Kayak Fishing?

[4fishys]

Anybody do that down there? I've never seen a post on it. I know that the big lake is a very different animal, as is the way most of you fish. A lot of running from spot to spot, and fishing wind blown shores is not a good match with a kayak! I got into it last year on a smaller inland lake, and find it to be a blast. It's a great way to REALLY feel a part of the lake, and a very relaxing trip. I'm sure that dropping in on some of the quieter coves would be the same, and provide a little exercise as well. I often feel perplexed now when I have time to fish....my boat on bigger water, or yak on the smaller lakes. I have a native ultimate 12, which is a very stable yak. They advertise standing and fishing, although I've yet to feel the need. It is very stable though.

[rangerman]

i wouldn't do it, This tiime of year maybe, but by the time summer starts rolling around, there gets to be some 3 foot waves out there some larger, not to mention the people that are operating boats--that have no business operating them. If you have been on the lake you know what I'm talking about.

[vacation]

i have a 2 man 14" kayak that i take out all the time on table rock, spring through fall. I have got awesome fish out of it, lots with a drop shot w/no sonar.

Just be careful of bigger boats and stay close to the shoreline and you'll do fine. My wife takes it out all the time and kills the fish that I tend to blow past with my bass boat. And, I live near the dam by indian point, and still the boat/waves have never bothered me. It is a great way to get close behind dock cables for big fish too.

Good luck

[smallmouthjoe]

I fish table rock almost exclusively out of a kayak and usually catch a lot of fish. If go out early in the morning or late in the evening you usually won't have any problems with other boats, mainly because the only boats on the water will be fishermen. Because of table rocks size there is usually places where you can get away from the crowd even in the middle of the day. I really like fishing without the aid of modern sonar, it really sharpens your basic fishing knowledge and I feel it puts you in tune with the true essence of fishing.

[rps]

Up here at my end of the lake, a kayak would work very well above Beaver town. There are many good fish between there and the Highway 62 bridge where the river begins.

[tarpon14]

Up here at my end of the lake, a kayak would work very well above Beaver town. There are many good fish between there and the Highway 62 bridge where the river begins.

[tarpon14]

I fishout of a 14' yak rigged with electronics - mostly at Table Rock (James River) and Stockton. Taney was the lake that caused the most boat problems for me - so narrow that the idiots blasting by made it hard to fish. do enjoy getting on the wake and "sufring" though. Nothing like a giant smallie pulling you around. I'm gettin geared up for the whites right now was they get up into the river...