Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Tested out the new kayak rack system and put my fishing yak in at Cedar in the middle of the day.  A dumb time to go in summer, but it's what I had open and there was occasional clouds and a steady breeze.  I also brought out my bait caster for the first time in 2 years.  It really showed, but I was able to get enough good casts off.  Picked up a LMB on my first cast with a green/purple Senko rigged conventionally.  Played around with wacky rigging and rigging from the tapered side without success.  Then switched to my favorite tactic of just throwing plugs all over the place.  After an hour and a half picked up two more on square billed crankbaits, one firetiger and the other purple. 

No great size, all three fish are 8-9" long.  Locations are obvious for midday summer: both crankbait fish hit within half a foot out from standing cattails, the senko fish was 8-10 feet out from shore on the bottom.  Good to shake the rust off and try the foam block "rack."  Hope I can get out some more on the yak.