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Fish » BY PAUL LEBOWITZ « THERE’S ONE FOR EVERY
FISH: the can’t-miss meat and potatoes rig that nearly always gets bit. It’s the stick, reel, line and bait that anglers in the know put into action first, the
go get ‘em starting point for the season’s hottest action for kayak fishing’s 12 hottest species. Join us for a whirlwind trip across North America as top kayak
fishing pros share the hard-won tips that get them going right.
1 Lingcod
“They have that exciting predacious mojo: huge teeth, a giant mouth and, as I like to tease my fly-fish friends, real fish don’t eat bugs, they eat other fish. At the end of the day they’re just killer table fare, and who doesn’t want to eat a blue-fleshed fish?” muses Sean White, owner of northern California’s Great White Kayak Company.
THE RIG
ROD: 7-foot Shimano Trevala medium-light casting rod
REEL: Abu Garcia Revo Inshore
LINE: 50-pound Izorline Brutally Strong Spectra, with a 2-foot leader of 25-pound Izorline monofilament
HEAVY LIFTING: Sean White and
son Chris head for the freezer. PHOTO: PAUL LEBOWITZ
BAIT: 5-inch Halloween FishTrap threaded on a premium 3-ounce brown Big Hammer Hammer Head jighead
Lingcod are a kayak fishing staple from central California all the way north to Alaska. These are aggressive fish; no use for subtlety here. White goes right after them with a suitably spooky brown and orange Halloween pattern 5-inch FishTrap swimbait. “If you go with larger baits, they just bite the tails off and you end up with a bunch of jerkbaits. The 5-inch, they just inhale it,” White says. White’s a fan of using downsized reels for big game. Lingcod commonly exceed 20 pounds in his neighborhood. But with braided line, he can easily get by with a low-profile casting reel. In his case, it’s an Abu Garcia Revo Inshore. Matched to a Shimano Trevala built whippy for fishing sensitive, no-stretch superlines, it excels at the task.
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