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Out west I know there are runs and times where they run kayaks and gig-bob inflatables n' such to patrol.

Here in Wv I never have seen one on a kayak specifically or on any of our smaller waters...

Sounds like a trip I'd like to take (minus the dump). Is that IK new model SE 380x/420x? If so how do you like it? I fish out of an older model and I freakin love it!! Not telling the old lady...

No pics but In my kayak I use a small cheap styrofoam cooler for my catch fastened on top of the stern. I'm a bit of a cooler-aphile so I don't want my nice coolers getting slimed and bloodied and...

Keep us posted......think I'm troutin' it this w'end!

I've always adhered to the basic rule of filling my reel up until it is about a nickel's width away from the top of the spool.....I typically have no issues.
as mentioned, flipping the bail by hand...

Yessir I love it! Being in the most river dense state, West Virginia is THE outdoorsman's paradise....

I live less than a mile from the Kanawha (the only bass tournament river in the state) and...

A guy I know guides for smallmouth on the New River in WV. Typically these are rafts with a single oarsman (guide) and 1 or 2 fisherman. When asked the same question he said "$100 will make sure I...

Yeah I did and it was rough. Think it may have been the first time I was skunked while crappie fishing.

Sky was clear, not as warm as I hoped and water was so muddy it was literally like 2inch...

Haven't been Crappie fishing for awhile. Wondered if anyone was having luck, what water temps are (and where) and what they seem to be doing. Just guessing but I was hoping with the warm temps...

I love the bitsy minnow cranks...I have at least one in every color but seem to do best with the white with small pink patch on belly (think it is the ghost color?). My ol' lady doesn't even bother...

I can't seem to stop collecting vehicles! First it was motorcycles....then bicycles......


......and it has spread to boats!

My new addition (3rd boat) will be a 16ft NRS whitewater raft. I...

The Aire boats that bfish mentioned are definitely good options, looked at them myself before I bought my first Inflatable kayak (IK). here are my two inflatables at the moment:

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The one...

What's everybody's issues with the Cajun? I recently bought the ole lady a spincast that came prespooled with 10 lb Cajun Red line....it was my first experience with this stuff. I tied a lure on...

I used to really like stren, I was given spools and spools of both stren 4 and 6 lb flouro that I used for years. I recently started to run out so I picked up some new 4 and 8lb just a couple of...

I guess it makes as much sense as Trout and Musky under "Bass Fishing".....

I'll give him walleye since they are in the same family. Maybe it should be called "Perciformes and other fishing"?

The WV forum's been pretty quiet for a long time....it took a KY boy to wake us up!

Any of y'all stilll crappie fishing? Any luck?

I've been out twice in the past two weeks, not the best...

Thanks! I happen to enjoy it here myself! No matter where I go, I always love coming back....I truly believe it is a hidden gem of the east.

So, may I ask, what was it that brought you here and...

X2...I have used one of these for years and years had no problems. I keep wanting to go buy a nicer one to replace it....but then I realize there is nothing wrong with it, so it remains. It's been...

The squirt/playboats definitely lack the stability you want fishing, and NO room. Every cast feels wobbly...and I want to relax more than that when fishing. The Creekboats and general whitewater...

As Bfish said, Whitewater kayaks, squirt boats and creek boats are awfully hard to fish from and rig for fishing (I've tried)

When I got tired of borrowing yaks and went to buy my own, I had...

Just wondering how your catches differ from season to season. Spring and summer I usually bring home a nice mess of crappie per outing....but once the water temps drop by mid-fall my bite slows...

Butter burns at about 250 deg F, so adding oil is a trick used by chefs that want to impart butter flavor while frying at higher temps needed for things like crappie.....(that is, frying in at least...

I prefer crappie (panfish) fishing overall and throughout the year because:

#1 The panfish are the best eatin'.... and
#2 cuz once you get into 'em they just keep coming, so catching in numbers...

Thanks guys!

Well the good news for all those concerned about me getting lost is that I navigate and make maps for a living, so that's covered. I have a USGS topo with 40ft contour of the lake...

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Hey all, I've been thinking about taking a trip to Fontana Lake and wanted to know what y'all thought about the place.

I kinda thought I'd try to camp on the Nantanhala NF side (south side) of the...

I troll two poles at a time in my kayak and I am usually barely able to keep up with all the action.....doesn't take me long at all to get a dozen, therefore spider rigging always seemed like alot of...

Thought I'd add that yesterday I caught a Saugeye with one!

....now that was a first!

I have some, haven't had much (any I think?) luck with 'em yet......but I haven't really given them much of a shot either.

Let us know how they work for ya!

I've been having alot of success trolling Strike King Bitsy Minnows lately, at $2.50 a pop they won't bust your budget.