Need some help prepping for 2.5 day mothership trip! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

PescadorPete · 01-14-2011, 11:07 AM

Unless it's a "Lake Pacific" weekend, the fight will be more with the current, thick kelp and putting it in reverse as the swell pushes you up against the boiler rocks. For the bass, I use a Seeker 20# rod and a Graftech 25# rod, one rigged with mono and one rigged with spectra kelp cutter rig.
I wouldn't buy a 7' rod as a jig stick, it is too short for a really effective jig stick. Normally a 8, 9 or 10' rod and a bigger 40# class reel is more like it.
If you're going to fish live bait, you need a bait tank or at least a Plano Bait bucket.

01-14-2011, 11:07 AM	#9
PescadorPete Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leucadia, CA Posts: 261	Unless it's a "Lake Pacific" weekend, the fight will be more with the current, thick kelp and putting it in reverse as the swell pushes you up against the boiler rocks. For the bass, I use a Seeker 20# rod and a Graftech 25# rod, one rigged with mono and one rigged with spectra kelp cutter rig. I wouldn't buy a 7' rod as a jig stick, it is too short for a really effective jig stick. Normally a 8, 9 or 10' rod and a bigger 40# class reel is more like it. If you're going to fish live bait, you need a bait tank or at least a Plano Bait bucket.