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Location: Lower Peninsula | I am on the younger side and don’t currently have a boat. I fish for large pike and musky from my kayak (used a fishing paddle board until this spring). I really enjoy it and will continue to use my kayak even after I get the boat situation resolved next season. The exercise aspect that is already there with musky fishing (ripping rubber, burning blades, working a glider, etc) gets multiplied by relocating and setting up drifts. The wind is killer in small crafts and anchoring constantly is frankly inefficient at covering water. I only drop an anchor is I am working a particular fish.. The best part is how you can adjust your location with bucktails. It’s almost like a castable trolling motor lol. You can also adjust your direction by leaning and such. The only downside is that it can really beat you up after several hours of standing/sitting/paddling/casting.
I haven’t had any problems while fighting fish. I have caught two 40” musky boatside while standing now (other further out too) and balance was the last thing in my mind while fighting them. I haven’t fallen in yet but I tend to drop stuff here and there… |
