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New England Kayak Fishing Trip Report: Chunker Bass and Rats, Minus a Pig Lost, By Rox Davis

Well the weather has been great here in Connecticut, and I took advantage of it. Sunday, November 27th and Monday November 28th. I took the W500 with the 1.2hp outboard and headed to lake Congamond in Massachusetts. The motor comes … Continue reading

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A Day Bass Fishing Out Of My Motorized Kayak, By Rox Davis

Perch, crappies and dace were very active, but I wanted SMALLIES! So I was motoring in my W500 kayak looking for steep banks coming off the flats, and rock walls—- I bring her back up and snag her in the net.
SWEET!! Another Fatty, 19 1/4″ of pissed off Smallie!! Continue reading

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Rox And Lisa Kayak Bass Fishing Adventures At West Twin Lakes, Connecticut

She cast the dinger up on the pads and worked to the edge, and as it fell…………………….BAM ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, then all you see is the W500 being towed
and Lisa’s pole bent to the max……….then the bass buried itself in the weeds, and she drops her tip and says its gone.
I told her to put pressure back on the line and hold her ground, hoping the bass was still there……..then the rod tip starts bouncing, out of the weeds and into the air she comes. Continue reading

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Chris’ New Kayak Fishing Trip Report, Massachusetts

I have been kayaking on the East Branch of the Ware River. The water is at its highest ever since Tropical Storms Irene and Lee and most of the beaver dams are below the water level.
I took a nice bass (picture included) in a quite part of a turn in the river recently.
The higher water level allows me to go further upstream, but the vegetation and current can pose challenges as one picture attests to. Of course coming back downstream is a blast because the challenge (and fun) is not to portage down an obstacle but to kayak over it! Continue reading

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Rox and Lisa Stand Up Kayak Fishing Adventures, Connecticut

But all was well, I untied her and off she went. She paddled for about 20 minutes and was feeling very confident, and asked if she could stand. I told her to take it slow, and if at any moment she felt unstable, to sit down. Next thing you know, she is paddling standing up like she has been doing it all her life.
Next she tried fishing and casting standing and did great. She lost her balance only once, while making a cast, and did as I told her, she sat. It was a wonderful day, sunny, slight winds and many fish were caught.

Though I did not get a chance to take a picture of Lisa’s fish, she was too far away and released them quickly.

I did catch a few nice Large Mouth Bass, all caught on a Rapala floater that I custom painted in a Baby Bass color. (Rapala does not make one)

I was very pleased that the added weight of my paint job did not hurt the action of the lure, it did change it just a little, it made it wobble a little more in the rear while retrieving it slowly on the surface which resulted in many …………………..BAM’S!!!!!!!

I have the picture of the lure with the small largemouth bass, and me holding up a 2 1/2 lb LMB that slammed it three cast later. :) Continue reading

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