CATCH CRABBY REDFISH
Match the hatch! When redfish are fixated on crabs, gold spoons are the no-brainer bait. Throw weedless varieties right into the grass where these fish roam. —BB
SKIP BLING FOR LINGS
In the shadowy kelp forest life of lingcod, there are very few silvery prey items. Instead, they feed on small dull- colored creatures like blennies, gobies and sculpin—fish that do their best to blend into the background. Follow suit with drab plastics like Halloween- colored Fishtraps or a Green Pumpkin Zoom Fluke. —Sean White
FIND FISH WITH RECON BAITS
FLASH AND FLY TROUT
A spoon-and-fly combo will fool trout all season. The metallic attractor piques their interest, while the trailing wet fly closes the deal. The 18- to 26-inch leader should match the target fish size, 4- to 12-pound test fluorocarbon is a good range. Quality swivels are essential to prevent line twist. Trout attack at any time, but paddling with a surge- pause rhythm will boost strikes. Focus on wood-strewn shorelines, weed flats, drop offs and points.—TA
Use fish finder baits such as topwaters and popping corks to quickly scan new water. They may not fit the current pattern, but a halfhearted slap at a search bait can reveal staging fish eager to devour paddletails. —BB
DOUBLE UP ON LIVE BAIT
Trolling two live baits can double your chances—if they don’t end up a tangled mess. Master the free- swimming chaos by running one line long and the other line short, 100 feet versus 50. For further separation, add a small sinker to the short line. It works just as well when drifting. —HG
LOOK SLICK ON VIDEO
The hardest part of getting good kayak fishing video is actually getting the video! Strikes are almost impossible to predict, and we’re usually too busy dealing with a mess of lines and tools to press buttons or hold a camera steady.
The secret is having the camera running at the right time. Increasingly inexpensive HD mini cameras are the answer. For The Kayak Fishing Show with Jim Sammons, we use rear-mounted GoPro HD Hero cameras. The housings are waterproof, they can film for two hours at a stretch, and the wide-angle lens is ideal, shooting from paddle tip to paddle tip. Dip the camera in the water for awesome underwater shots.
For the show, we mount the GoPros on a Scotty SEA-Light pole about two feet behind and to the side of the kayaker, a little trick from our friend Kayak Kevin Whitley. The result is a steady fisherman’s eye view good enough for TV—not unwatchable shaky-cam footage. —Will Richardson
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