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I don’t even own the Hellcat rod anymore. I like the backbone in the MadKatz rod more. The one good fish I had on the Hellcat rod before I sold it made it feel like a limp noodle.

It’s an area called The Haystacks in Morehead City.

@@kayak_chris Thanks for the info. I love salt water fishing but a lot of saltwater creeks look alike. Do you ever catch any stripers there? I haven't caught any stripers along the SC coast in a long time. They used to be plentiful.

@@jackfanning7952 I’ve only fished there a handful of times. The only time of year that I really target stripers is in April, when they run up the Roanoke River to spawn. We go to Weldon, NC and fish for them with swim jigs and topwater baits. I had a good outing this year, but unfortunate didn’t have my GoPro on during the blitz 😢 I may try Smith Mountain Lake in VA for them next weekend if my friend has a good report!

@@kayak_chris We have a lot of landlocked stripers in nearby lakes, but I haven't caught any ocean stripers in decades. They used to be plentiful in the spring, especially in stormy weather. They were much more powerful than the lake stripers. They headed up estuaries to spawn. Hooking one of those big mamas you would think they were going to splash all the water out of the creek. We also caught them along beaches at the mouth of estuaries. Maybe I am just not targeting them at the right time. I do most of my saltwater fishing in the fall in conjunction with shrimp baiting. I fish at slack tide and shrimp on baited poles when the tide is running. Ciao.

It sure did!

The forecast originally didn't have any rain (and certainly not any lightning)... it was just one of those summer storms that rolled in fast, then rolled away fast. I think that particular crack was the only one we experience, but it was right above us!

Thanks!

I like the crank baits, as they tend to hold onto the fish better bc of the treble hooks. However, I think the vibrations tend to attract a lot of other species, so it makes it difficult to just target crappie with them. I definitely catch more crappie when I just troll jigs… with the water starting to cool down for the fall, then next 4-6 weeks should be a really good time to start loading the cooler-up while pulling jigs or minnows. Good luck and LMK how you do!

@@kayak_chris Thanks for the tip, Chris, I'll give it a shot!

@@RedWolf3773 One final tip, I like to give a little squirt of crappie / panfish procure on the plastics. It sticks pretty well and I think it does get more bites and keep the fish holding on a bit longer

My GF made the sandwich. She wrote “Chris’s Nasty Chicken Sandwich”. You can tell she cares for me a lot 😂

Absolutely. This is the primary reason I multitask when I fish, especially when I’m bored and nothing is biting. You never, ever get bites when you are ready and paying attention, but the moment you are stuffing your face, have your hands full, or you’re trying to carefully pee in a bottle without getting it all over your pants and the kayak, *BAM*, that’s when the big one hits 😂

@@kayak_chris it's getting so worse sometimes, you really think the fish can sense when you're not paying attention... It's diabolical 😂

Unfortunately, I lost it at the kayak when my rig snapped at the crimp 😢

Yea, I agree. I’ve used these reels a few more times since then (I originally purchased them for SW fishing for sheepshead, since they have such strong drag for their size). I haven’t had any other issues since then, but it should be a lot harder to remove the side plates inside of them accidentally falling off like that.

I ended spending more on radial tires (same size), which last 2-3x longer

Well, just don’t surf under the pier with fish attached to your board and you should be good 😂

That’s why I mostly having spinning rods 😂 I do own some bait casters / conventional reels bc of their cranking power for fish like this!

Just practice, I started fishing two months ago and I don’t backlash anymore maybe once if I’m not careful but just set your breaks really high and adjust your tension so that your lure free falls about a foot per second.

My girlfriends spinning reel pisses me off more than anything lmfao but I guess that’s because I’m so used to my bait-caster and how accurate it is

I like to fish points or somewhere where it goes from a flat to a steep drop off, as I think the fish gather around those areas and transition to the shallows at night to follow the bait. Right now, surface temps are in the upper 70s to mid 80s on the lakes, which is very uncomfortable for the fish. On my livescope, I’ve found a lot of the crappie to be right above the thermocline in the evenings (about 15’ down), so I’d fish in a spot that’s about 15-18’ deep along a drop or slope. Easiest way to find this would be on a Navionics map (on your finder, the standalone app, or the FishBrain app) and zoom out until you see dark shading around the edges of the lake. Those are the areas where the bottom drops rapidly that you should try to fish. Good luck!

@kayak_chris Couple more questions... I was wanting to get out this weekend. I know it's a holiday so I was kinda thinking of getting out at like 3am since. It suits me as I work third shift anyways. What ramp would you recommend? I was thinking Ebeneezer or Robeson? Ebenezer looks more fishy but I've read Robeson would have less pleasure boating?

