First Kayak Fishing Trip
After making my purchase of the 12′ LiquidLogic Mantaray, with a center mounted and back right mounted rod holders (fly rod and spinning rod interchangeable), I took it out on Black Creek on Sunday afternoon.
I launched from the Churchville boat launch, and styed close to the ramp (within eyesight) as I got used to dealing with wind, current, and fishing all at once.
It was chilly out on Sunday, and I had waterproof pants and a wading jacket on. The boat didn’t take on too much water though, regardless, and the chill I experienced was all weather related, and not because I was wet.
The fishing was ok. I missed two pike at the boat, one on a small white spinner bait, and one on a Senko rigged up through a Wacky Saver. I had several bass hits as well, and saw several follow to the boat.
Outside temperature was in the high fifties, and I’ll bet the creek was about the same, maybe a little higher. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a thermometer with me to check the water temp. The wind was steady, and enough to push the boat around. The wind was the biggest challenge in getting used to kayaking and fishing simultaneously. I was only able to get 3 or 4 good casts in before I had to paddle back to the other side of the creek.
Most of the pike were holding in the middle. They both struck at lures as I was taking them out of the water.
The biggest surprise to me was the lack of sunfish in the flats. Those of you familiar with the Churchville boat launch will know the area I’m talking about, I had the fly rod out for maybe 45 minutes or so, but couldn’t bring up any sunfish at all. No hits, no sightings, no nothing. Very surprising.
