which rod

[alanc]

which rods do peole use for lure fishing off thier kayaks ive found that my bass rod has to long a handle and makes it difficult to cast whilst seated would cutting the butt down ruin the ballance

[stitch]

Hi Alan
I bought my self a Jarvis Walker 9ft sea spin rod and reel for £30 a couple of years ago. The rod has a 12 inch butt which makes it easy to cast when aboard my kayak. I try to pay as little as possible when it comes to boat and spinning rod, i have had a few spin cycles in the surf the last one the wave turned my boat over onto the rods while they were still in the rod holders. You should have seen those babies bend i was waiting for a loud crack but luckily they survived. As long they do the job thats all i ask,
There is a picture of me using the rod on your left and a better one on the user page.

John ;D ;D ;D

[basscatcher]

I and maybe you would never have contemplated a telescopic rod in the past - thay are usually sold to holiday makers.

I can only speak from my plans, not what i have done. I have bought a couple of cheap telescopic rods off and internet auction site which I plan to use for most of my kayak fishing.

They will pack down for storage excellently.

I cant see the sense in taking an expensive piece of kit out to possibly lose or break in the surf. These are inexpensive and to be honest I am quite imprest with them. Short in the butt too and available in all lenghts, casting weights.

[speciman]

Each to their own with choice of rods.

I wouldn't be put off taking out expensive rods on the kayak. When you enter the surf zone they can be strapped down alongside the kayak or better still in the front hatch if you have one. In use they should be leashed to the kayak. At present I use mid priced rods - I'd take high end gear out with me if I had it.

[zebra]

i use travel rods 4 pice i have 20 and 30 lbs classs and a light bass spinner i have found them great and they all break down in to 4 short pieces so take up no room in the yak at all

[speciman]

I have a telescopic spinning rod and a pair of Fladen Solid C rods 10-20lb. I'm hoping that at 6ft5" and my longish arms the Solid C's will be long enough on my next yak which is about 15ft. If not back to the drawing board.

[starvinmarvin]

My good lady wife has just bought me a Greys G100 12lb baitcaster, it's a thing of beauty, haven't used it in anger, it's designed for chucking mid size lures, but I suspect I shall be using it for some bait work as well, it has a perfect length handle for the yak, but not a lot of grip above the reel seat.

Like Zebra I also use a couple of light spinning rods, both Shimano 4 piece, very light and a joy to use, only downside is the length, being short armed I can only just get the line around for and arf when a fish is on.

I also use a pair of Grauvell Anaga 210's for my bait fishing, they have been fine until I went Tope fishing found that the top section will swivel so that the guides are on the opposite side to the rest of the rod when put under strain.

Looking to get a Greys longboat to replace one of these for the Tope and Ray.

SM

[alanc]

thanks for your replies found it ok straping rods down when coming in. casting lures was my problem the butt on my bass rod was to long will cutting it down ruin the ballance

[hatter3]

i would not go cutting a good rod down just so you can use it on your yak you may need that rod one day and it will probably cost more than a cheep spinning rod
cheep is good when just starting out to yak ;D ;D

[cliffnorry]

I use uptide rods for casting from the boat, and they would proberly be fine on a yach, I have 2to8oz and 2to 10 oz weight casting, I also cut down a good bass rod for the boat, and I love it, it is still sencertive and I still use it on shore as a second beach caster, you may have seen me using it on the boat on New Years day.

[alanc]

thanks for that lads

[speciman]

The problems I've found when using longer rods on a kayak is that its harder to untangle line near the tip plus I can't fit them in my front hatch. However, with some kayak designs this may or may not be issue - I don't know.