Transporting Revisited
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One of the first articles on yakflak was about transporting kayaks and why I selected the gear that I did. The crucial requirement was, and remains, that a single person (uh, that would be me!) could load, transport, and unload the kayak. To date, my carrier – the Yakima SweetRoll – has worked out marvelously. But after almost a quarter million miles of faithful service, I recently retired my old Honda CR-V and got a new car, a Mazda3 hatchback. I love the new car! It is perfect for my needs. But there are some differences in this ride that required me to adjust my trans ..read more
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Minimalist Fishing Tackle
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Minimalist tackle pack When it comes to activities where I need to be mobile – fishing, camping, music, photography – I'm a minimalist. For example as a musician, when I'm playing in a band I like to assemble a "minimum viable rig" for whatever music I'm doing. I take a careful look at what is really indispensable for the music and try to eliminate anything I can do without. I'll carry back-ups, but only for stuff that is actually likely to need it (guitar strings, tubes, picks, cable, etc.) I also put a lot of thought into coming up with the ideal transport syste ..read more
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Review: Byer of Maine TriLite Stool
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I'd been on the hunt for the right camping chair for a long time. I wanted one for camping, but also for bank fishing, taking breaks on land when kayaking, and even for occasional events like outdoor festivals, or waiting in long lines for concert tickets. Of course you can buy an ordinary camping chair cheaply at any discount store. But the reason I'd been searching for so long was that I wanted one with a magical and elusive combination of attributes. Obviously I wanted something that was comfortable. Otherwise, why not just sit on the ground? It needed to be reasonably stable and durabl ..read more
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DIY Snagless Sinkers
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This weekend I assembled some DIY snagless sinkers. I'd been wanting to do more drifting and trolling, so I thought it would be a good idea. The basic idea is that the long, thin shape will slip, slide, and snake its way through underwater rocks and brush rather than snagging. Truthfully, they should call them "snag-resistant" because there's no such thing as a snagless sinker. But I can't think of many things in fishing that are 100% effective. They're also easy to build. I patterned mine after the Team Catfish Snagless Sinkers. The parts you need are: Egg Sinkers - The weight and quanti ..read more
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Neuse River – 10/29/2017
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Biggest of the year so far. He kindly posed for this photo before I said goodbye and put him back in the water. Well, my suspicion about spending too much time on the Cape Fear this summer was correct apparently. Yesterday I did my first paddle on the Neuse and had way more success than at any point on the Cape Fear. I only got two fish, but they were nice fish. I caught a 12 lb blue cat and a (roughly) 20+ lb flathead. I say roughly because he was too long to weigh sitting down in the kayak, and too feisty for me to risk standing up. I could have paddled to the bank and go ..read more
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I'm Still Here
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About 6 lbs, which is admirable for Harris Lake It's been awhile! Figured I should check back in. Fishing in the Raleigh area has been very spotty for me. They did some kind of treatment to tame the grasses in my home lake and that seems to have affected the fish population this year. Although I did catch the beauty above recently. I hope this isn't to be an every year type of thing. My goal was to catch a 30+ lb flathead or blue catfish this summer but it didn't happen. Frankly, I think I spent too much time on Cape Fear, at the expense of some other waters where I may have had be ..read more
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Fishing in Craptasia
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My fishing buddy for the morning Some days are diamonds, Some days are stone. Yesterday's fishing trip was remarkable for how crappy it was. And the actual fishing sucked too. It started off well enough. On Saturday, I went to the pond and caught some bait fish. Very productive there. Half an hour and I was loaded up. That night I got my fishing gear and yak loaded on my old CR-V so I could be ready to roll as soon as I got up. I woke up at 2:43AM, which is two minutes before I'd set my alarm. I figured I'd be considerate to my wife and get up and turn off the alarm before it went ..read more
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Fishing Recap – July 2017
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I've gone on a few fishing and/or kayaking trips this month. They've been piling up and they're similar enough that it would tedious be to read trip reports for all of them. So I'll just make a little summary post with a lot of photos! Some of the highlights: The 30+ lb blue or flathead is still eluding me. But I remain optimistic that I'll get one eventually. I've been having good luck with decent sized channel cats. This last weekend I caught three in the 5-7 pound range, which is excellent for the lake I was fishing in my experience. I also caught a small, but very pretty yellow bullhe ..read more
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Of Yak Bondage – Strapping Down Your Kayak
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4y ago
There are a variety of ways to transport your kayak – trailers, roof racks, truck bed extenders, bare roofs, etc. But all of them require you to strap down your kayak. I recently read a post on a kayak fishing forum where a guy wanted to know how to prevent his bow and stern straps from pulling his boat off the saddles of his roof-top kayak carrier. Hmmm. At first that was perplexing question because I couldn't think of how this would ever be a problem as long as the saddles were properly placed. Well, as it turned out, the fellow had those straps wound up tighter than banjo strings! T ..read more
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Cleaning an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur Reel
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This last weekend I spent some time cleaning and lubing one of my Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 6500C3 reels. I love these reels. They made me a big Abu fan. But this particular one hadn't been casting very well for the last month. So armed with the instructions on the Catfish Edge web site, I opened her up. The Swedish-made Ambassadeur round baitcasters are a true classic. They don't have all the fancy features and ergonomic designs of whatever the latest bass reels are. But they're elegantly simple and have a long-standing reputation for quality. If you take care of them, you can pass them on to ..read more
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