The Last Coco

Everything kentwood and upriver is very closed in. Lots of deadfall. I usually put in and just go upriver a little ways picking apart the cover.

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Worst part is the strainers on rivers. Just be cautious. Only takes a few minutes to stop and check something out before paddling into it.

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I am both equally adept at pointing out, locating and advising other folks on how to avoid hazards on the water as I am at failing to take my own advice ans getting caught in them.

The obviously dangerous spots never get me - I can deal with those fine. Its the sneaky ones. I am good for 1 good kayak flip/yr it seems.

For your first trips, i would pack light and focus on paddling. The northshore/coastal plain rivers are tricky in that you are ALWAYS moving. Its a true float. Many of the other rivers I have fished are fall-pool where you move quickly for short stretches and then hit dead water. The tangi, bogue chitto, amite, etc... dont work that way so you have to always be mindful or boat positioning even when casting and fighting fish.

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So far its been great. Takes me up river in the hill country rivers and has done great on the flats. It will spook reds just like my trolling motor so you have to consider that. I will say im running a 38.4v 50 amp battery. At full throttle it will go fast. Probably 1.5 hours by my estimate. Pull back to 7/8 throttle and I have ridden 6 hours in a day covered about 10 miles and used 70% of battery. Im testing a 56v tomorrow to see if I can get up past 6.2 mph. I know its only gonna last 10ins though. Its a 5amp battery for a weedeater

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That all sounds great.

Does it paddle somewhat decently? And what rivers have you taken it down? Im so pumped for my upcoming llano trip.

I remember you mentioned the San Marcos. What stretches are you targeting?

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Nado Jenkins83

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fluxjet

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How much do you love it? For shallow rivers it looks amazing.

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Ended up finding a RVR for a trade I was willing to make.

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Sweet. Thats a great kayak.

These LIV Fishing EZ Tackle Bags are great for bags of soft plastics. Their only downfall is they arent waterproof.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire

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Kurt Ainsworth (Olympic gold in Sydney 2000)
Both Nolas
Josh Smith
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Emory Jones
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Lots of good ones from CHS

Yeah the rod is really only there to work the jig. It needs to not be overloaded by the jig or else it wont pitch it. If youre going to try it with a bass/inshore rod, you want one with a responsive tip - one that, once deflected, returns back to stationary quickly and doesnt wobble a lot. Stay away from glass or composite rods. Usually higher modulus graphite is better.

You do NOT use the rod to fight the fish in traditional spj. You lift the entire rod up and down parralel to water surface if needed but really use the reel to winch in the fish.

In order for the jig action to activate and flutter, those jigs need to be "pitched". The spj rods load and then pitch the jig at the top of your stroke. This allows the jig to be "thrown" under water instead of just raised and lowered like on a speed jigging setup.

ETA: theyll still flutter on the fall (especially higher flutter designs) and lots of fish are caught on the fall. So its not a total loss.

Speed jigging is intended to mimic a fleeing bait fish, where slow pitch is trying to imitate a dying bait fish.

I imagine a big glide bait would work. The japanese use a ton of artificials on nearshore saltwater species similar to grouper and snapper. Just need the right equipment.

There are some smaller "trolling" baits that you could definitely fish like a crankbait.

Or those giant spinnerbaits LanierSpots is making.

Micro SPJ stuff as well. Ive got a rod I built thats rated down to 30g thatd be perfect for that.

AI is great at aggregating large volumes of disparate data, making connections and drawing conclusions. Using it as a jumping off point for fishing tips and techniques on a body of water seems right up its alley, especially on well known, heavily reported lakes, rivers, and estuary systems. It will struggle with adapting to real time data but it can easily interpret long term trends.

It may also be adept at making analogous conclusions on less reported scenarios, but I would expect those to be lower in return value.