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| It was big numbers of stripers from my new Old Town PDL kayak today. |
I call this my maiden voyage since it was the first time I had taken my new Old Town Sportsman Pedal kayak out into the Bay to fish for stripers. And, it turned out to be a memorable maiden voyage with big, big numbers of stripers. In one hour and a half span, I probably had a hit or a fish on just about every cast of my bucktail jig.
Having fished all evening from the kayak I can tell you that the pedal drive kayak is a gamechanger if you want to fish from a kayak. It really moves with pedal power and your hands are free to fish the whole time. It is also great to reposition yourself if you find the fish in a certain location which I did today.
I must have pedaled at least 4 miles today. I would not have been able to paddle that distance. No way.
Clearly, big numbers of stripers have moved into the Bay. These come from the same mold as the fish
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| I caught this one while trolling a zoom fluke off a float. The pedal kayak makes for easy trolling. |
we were catching along the oceanfront. Maybe they are the same ones? Generally, they are small, 10 to 18 inches on average, though I did have a couple of 20 inch fish today. I also had a big one hit a Jumpin Minnow on the surface. I'm sure it was a keeper. My son, Jon, was also out today, and he did catch a keeper from his kayak along with big numbers of smaller ones.
