YFT and wahoo from the kayak! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

JohnMckroidJr · 10-07-2015, 11:35 AM

Awesome catches, Congrats ! Being how much the Japanese love fish, I would have thought that their waters are fished pretty hard/picked clean -- surprised to see big catches like that right off the coast near a major population...and you caught them on rapalas....not even live bait....outstanding !

lowprofile · 10-07-2015, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

Awesome catches, Congrats ! Being how much the Japanese love fish, I would have thought that their waters are fished pretty hard/picked clean -- surprised to see big catches like that right off the coast near a major population...and you caught them on rapalas....not even live bait....outstanding !

A lot of people are under the same assumption and I don't know why. They eat a lot of fish but they eat the whole fish. The only thing that's really overfished is bluefin tuna but that's world wide.

kurt · 10-07-2015, 07:39 PM

Wow! Awesome stuff there!

Oxbeast1210 · 10-07-2015, 08:19 PM

Sweet !! i ned to get stationed in Japan again had not got into kayak fishing when I was there.

philr21 · 10-13-2015, 01:00 AM

Thanks guys. One of the yellowtail this weekend hit the X-Rap. They definitely work. I noticed my older ones have pretty bad internal rust problems though, so bad the wire rusted through and hook fell off one of my 30 Magnums. They work well but be prepared to change them out even after washing them. The lure I got the yellowfin on has water inside.

The new rod leashes worked great for trolling, made for good hook holders on the big lures too!

Sully1 · 10-14-2015, 08:40 PM

Well done Bud!

Rufus · 10-17-2015, 03:55 PM

Phil,

It looks lonely out there. Is there a Japanese kayak scene or is it all gaijin??

Rufus · 10-17-2015, 04:35 PM

Phil, is there a Japanese kayak scene or is it all gaijin?

Geno Machino · 10-18-2015, 11:00 AM

Simply...RAD!!!

Nice Work!!

Looked like fun!

Geno

King Saba · 10-15-2015, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by philr21

The new rod leashes worked great for trolling, made for good hook holders on the big lures too!

See they're not so bad. I would be so nervous to use a set-up like yours without leashes.

sculpins4bait · 10-18-2015, 12:14 PM

those leashes look sweet any idea where i can buy some?

10-07-2015, 07:39 PM	#3
kurt Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: 2 inches above sea level Posts: 502	Wow! Awesome stuff there! __________________ "All I got was a rock"

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philr21 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Yokosuka, Japan Posts: 228	Thanks guys. One of the yellowtail this weekend hit the X-Rap. They definitely work. I noticed my older ones have pretty bad internal rust problems though, so bad the wire rusted through and hook fell off one of my 30 Magnums. They work well but be prepared to change them out even after washing them. The lure I got the yellowfin on has water inside. The new rod leashes worked great for trolling, made for good hook holders on the big lures too! Last edited by philr21; 10-13-2015 at 03:25 AM.

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Sully1 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Beach Posts: 275	Well done Bud! __________________

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Geno Machino "Relax" Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: O'side Posts: 553	Simply...RAD!!! Nice Work!! Looked like fun! Geno __________________

10-07-2015, 11:35 AM	#1
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,876	Awesome catches, Congrats ! Being how much the Japanese love fish, I would have thought that their waters are fished pretty hard/picked clean -- surprised to see big catches like that right off the coast near a major population...and you caught them on rapalas....not even live bait....outstanding !

10-07-2015, 08:19 PM	#4
Oxbeast1210 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 421	Sweet !! i ned to get stationed in Japan again had not got into kayak fishing when I was there.

10-17-2015, 03:55 PM	#7
Rufus Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ocean Beach Posts: 90	Phil, It looks lonely out there. Is there a Japanese kayak scene or is it all gaijin??

10-17-2015, 04:35 PM	#8
Rufus Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ocean Beach Posts: 90	Phil, is there a Japanese kayak scene or is it all gaijin?

10-18-2015, 12:14 PM	#11
sculpins4bait Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: SD Posts: 104	those leashes look sweet any idea where i can buy some?