to take it out this weekend, more to come on if this workaround works!

Fixing a Cast Net, Braille Line Repair #diy #fishing #repair

After several temp fixes to broken braille lines to the cast net, finally took the time to replace them all. Hot day but got it done! Took slightly longer... added an extra braille line on the fly when I noticed a portion of the net was drooping lower than the others!