hello everyone

Hi everyone I am moving to the seattle area withing the next 3 weeks and I am looking to get into kayak fishing...I haven't really ever done it accept when i lived in florida we used kayaks to take the bait out past the breakers and sandbars...but that isn't exactly kayak fishing....anyways I have never really been to seattle coming up there for a week this sunday to try to find a place to live and all that...so i don't even really know what kind of fish you all fish for and in what sort of water...i would assume salmon and halibut...but i have never caught either so...anyways was just introducing myself and hoping to find a nice used setup or reasonable new set up to get started with...unfortunately even after i get a kayak it will be a few months before i will even begin to be able to hang with any of u guys as far as paddling goes cause i am out of shape lol...

Mark

Welcome Mark,

Congratulations on the move. The Pacific Northwest is a great place to live and there are lots of fishing opportunities around.  I wouldn't worry too much about being out of shape (unless you're talking serious medical condition out of shape) as many of our fisheries don't require any breakers to get past.

Anyway, take your time, test out a bunch of kayaks before you buy.  Start slow and work your way up to the more strenuous fishing trips.  Feel free to ask any and all questions you may have.

Brian

ya i decided i wanted to get into kayak fishing a couple of days ago lol...not sure why but it just came to mind...used to do lots of shore fishing in south carolina and florida (mostly for shark) but only ever really thought of using a kayak to get bait out...but i hadn't seen some of the fishing set ups on kayaks at that point...i figure a motor boat is just to ridiculously expensive to justify...fishing from the shore is great but its a pain to place and deploy bait especially if fishing with heavy gear...so why not just fish off the kayak lol

plus on top of all that u get exercise while your fishing lol

only problem i see with the whole deal is transporting and deploying ur kayak...i have an f150 so i figure i can get the extender thing that goes in the hitch and solve the transport problem but deploying a 15 ft...70 pound kayak would be difficult by yourself...we used 8'11" ocean kayak to deploy bait in florida so it wasn't so heavy and awkward but i wasn't too keen on the super unstability with a 12 inch bleeding mullet on a 12/0 hook dangling behind u lol...

by the way maybe this is stupid question but where do you guys with fishfinders mount your transducer...without beating it all up when you come in?  or are you just really careful ...if so i prolly better not get a fishfinder lol

Not all kayaks are 70 lbs.  The two I own weigh in at about 45 lbs each, so there are lighter options out there.

Not a stupid question.  Most of us mount our transducers inside our kayak in what is known as a "shoot through" installation.  Because the transducer can work through the plastic that the kayak is made of so there is no need to mount it externally.  As you mentioned external mounting can cause your transducer to get beat up.  The trick is that the transducer can't work through air so you have to make a decent seal between the transducer and the plastic of you kayak. There are a few posts on this board about this sort of installation, here's a decent one.

http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,681.0.html

Brian

welcome yessnno!!





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yer in good hands here my man
Lots of true experts on this site for exactly what ya want
read a lot of info before choosing a boat, and as Bsteves said....try it before ya buy it!

Welcome to the zoo, yessnoo.