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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8711 Gender:	Kayak fishing Jul 31^st, 2008 at 2:18pm Hi. Does anyone on this forum fish from kayaks or canoes or is interested to do so?
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53324 At my desk.	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #1 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 3:00pm I spearfish from a kayak.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8711 Gender:	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #2 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 4:35pm What sort of kayak do you use? I have scrambler XT, which was designed for scuba diving but I don't dive any more and am thinking about getting peddle yak like one of Hobie series with Mirage drive.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53324 At my desk.	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #3 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 4:38pm Not sure what type. It's a plastic two person kayak. I didn't buy it so I never did any research into them.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8711 Gender:	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #4 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 4:58pm freediver wrote on Jul 31^st, 2008 at 4:38pm: Not sure what type. It's a plastic two person kayak. I didn't buy it so I never did any research into them. May be you can post a picture of it or give a link to the picture?
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53324 At my desk.	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #5 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 5:05pm I'll let you know if I post a picture of it online.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8711 Gender:	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #6 - Aug 12^th, 2008 at 11:22am
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53324 At my desk.	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #7 - Aug 12^th, 2008 at 11:26am That's an awesome photo. I went out on Saturday again, exploring a new spot. No fish, but we saw whales spouting and dolphins. I got airborne getting through the surf, ripped my wetsuit, broke some fittings on the kayak. It was a fun day.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8711 Gender:	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #8 - Aug 12^th, 2008 at 12:59pm I get dumped most of the times when I try to land with surf but not like that Here is a "GUIDE TO KAYAK SURFING" http://www.sit-on-topkayaking.com/Articles/SurfSail/SurfBCU.html
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53324 At my desk.	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #9 - Aug 12^th, 2008 at 1:16pm Any idea what this bit means? If you lean forwards and apply the low brace in front of your hips the craft will tend to track in the direction in which the stern is pointing. If you lean back and apply the brace behind your hips the craft will track in the direction in which the bow is pointing.
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Reply #10 - Aug 12^th, 2008 at 1:30pm

freediver wrote on Aug 12^th, 2008 at 1:16pm:

Any idea what this bit means?

If you lean forwards and apply the low brace in front of your hips the craft will tend to track in the direction in which the stern is pointing. If you lean back and apply the brace behind your hips the craft will track in the direction in which the bow is pointing.

To avoid catapulting you go sideways to the wave.
You use your paddle as a brace when you insert it in the water parallel to surface. That helps you to avoid capsizing sideways.
To have some degree of control over direction where you go to and to position your kayak relatively to the wave you choose your paddle insertion point slightly forward or backward from the middle, they say hips, of kayak.

I will try to find some videos on line about the technique later on.

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Reply #11 - Aug 12^th, 2008 at 2:04pm

It also recommends you attack a breaking wave slightly off perpendicular. Is that just so you get thrown clear if you get flipped? Wouldn't it significantly icnrease the risk of getting caught?

You use your paddle as a brace when you insert it in the water parallel to surface.

I think a video or picture might help me figure out what this means.

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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8711 Gender:	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #12 - Aug 12^th, 2008 at 4:17pm Have a look at this at about 0:09 and related videos http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxddBPjez0&feature=related here are instructions http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uPL1vPW25kg&feature=related
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53324 At my desk.	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #13 - Aug 13^th, 2008 at 4:08pm Thanks. That second one explained it well. That bracing technique looks useful, though the yak I'm on seems very diffuclt to to flip. I spoke to the guy who sold us the yak today. He said to always be perpendicular when heading out so you don't get turned, but to be on an angle on the way back in.
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Acid Monkey Gold Member Offline Goth Father Posts: 1064 EU Gender:	Re: Kayak fishing Reply #14 - Aug 13^th, 2008 at 5:45pm tallowood wrote on Aug 12^th, 2008 at 11:22am: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-10/1222362/dolphs.JPG I'm a non-outdoorsie type so forgive my ignorance. This photo seems to show a peddle powered kayak. Is that correct? And how do you stop yourself from capsizing or being dragged along when you've caught a fish?
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