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Great thread vinny!

My son & I are considering getting a kayak for fishing local lakes: hodges, san v, el cap.

As of now, a trailer will be needed. is there a guideline or thread anywhere that discusses trailer options for kayaks?

Also, is there a fishing kayak forum?

Passports, lynxes and outbacks are all stackable BTW.

Finishing up my 1st kayak build...for now.

I'm new to the kayak game so I hope I did okay.
After tons of reading, watching videos, reviews etc, trying to stay with in a budget some what, I went with a nucanoe unlimited. Other kayaks on this list, native titan X, and old town, bonifide, hobie.
I ...

Summer is coming. Amazon price is $209.30.
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I remember when they were $150

Yeah, I waffled on buying one when Costco had 'em for 150...and when I decided to pull the trigger..was going to Barrett in a week...Costco was cleaned out.

I love it when a plan comes together.

This one didn't. Fun, just not epic.

Tried to combine a long tide ride with trying out some different lures. Kicked back and forth a lot, to cast said lures into specific spots. So at the end of the day....I had no gas left to properly get after the spotties ...

@VinnyBass I believe made a lake schedule chart

self fish wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:37 am Thanks ODB it’s nice to hear from you, it’s been a while man. What days are open for fishing at San v. and el cap.?

Looks like San V is open Thurs-Mon, and Cap is open Fri-Tues. Hours vary by season.

https://www.sandiego.gov/reservoirs-lakes

in east county, right down the road from ECBT, theres Anglers Arsenal on Woodside Ave....
Its same building as what use to be Lakeside Bait & Tackle....
Selection isnt as big as ecbt, they do have custom hand poured plastics,
Also from my experience Anglers Arsenal is also cheaper than ecbt.
ECBT ...

Looks like it would catch a lot of grass in the bay. Tube baits (e.g. the Scorchers you make) dart unpredictably and can even spiral down if you give them a snap when retrieving. For that reason, I usually use a swivel with fishing with them (also functions as a grass catcher).

Center of gravity ...

True, a hover rig isn't going to do anything that a tube bait won't do..and both are grass grabbers. I am only interested because of the details that injection-molded baits have (overall profile, scales, gill plates, faces)....and different ways I can color them, compared to the tube baits.

Vinny,

There was a day when something like that yamamoto bait was working better than anything else on the spotties in the Cays. I didn't have 'em...but a kayak guide's client was killing with 'em. I swapped him some of my other baits for a couple of his, and I caught spotties 'til the baits were ...

That bait is something “new”. It may get chomped

I did a reverse image Google search and nothing showed up. Might be a brand that is not made anymore.

https://lens.google.com/search?ep=gisbubb&hl=en&re=df&p=AbrfA8qz4YUj1Y-nd-z-s72KVsMkFMEd66_1uTRnMS4jcO9n59VVSfDjBAOX08ZLMKlFbzO77L_cwtUnoFIf7zXSxQe5wfnBLNhIOPwXsHfOqEucGvR7kZdI_kfPGTR3Aj ...

Looks like an Optimum to me

Looks like it might be an osprey swimbait. I used to have a few but they've been donated during some fishing trips at Skinner.

Vinny,

Interesting looking Osprey/Optimum swimbait. The OG Osprey swimbaits were hard baits and later Steve Harner went with soft swimbaits. I have several Osprey's and it just doesn't meet all the lines. Good question! I'm leaning more towards early Optimum Swimbait. Throw it and hang on!!

Mel ...

I think it is an optimum as well.

I think it is an optimum as well. Looks like a custom rig too. Caught a bass at wohlford on an optimum years ago.