My first kayak bass tournament was at Lake Fork on Saturday, here’s my experience.
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Thanks for this video. I have been wanting to purchase a Hobie 14 pro angler. Currently I fish from a Ranger 198p aluminum boat. I appreciate you showing the struggles you had to overcome. I stand while fishing. Sitting down and casting and trying to make accurate casts looks to difficult. Also standing up, at best, looks to be a skill that a younger more agile angler might possess. Trying to work the trolling motor looks to be a hassle. In my opinion, the noise level of rattling culling boards, rod and reel noise inside the hull is a lot. Seems like this noise would be a fish turn off.
Tackle storage and the extra rod position seems to be a hassle also.
Thanks for the enlightenment.
I've always enjoyed your videos. Thanks for sharing your kayak experience and your honest opinion about it. Sorry but I had to laugh at your dark moments lol.
I’d say you get an A + for effort. I have no doubt it was frustrating.
Ken that was a change from that Basscat wasn’t it.
You did great for 1st tournament. I was there I caught 3 under 14”. I love kayak fishing it just takes lots of practice getting use to placement of your rods and other accessories.
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Maybe one and done for you. Glad to see you try it. I wouldn’t.
It's was great meeting you see you out there again sometime and thanks again for the videos😂😂😂
Ken I am so glad that you decided to fish a tournament in a kayak. The etiquette for how other vessels treat your kayak when you're fishing is the same as how bass boats should treat each other. Only for the most part bass boats ignore etiquette when it comes to kayaks and therefore a problem ensues. Maybe you can help spread the word to other boaters to not cut off kayak fisherman now that you have experienced this on your own.
😂 Ken your to old for that BS stick to your nice Bass Cat 👍😁
I'm coming from a kayak to a boat but the adjustment for boat positioning and rod selection is quite different. It took a couple years of trial and error to find the right action rods. I don't have any peripheral vision so I don't have anything behind me as far as tackle or rods. Stability is certainly different but once you get comfortable it's second nature.
Just being able to put a fish in the boat is amazing, if i had your bass cat id spend a lot less time in a kayak lol, Ken you gave it an honest shot and review being a boat fisherman with only a hour of practice in one you did great. Notice he says his First Kayak tournament lol
Stick with the Cat my good man, that kayak completely took the fun out of fishing for you!
Kristine makes it look easy. You probably have a whole new outlook and respect for those fishermen.
This not something you do without a good deal of experience and conditioning- especially is older guys. Ha
A 25 foot rope make loading and unloading a lot easier with a kayak on trailers.
Fork can make you hot. I was there at this one and managed 1 bite that I missed on Saturday so it could’ve been worse lol