@@caniaccharlie You won't have much (if any traffic) anywhere on the lake at 3am. Robeson doesn't have as much deep water as the main lake body and right now, I'm finding the keeper-sized crappie closer to the bottom during the day and night. The thermocline on Shearon Harris seems to be about 14-15 ft down, so I've been tightlinine minnows 1-3' off the bottom at night, just above the thermocline. There's a cut out on the right side of Roberson, about 1/2 way down the creek that usually holds fish. The mouth of the creek may also be good, too. If you were to fish Ebeneezer, look for a point or flat next to deeper water and fish around 14-16 feet deep, especially if it's an area where you're already marking fish. Using a light will take 20-60 minutes before it starts attracting many fish. I'll usually fish one rod in a holder with a small glowstick on the tip and have another rod in hand with a jighead and minnow combo, unless the bite gets really hot. Aim for 10" fish or bigger to keep, as any smaller isn't really worth cleaning. Good luck!

I’ve been please with them so far. Haven’t really had the chance to fight any really large fish on them yet, but we might get a chance to do some shark fishing in a few weeks, so I hope to test them more then.

Every time I get a good pull on my line, I'm always hopeful that it's a nice slab like that, but it usually turns out to be a catfish. D'oh!

Yes it was!

I actually upload them in 4K... I don't know if RUclips had finished rendering it before you got a chance to view it, but you can view it in 2160p down to 144p now

@@kayak_chris gotcha. YT was killing me for the first year or so because gopro footage automatically goes to 59FPS. A friend with a much larger channel would upload 1080 and it would look 10 times better than mine just because of the codec.

@@kayak_chris Much better now.

Well, this was his first attempt. The second attempt, he got hooked. I got him as close to my kayak as I dared and then realized it wasn’t worth going to the hospital over a hooked bird. I cut the leader as close to the hook as I dared and he flew off. I felt bad about it, but I don’t think I’m the first one to ever hook an osprey there 😕

@@kayak_chris I wound up doing same exact thing with the owl. He flew into a tree that had fallen over water. No way to get to him. Still feel bad about that after all these years

You fish during the week at all or just weekends? I got a fairly flexible schedule… lmk when you wanna get out sometime

@@kayak_chris will do man. I usually fish the most on weekdays when I have time. Have to take my son to school and pick him up. Sometimes my wife will pick him up so I’ll have all day to fish. Saturdays and Sunday I only fish for a couple hours when I get off work

I fish all over Jordan. During the warmer months, fish are everywhere, but I spend most of my time catching them in the creeks slow trolling jigs, minnows, and crankbaits. I’m going to try and spend more time this year getting more proficient with my livescope and casting to them. I did it yesterday at a farm pond. It was fun, but they were all small fish, so I need something larger to target.

Which transducer do you have? I have the LVS34. It definitely shows more detail than the 32.

@kayak_chris yea I have the 32 and my head unit isnt as nice as yours either.

@@FishingwithBrewski I originally had an Echomap, just to see if I liked the livescope format. Last fall I upgraded to the Gpsmap, for better performance, resolution, and to be able to export video directly w/o having to record it with my GoPro. I spend too much money on fishing stuff… 😐

@@kayak_chris I just monetized this year. If I can find someone to handle my taxes I'm gonna sell everything and buy all new stuff and write it off. Lol

@@FishingwithBrewski yea, that was originally my plan. Taking a while for me to get things rolling to hit the minimums for monetizing. I’d just like to offset the cost of some of my trips. I at least like to be able to go back and look at videos of my good trips and re-live them a bit. And see the bloopers, lol…

I’m back at it today with some shad and fresh perch, trying to locate that one again!

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I was fishing one jig per line. The white rod originally had a shad rig on it, but I swapped it out for a single 1/16 oz red jighead

Yes, a single jig. Probably 16’ or less, but the jigs are only going down 6’-8’ being fished at 0.8-1 mph. I usually start with 1/16 and 1/8 jigs to see where they might be in the water column, then adjust accordingly.

I’ve got a 136. It’s bigger / heavier, but it can hold a lot more gear. It’s nice to have when I bring bigger coolers or fish on the winter and need to have a place to put extra stuff.

Thanks!

Yes, I take them home and vacuum seal them and put them in a chest freezer. I'll primarily use them for catfish bait, but shad, stingrays, and sharks also like them, too!

No, I save them for catfish bait. Some people do like to eat the row and hard fry the shad to eat. I’m not one of those people 😂

I prefer the stiffer action of the MadKatz versus the more limber CTF rods. I just feel like they have more backbone for getting in big fish quicker. I guess everyone has their own preferences.

CTF use S Glass in Their process, along with carbon composite material, lighter and stronger fiberglass makes their rods amazing

Yes, a lot of crappie that night.