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Rod I built myself, but it's a 7'2" Medium Heavy, Fast action blank with lots of backbone. The reel is a shimano curado 151HG, great reel, super smooth but the saltwater definitely messes it up. I keep spare bearings at home and service it often.

@@cheethoe would a medium light rod suffice?

@@Anythingandeverything1111 you can use just about any rating rod really, a medium light would only be a problem if you had a heavy hook to drive into the fish or if you're trying to pull them away from structure.

Thanks for the well wishes. The boots I'm using are NRS boundary boots, they are waterproof and amazing, but they are like $120 bucks, which to me is expensive. For reels, I'm probably the worst person to take advice on, I'm using mostly freshwater Shimano SLX or Curado and I'm constantly servicing them at home because they get soo corroded and locked up. I buy bearings in bulk to replace them. Rods I build my own rods these days, but in general I use a 7'2" MH fast action blank with lots of backbone. For lighter baits I use a BFS setup, shimano zodias BFS rod paired with the shimano curado bfs reel with 10lb braid and anywhere from 8 - 15lb flouro leader. For my swimbaits I build my own rod, but it's an 8' Mag Heavy rated for 2-8oz, moderate fast action. And I pair that with a shimano Tranx 301, 65lb braid and 20lb flouro leader.

Thanks man, I hope you've still been fishing! For the TM I just swap back and forth between the two kayaks.

Thanks!

Yeah my old town was my "buddy" kayak I reserved for friends. I decided to start using it for all my saltwater trips.

My Hobie is my freshwater ride, my old town is my saltwater ride. I get my Hobie tagged by the local lakes so I can't use it in between freshwater trips.

@@cheethoe i see. generally speaking, which ride do you like better?

@@honeybadgervoodoooutdoors7305 Yeah they both have their pluses and minuses. I like the Old town because the hull seems more water tight and I can move the seat waaaay back so I have more space up front. But the rudder kind of sucks and there's a major lack of rails and storage areas up front. The transducer install area sucks too. Also for car topping the hull shape makes it super hard to get it on top of my car. Generally I prefer my hobie, everything is way better thought out, lots of storage areas, lots for rails, good rudder, the loader accessory, guardian plate for the transducer.

thanks man, I just try to keep my bait in the strike zone as long as possible with each cast, in the case of foot patrol at MDR it's as close to structure so my bait is always swimming along structure, be it pilings, docks, boats, the bottom, or the rocks along the wall.

Honestly I've never tried eating them. I've had calico and sand bass and didn't particularly like them so never really wanted to try spotties. People claim they are mushy but I think most people that say that haven't actually tried it either. Most of us do catch and release to keep the population up for sport.

@@cheethoe Interesting. Would love to try some just to see how it tastes. I'm not a fan of Large Mouth Bass due to the fishiness. However, you would think a saltwater fish would taste better.

I'm still out there, just not as often or for as long. I'm hoping that changes soon.

Thanks man!

what are you throwing and where are you throwing it?

@@cheethoe From launch ramp, at the boat docks, all the way to breakwall and nothing. I’ve tried dropper loop with squid and shrimp. I’ve tried plastics, bucktails, and even a Rat-L lure.

@@jerryavila2900 if you want to break the skunk, get either a 1/4oz hookup bait (color doesn't matter) or a 15-20gram slow pitch jig, and just go to each dock piling and drop it on either side of each piling in free spool. Let it hit bottom and raise your rod and let it drop back down a couple times and move on. It's almost a guaranteed bite.

@@cheethoe Thank you!!! I will give that a try!!!

Thanks, I'll probably drop a saltwater kayak video later this week too.

@@cheethoe your very welcome 🎣👍🏼

lol, no legends here. 😅

I'm using a GoPro Hero 9 and a Hero 11. I use 17 - 20lb Flourocarbon. For the 4" baits I'm using a 3/0 owner flashy swimmer. For the 5" bait I'm using a 6/0 owner flashy swimmer.

@@cheethoe thank you I’m subscribing to your channel. Hopefully you hit the 1000 subscribers soon.

⁠@@cheethoeenjoying the foot patrol videos. I see you slow roll the flashy swimmer but also bumping it along bottom?

@@ericlikewhoa yeah, particularly when I use the 4" and especially the 5". The bigger the bait, the slower I go to give the bass an opportunity to follow and get a solid bite on it. Otherwise I end up with just tail bites.

@@dunmadun351 yes just letting it sit on bottom

@@jerryavila2900 I sometimes wear them for UV protection while fishing

@@cheethoe I thought of that, but I noticed you were wearing short sleeves. 😊 BTW, where can I get those type gloves? Thanks for your time and your prompt reply!!!

@@jerryavila2900 I also sometimes wear them cause they give a bit of padding when lipping spotties. I got these an Amazon

@@cheethoe Thank you!!!

@hiddencityboxing4564 it's the Berkley cull shad, 6"

@@cheethoe thanks bro what’s the price on that?🎣

7'2" typically

yes 3/4" starboard. I made this video years ago before anyone else had made a bow mount for the Hobie Outback, these days you can just buy a trolling motor mount: oneobjectivebf.store/products/bow-mount-trolling-motor-plates?variant=43641951879477

@@cheethoe Hi, thanks for answering. I have a Shearwater 125 Vibe kayak and I can't find the mounting base for my motor, that's why I'm about to make my own.

I'm using this with a 3.8" Keitech -> 6thsensefishing.com/collections/treble-head

If you want a guaranteed bite, grab either a 1/4oz hookup bait (color doesn't matter) or a 15-20gram slow pitch jig (color again doesn't matter), and just drop it by every piling you see. You will get bit. I try not to do that anymore because it gets boring, but it's a good way to get those first bites. Afterwards I'd switch to a paddle tail swimbait and cast it across pilings, let it hit bottom and slow roll it for less but a bit more fun bites.

@@cheethoe Thanks for speedy reply. Can’t wait to get back. I was gifted a pelican RiverGorge tandem kayak, but was solo yesterday. I need to modify a stadium/kayak seat in the middle section for better positioning. Any advice or videos I can watch? Thanks for your time and Tight lines!,,

Doesn't make it hard to pedal. In really choppy waters you definitely get water coming over the bow if you're going fast, but if you slow down it's fine. Generally though, out in the ocean it's no problem. The only time I had water really coming over a lot in the ocean was during small craft advisory conditions.

​@@cheethoe Thanks for the information

California

​@@cheethoe okay, I've been searching for Barrett lake MN, but all the videos are very obviously not Minnesota! The terrain looked too deserty.

I'm throwing a Keitech football jig in a 1/2oz. For the trailer I'm using a yamamoto double tail grub in a plum color. I actually rip off about a 1/4 inch of the body of the grub so it fits right and the hook comes out at the end of the body. I wouldn't get hung up on plum color, i'm sure a green pumpkin would work just fine too. Hell I wouldn't get hung up on a specific trailer either.

Haha, the salt corrodes my bearings man, I actually buy bearings in bulk and service them somewhat regularly myself but I usually wait until the bearings are really bad. I do rinse and dry my reels after every trip but that saltwater is ruthless.

Nah, this is just the various basins, mainly A through E

Of course!

Haha, only because you're the homie

Yes you do

@@cheethoe roughly how much if you don't mind me asking

no legitimate reason haha. It's just what I have, I feel like any scent works better than no scent. And it just smells good.

It's the socal Disneyland of fishing 🤣

yeah, the jig is one of the few slow bottom baits I'm willing to throw, just cause you can really set the hook on them and usually you get decent sized bites.