|
Post by bigd7400 on Feb 12, 2014 17:24:21 GMT -5
Hey everyone! New to the site from Wirtz in franklin county. I am currently fishing out of an Old Town Predator 13. I fish quite a bit on smith mountain and philpott as well as the James around Buchanan. I hope to get involved in some yak tournaments in the future and love chasing just about anything that swims.
|
|
|
Post by bronzbackhunter on Feb 12, 2014 19:10:41 GMT -5
Welcome,i am sure you will enjoy the forum.
|
|
|
Post by wvfisherman on Feb 12, 2014 19:56:22 GMT -5
Welcome aboard from the west side. Never fished phillpott always wanted to, but have spent a lot of time on buggs island.
|
|
|
Post by bigd7400 on Feb 12, 2014 21:09:15 GMT -5
Welcome aboard from the west side. Never fished phillpott always wanted to, but have spent a lot of time on buggs island. Big fan of Buggs! I usually go down and camp and catch tons of cats
|
|
|
Post by uncross on Feb 13, 2014 20:15:20 GMT -5
welcome to site, How do you like the Predator, I;ve seen them in stores, and read good things.
|
|
|
Post by bigd7400 on Feb 14, 2014 17:27:50 GMT -5
The predator is great! It has just about everything I could want in a fishing yak and is super comfortable. I will say I haven't tried out any of the other comparable yaks from other brands but my buddy has a Native Slayer 14.5 and the predator matches up well with it but has more in-hull storage. Its pretty heavy but stable and dry and the mounting plates are nice already have some yak attack tracks mounted up.
|
|
irons
Full Member
Posts: 106
|
Post by irons on Feb 14, 2014 20:53:10 GMT -5
bigd7400… welcome to the forum. i live here in Martinsville and fish philpott lake regularly for walleye as well as Smith mt lake for striper. Hit me up sometime and maybe we can fish together.
|
|
|
Post by Kayaksticks on Feb 15, 2014 20:34:32 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. I live on the Bedford side of the lake. I fish SML quit a bit but more until recently out of a bass boat. Something about a kayak on SML with a bunch of power boats makes me nervous. But that's going to change with my new yak. I also fish the James quite a bit. Never been to phillpot.
|
|
|
Post by lakefisher7 on Feb 16, 2014 14:13:12 GMT -5
Welcome to the site. I also fish sml and philpott around crafts church and salt house. Maybe we can fish together sometime along with irons.
|
|
|
Post by philipgoldwing on Feb 16, 2014 18:06:42 GMT -5
Welcome to the site BigD. The more the merrier! I've only fished the James once with Bronzebackhunter. Floated from I think under Rt. 81 and took out in Buchanan. It was a nice float and plenty of smallies. I'm wanting to learn more about the James and get up there more often. I almost exclusively fish the New.
|
|
|
Post by bigd7400 on Feb 18, 2014 20:45:12 GMT -5
bigd7400… welcome to the forum. i live here in Martinsville and fish philpott lake regularly for walleye as well as Smith mt lake for striper. Hit me up sometime and maybe we can fish together. Love to! I've actually been wanting to try for some walleye on philpott just not sure where to start or how to go about it. Thinking of going Thursday as a matter of fact! Hit me up I'm off weird days wed Thurs and Sunday.
|
|
|
Post by bigd7400 on Feb 18, 2014 20:47:47 GMT -5
Welcome to the site BigD. The more the merrier! I've only fished the James once with Bronzebackhunter. Floated from I think under Rt. 81 and took out in Buchanan. It was a nice float and plenty of smallies. I'm wanting to learn more about the James and get up there more often. I almost exclusively fish the New. If you ever need some info on the name feel free to ask. I actually fish it more from Buchanan down past Arcadia less people better scenery and great fishimg
|
|
|
Post by bigd7400 on Feb 18, 2014 20:50:25 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. I live on the Bedford side of the lake. I fish SML quit a bit but more until recently out of a bass boat. Something about a kayak on SML with a bunch of power boats makes me nervous. But that's going to change with my new yak. I also fish the James quite a bit. Never been to phillpot. I fish SML more than just about anywhere due to convenience and all out of a yak. Its not bad til summer and once summer hits as crazy as it sounds I fish it at night. Usually stay between hardy bridge and Moormans marina in coves and such.
|
|
|
Post by bigd7400 on Feb 18, 2014 20:52:05 GMT -5
Welcome to the site. I also fish sml and philpott around crafts church and salt house. Maybe we can fish together sometime along with irons. Definitely! Like I posted above my days off are kind of strange wed Thurs and Sundays off but if I ain't working I'm yakin so shoot me a line
|
|
|
Post by Kayaksticks on Feb 18, 2014 20:54:27 GMT -5
Welcome aboard. I live on the Bedford side of the lake. I fish SML quit a bit but more until recently out of a bass boat. Something about a kayak on SML with a bunch of power boats makes me nervous. But that's going to change with my new yak. I also fish the James quite a bit. Never been to phillpot. I fish SML more than just about anywhere due to convenience and all out of a yak. Its not bad til summer and once summer hits as crazy as it sounds I fish it at night. Usually stay between hardy bridge and Moormans marina in coves and such. Once I get my new yak all setup that's all I'm looking to use. In fact my bass boat is up for sale. I've never fished that Dar up the lake in the summer time. Great fall striper fishing up that way. You ever go out and want someone to tag along let me know.
|
|