11/26 kayak report

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troutcrazy
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11/26 kayak report

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Inspired by Chessieman's success, I headed to FV this morning and launched my kayak from the VT side. It's a couple miles of paddling to get to the fish zone. Next time I might drive the car an extra 30 minutes around to the NY side to save the paddling for trolling. Well... pedaling, actually. I saw a couple boats out there-- didn't get around to saying hi up close. HI!

I concentrated on a pretty small area and brought 5 small salmon to the kayak, and one laker. I kept one salmon about 17", that was hooked pretty bad-- I'm glad I did because it turned out to be the biggest one!

I ran a pink/pearl C.I. spoon about 25' down with a snap weight. That caught 4 small salmon.

Since I wanted to make tight turns over a small area, my other line ran near the surface-- a 6-8' diving purple Shad Rap. It caught one small salmon and a laker.

I lost a few fish, too.

I didn't see any bird activity. The size of the fish wasn't impressive, but they're the first salmon I've caught since spring, so I was thrilled. Most of them jumped, and all were beautiful. My previous three outings produced only lakers.

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Good to see you out there… we couldn’t believe how far out you were without a motor!! You earned your fish.

Thanks for the report.
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Nice to see a troutcrazy report again, its been a while! Thats a lot of coldwater fish for a nonmotorized boat, well done.
I do not exaggerate when I talk about fishing - I underestimate, like I say "just one more cast honey, then I'll come home" !
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A Great effort paid off! Fantastic job!
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Nice report. Glad the salmons cooperated by chasing your lures.
Saturday you pedaled more than most of us walked during the day :lol:
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Thanks for the feedback, guys. It's really encouraging.
Haha after seeing big numbers from boats, I start to think "how come I only caught 5?"

Here's an update, more of the same. I caught 4 silvers on Sunday. Today I caught 2 silvers, one laker, and a brown!
Yippee! Mission accomplished!
I hope to get out again and figure out how to get my salmon numbers up.
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Awesome report!
Healthy Fish!

Gotta appreciate the Kayakers still goin at it!!

Be safe out there!

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