Trolling for salmon

Couple of questions to answer here...

What length of rod or rods do you use for salmon from your yak?

Do you mount your rod holder in the middle, or to the side of your yak?

Depends on what kind of salmon fishing you're planning on doing. It could be anywhere from 8'-10'. How do you plan to fish for salmon? Mooch, troll, cast? Will it be in lakes, rivers, sound? If you can narrow it down it'll be easier to give advice.

Z

I'll mostly be trolling for salmon.

My favorite rod of late has been my XCF 803. Used it almost exclusively on the Nehalem this fall. I'm assuming 8' isn't too short for a yak?

Does a 10' rod make landing a big salmon harder? I have a couple of XCF 1065F lmuckle busters that I think would really be a kick from a kayak, but maybe that would be too much of a disadvantage.

I'll mostly be trolling for salmon.

My favorite rod of late has been my XCF 803. Used it almost exclusively on the Nehalem this fall. I'm assuming 8' isn't too short for a yak?

Does a 10' rod make landing a big salmon harder? I have a couple of XCF 1065F lmuckle busters that I think would really be a kick from a kayak, but maybe that would be too much of a disadvantage.

An 8 footer would work great.  A 10 footer may be harder to handle.

-Allen

There's really no advantage to having such a long rod on a kayak. It just makes it harder to land fish. I think 8' is a little on the short side, just because you'd like to have some sensitivity. My fav is about a 9' mooching rod. The G Loomis SAMR1084C fits the bill to a T IMO. It's got that tip sensitivity and give that you need when using some weight and still has a nice tough backbone to hold on to good sized fish. It is a spendy rod so other rods with similar characteristics work well too. My first love and great price pointed rod is the med hvy 9' Shimano TDR. It runs about $30 and works not only as a trolling rod but also as a salmon jigging rod as well. Paired with a Charter Special TR1000LD ($120) you've got a salmon kayak fishing workhorse!

Z