Palmetto Kayak Success

[mermentau]

Today I learned another lesson from a pond. Since I was a young guy I always found it fishing crappie and Pawn was like working in a laboratory.


Second trip of this season to Palmetto Park today. The first trip I only had four fish but today I managed to catch 21. I found a pattern that I was convinced wouldn't work but I tried it again today and it did. Usually the combination of clear black water and a lot of common salvinia on the surface was bad combination for me. The wind had pushed a lot of the salvania to the sides of the pond and left a big clear area in the center. I couldn't find a fish in the clear area, but right under the salvinia one spot produced some hot action. I could paddle my kayak into the salvinia and catch fish in my trail that I was clearing. My fishfinder beeped continuously showing fish. Only one area seemed to produce fish but that area was really good. Caught them all tight line a couple of feet off the bottom using a Bobby Garland baby shad.


When I loaded my kayak this morning with a north wind blowing I figured it was a dumb thing to go but sometimes I do the best when I'm doing the dumb thing.


I'm using a new add-on for Chrome on my PC called SpeechTexter for the first time tonight. Seems to be the answer cuz I'm getting lazy about typing. You just talking to this text field and then copy and paste it into crappie.Com

[Dapet]

Very interesting about the fish under the salvinia. I too have a kayak , but seldom use it. Could you post a pic of your kayak for me? I have a spare depth finder that I could use on the kayak, but don't know how to mount it. Of course, youtube has a million videos on the subject, but I would like to see your setup. Thanks.

[mermentau]

Very interesting about the fish under the salvinia. I too have a kayak , but seldom use it. Could you post a pic of your kayak for me? I have a spare depth finder that I could use on the kayak, but don't know how to mount it. Of course, youtube has a million videos on the subject, but I would like to see your setup. Thanks.

You can see the fishfinder is between my legs on that hatch cover. The transducer is inside on the bottom with a dike of duct seal around it. I pour water in the little ponded area created by the duct seal prior to launch. The display unit will unsnap and can be moved to the outboard. One display and 2 transducers serve both boats.

[jig rig]

Man O Man. You got your boat on Mamma's rug. She must have left town.

[mermentau]

Man O Man. You got your boat on Mamma's rug. She must have left town.

Some folks would call that area a man cave. She let's me do what I want in there.