10 Sea Kayak Fishing Tips

These 10 sea kayak fishing tips below are easy to follow. All of them represent fishing tactics that may be employed at certain times to maximize angling success. Listed below are ten sea kayak fishing tips.

1. First, try to select calm days for fishing. Calmer days on the ocean mean less paddling, and easier fishing, because fish in clear water have an easier time spotting baits, and you will have an easier time spotting fish in the water, if you are sight fishing.
   
2. Use a bottom rig with squid as bait just beyond the breakers (and an anchor) Anchor up about 100 feet off of the shore, and drop bait down, and wait. Often, cruising croaker, drum, and flounder will pick up the bait.
3. Anchor just offshore when the tide is moving, and through jigs. Using grubs and jigs, such as those made by Got-Cha, you can have great success by slowly working the waters of an incoming or outgoing tide. Fish, such as sea trout and drum often swim with the tide, and sometimes they will run into your lure, and gobble it up.
4. Cast spoons, and reel them quickly across the surface. Any bluefish or mackerel in the area will pounce on these without hesitation.
5. Using a light spoon and a rod holder, troll with your kayak. Set the spoon out about 200 feet, and paddle at a medium, steady pace up and down the coast, parallel to the shore.
6. Anchor up in an inlet during a changing tide, and fish with bait on a weighted bottom rig. Fish like flounder, spot, and drum will move through the inlet during the changing tide, and they will be more than happy to eat the bait.
7. Cast spoons out when you see no fish busting, and reel them slowly in, so that they work the middle and lower parts of the water column. When fish are not visibly busting bait on the surface, often they are feeding lower down.
8. Look for slicks. A slick is a small patch of oil on the surface, made from predatory fishes' feeding on baitfish, and their regurgitating some of the oil. Cast spoons and baitfish lures to slicks.
9. Try to visually locate a school of bait. If you can find a baitball of menhaden, often, other fish, such as cobia, bluefish, striped bass, and drum will be nearby.
10. Try to visually locate fish busting minnows on the surface. Cruise the shore, and if you find feeding fish, paddle up to them, and cast spoons or grubs, and bring them back through the feeding fish.

The above tactics form ten sea kayak fishing tips that should not be overlooked. If heading to the beach with your fishing kayak, consider all of these above, as they will certainly maximize your success.