Favorite species???

Just wondering what you guys (& gals) like to catch out of your kayak.  Reasons why?

For me Kings.  The perfect combination of great food fish, challenge, and size. Feels like you've really accomplished something when you land one.  Cohos are often too easy but a blast on lighter tackle. 

I may change my mind if I can land a 70+ pound halibut....I'm not a huge fan of eating halibut. I prefer a good fillet of P-cod over halibut.

Something I'd like to really try this year is to land a few sockeyes trolling in the saltwater with lighter gear.  Stay tuned for that one.

Jigging up some halibut is mine....but my all time favorite would have to be big bull redfish in the gulf of mexico....then i would go with some hammerhead action near boca grande then blacktip then halibut lol

My vote is for coho.  As a fly angler I think they are the prime saltwater fly fishing species in the Pacific Northwest.  The acrobatics and quick change of directions makes fighting them fun especially when you can find them in tight quarters such as deep within kelp beds.

When the fishing gets too "easy" for coho I switch to more difficult techniques such as surface poppers.

It's a toss up between all the salmon and lingcod.  I like to eat what I catch, and I like a challenge.  Rockfish are easy and I catch a lot of them, but there is no retention in Puget Sound.  Never caught halibut or sturgeon so those can't be my favorite to catch. 

I agree that the redfish in the Gulf are a lot of fun, but I've never fished for them from a kayak.

For me Kings.  The perfect combination of great food fish, challenge, and size. Feels like you've really accomplished something when you land one.  Cohos are often too easy but a blast on lighter tackle. 

I may change my mind if I can land a 70+ pound halibut....I'm not a huge fan of eating halibut. I prefer a good fillet of P-cod over halibut.

Something I'd like to really try this year is to land a few sockeyes trolling in the saltwater with lighter gear.  Stay tuned for that one.

I think Reds would be perfect Kayaker targets. I hear you are supposed to use small gear like 00 dodgers and bare hooks and go slow to catch them. I wonder how deep they like to run at?

For me Kings.  The perfect combination of great food fish, challenge, and size. Feels like you've really accomplished something when you land one.  Cohos are often too easy but a blast on lighter tackle. 

I may change my mind if I can land a 70+ pound halibut....I'm not a huge fan of eating halibut. I prefer a good fillet of P-cod over halibut.

Something I'd like to really try this year is to land a few sockeyes trolling in the saltwater with lighter gear.  Stay tuned for that one.

I think Reds would be perfect Kayaker targets. I hear you are supposed to use small gear like 00 dodgers and bare hooks and go slow to catch them. I wonder how deep they like to run at?

I have to agree that if we could perfect it, sockeyes would be a blast. They are all over the inlet. I'd bet on close to shore. Though the drift boats slay them when you can find a nice little rip.

I'm going to try big flashers with two red gamakatsu hooks maybe 2/0 or 3/0 with the top hook either light dressed in a shrimpy pattern or a small pink micro hoochie. I know they do it in BC and WA but you'd be pioneering a fishery here in AK.

I also have a tip on one other potential sockeye fishery using the same concept in freshwater in South central AK but i promised not to disclose on the Internet.

I'm going to make a valiant effort for the second run kings in the inlet this year and will have a red rod ready if I see jumpers.


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I gots me some King Salmon fever!!

Why!..It's just a rush! The anticiopation of when the hit will come, the jolt of adrenilene when the pole buries in the rod holder and drag strips off the reel and the unpredictability of the fish, you never know what kind of crazy antics the fish will do to get off the hook...

Gotta be lings!   Constant action all day long from agresssive fish that can run up to and over 40".  Salmon would be a close second but once you've caught a few the excitement of waiting all day for a bite or two pales next to a hot ling bite.  I never tire of catching big lings

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Gotta be lings!   Constant action all day long from agresssive fish that can run up to and over 40".  Salmon would be a close second but once you've caught a few the excitement of waiting all day for a bite or two pales next to a hot ling bite.  I never tire of catching big lings

next would be BRF

Gotta be lings!   Constant action all day long from agresssive fish that can run up to and over 40".  Salmon would be a close second but once you've caught a few the excitement of waiting all day for a bite or two pales next to a hot ling bite.  I never tire of catching big lings

I can't relate on the salmon experience, but I completely agree on the ling bite!

The noble cutthroat would be my current temptress.  But, with the tossing about of red-related talk, I can't help but join in on the fantasy fish brigade.  Cats.  On the John Day.  A hoofed in inflatable.  Or maybe an inflatable perched atop a BOB trailer via mountain bike.  I love eating them.  Hell, Costco catfish gets me tingly.  A yak-derived catfish would be a blast.  Propane and oil on the bank.  Heated and ready to roll my ass into blackened Cajun heaven. 

Anyway, that's my current affliction.  Keeping it to the real world, it'd have to be Mission Mountain cutthroat, caught from an inflatable kayak that was painstakenly hiked through the most neglected of Montana goat trails.

The noble cutthroat would be my current temptress.  But, with the tossing about of red-related talk, I can't help but join in on the fantasy fish brigade.  Cats.  On the John Day.  A hoofed in inflatable.  Or maybe an inflatable perched atop a BOB trailer via mountain bike.  I love eating them.  Hell, Costco catfish gets me tingly.  A yak-derived catfish would be a blast.  Propane and oil on the bank.  Heated and ready to roll my ass into blackened Cajun heaven. 

Anyway, that's my current affliction.  Keeping it to the real world, it'd have to be Mission Mountain cutthroat, caught from an inflatable kayak that was painstakenly hiked through the most neglected of Montana goat trails.

I'll supply the kayaks.. you supply the cats.  I love me some fried catfish!

The noble cutthroat would be my current temptress.  But, with the tossing about of red-related talk, I can't help but join in on the fantasy fish brigade.  Cats.  On the John Day.  A hoofed in inflatable.  Or maybe an inflatable perched atop a BOB trailer via mountain bike.  I love eating them.  Hell, Costco catfish gets me tingly.  A yak-derived catfish would be a blast.  Propane and oil on the bank.  Heated and ready to roll my ass into blackened Cajun heaven. 

Anyway, that's my current affliction.  Keeping it to the real world, it'd have to be Mission Mountain cutthroat, caught from an inflatable kayak that was painstakenly hiked through the most neglected of Montana goat trails.

Yum... catfish.... big ones... that would be fun.... sort of like cabbies maybe. I've been thinking of an sot run down the JD for a while.

There are some well used boxes of cornmeal and flour in my pantry.  If you're up for this potentially drunken and filthy adventure, we should have an equally drunken and filthy brainstorming session.  And, being as though you are a chef, you are well suited for such a foray into the north central Oregon wilds.  I can virtually taste your panceta and leek infused hushpuppies.  A high octane deglace' will be needed, no?  I'll call my shiner cousin and arrange a shipment.

But seriously, I can't get enough of the kitties.  I'm glad to see someone else afflicted by the tasty whisker.  Which, by the way, should be the name of your future restaurant.  The Tasty Whisker.