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trlcavscout
06-11-2017, 16:27
Anybody here into the kayaks? I sold my boat a few years ago and have wanted a kayak for fishing for years and today I finally bought one. Now I just need to get some experience and find some good places to get that experience.

Alpha2
06-11-2017, 16:47
Stop by a fly-fishing shop. They'll know all about it. Not familiar with Greeley shops, though.

DFBrews
06-11-2017, 16:55
I have a stand up paddle board and have done a small amount of fishing off of it

Erni
06-11-2017, 17:35
Union reservoir has fishing and allows kayaks and sail boats. Not sure if both at same time is allowed, but not too far from Greeley.

Mercula
06-11-2017, 17:57
Wife and I have 10ft kayaks we got from cabelas , added rod holders , fished from a few times at cherry creek res , and a couple times at Georgetown . Not tons of experience but everything seemed to test my patience just that little bit more ! Lol.

JohnnyDrama
06-11-2017, 21:29
Congratulations on your purchase. I bought a 14 foot touring boat 18 years ago and have had a blast with it. A cool thing about kayaks is that they can go many places larger boats can't. I began fishing from it shortly thereafter and have caught fish in it for 16 years or so. I mostly troll, but, if the water is calm I'll cast. It's a whole different kind of fishing out of a small hand propelled boat. I've been pulled around by bass that were too small to keep and when a fair to middlin' trout gets ahold of your line it's real fun. I put a rod holder on a piece of scrap aluminum I picked up at the scrap yard and can stick that under the deck bungees for fishing. That way the rod holder is removable. I checked the photography archives and couldn't find any images of my boat and fishing rig but hopefully I can get some this coming weekend (shooting can wait).

earplug
06-12-2017, 08:42
If your on Facebook check out the Colorado Kayak page. Lots of information. Horsetooth is a great place to fish from your kayak.70937

Martinjmpr
06-12-2017, 08:48
My wife fishes all the time off of her 9' flat-top (sit-on-top) Kayak. She pulled about 6 fish out of Navajo Reservoir a couple of weeks ago. We've had the 'yaks for about 4 years now and we use them a lot.

She's a die hard fly fisher but found that a shorter spin-casting rod works better in the kayak.

JohnnyDrama
06-18-2017, 18:25
Here's a picture of my boat and fishing rig. I landed two nice rainbows and a little bass. Not much for several hours but lots of strikes in between to keep it exciting. 70974

Bailey Guns
06-18-2017, 20:58
Don't fish. But Mrs BG and I just bought a couple of these. Hoping to get out on the river...in a very calm spot...in the next few days.

https://north40.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/i/lifetime_10ft_tamarack_kayak_red_1056938_b.jpg

earplug
06-19-2017, 09:59
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