Thread: New gear?

[quote author=Dutch link=topic=2600.msg23667#msg23667 date=1360456472]
I'm on the hunt for a new kayak designed around fishing to add to the little Frenzy I have now.
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any clue on what your looking for?

Found 3 706s in an antique store today for a great price. Buying them tomorrow. Keeping one and selling the other two to break even so I can finally have one of my own to fish with. :headbang: :fishing:

[quote author=Peaches link=topic=2600.msg23691#msg23691 date=1360466341]
[quote author=Dutch link=topic=2600.msg23667#msg23667 date=1360456472]
I'm on the hunt for a new kayak designed around fishing to add to the little Frenzy I have now.
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any clue on what your looking for?
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I'm looking for something to take to the near-shore rigs to target large kings and other pelagics more so than skinny water. I have looked at the Trident 13 and Trident Ultra 4.3. Have yet to sit in a Hobie. I'm 6'1" and 215.

ultras are killer, and id love to have one, if i had another paddle boat,

also check into malibu x factor, stealth 14 and 12, the native slayer, and definitely the hobie outback, pa14, pa12, revo, and adventure,

imho hobies cant be beat and i love having the extra speed of my revo offshore

and my top recommendation would be to

get a hobie so you save money in the long run, iv got a revolution 13 w/ turbo fins if youd like to try..

but if getting a hobie, definately reccomend the fins and rudder if your in decent shape

:boohoo:

Netting spanish is better.But if you want a small gaff,use a 12/0 snatch hook on an old solid glass boat rod with a low gear ratio reel.You can find combos like that for $20 at yard sales.No rope to mess with,just let it down then reel it up.Before there was any such thing as a production drop net,that's how us kids did it because only a few such as #r had them.Not to get off subject,but there was another luxury we didn't have until only 15 years ago,pier carts.Back in the day,people only brought what they needed,dang it was much less cluttered back then......

LOL... Just picked up a used pier/beach cart today.
My all terrain Radio Flyer wagon just wasn't cutting it on the beach.

[quote author=john g link=topic=2600.msg23709#msg23709 date=1360517714]
Netting spanish is better.But if you want a small gaff,use a 12/0 snatch hook on an old solid glass boat rod with a low gear ratio reel.You can find combos like that for $20 at yard sales.No rope to mess with,just let it down then reel it up.Before there was any such thing as a production drop net,that's how us kids did it because only a few such as #r had them.
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Good idea John! What is the biggest braided line that you carry at J&M? I've got an old baitcasting reel that I could put on a stiff rod for my mini gaff, just need 50 ft or so of heavy line. I bought a net at J&M which works fine for everything except spanish and kings. They are so slender that they slip through the net and also chewed my net up real bad last year. That's why I'm making a gaff.

[quote author=TUCK link=topic=2600.msg23712#msg23712 date=1360532451]
[quote author=john g link=topic=2600.msg23709#msg23709 date=1360517714]
Netting spanish is better.But if you want a small gaff,use a 12/0 snatch hook on an old solid glass boat rod with a low gear ratio reel.You can find combos like that for $20 at yard sales.No rope to mess with,just let it down then reel it up.Before there was any such thing as a production drop net,that's how us kids did it because only a few such as #r had them.
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Good idea John! What is the biggest braided line that you carry at J&M? I've got an old baitcasting reel that I could put on a stiff rod for my mini gaff, just need 50 ft or so of heavy line. I bought a net at J&M which works fine for everything except spanish and kings. They are so slender that they slip through the net and also chewed my net up real bad last year. That's why I'm making a gaff.
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I've got some 80lb braid I can send you 50 ft .....I won't use my net for toothy fish anymore they chewed up the last one and hard to find replacement nets for it....I guess there is a net place up 59 that has it(maybe in Foley).....but when there I am fishing and not looking at running around on a search mission for net.....Fin posted the name not long ago....

http://www.brunsonnet.com/