Thanks for clearing that up James. I deleted the other post. When you started talking gear and rigging, I was totally tuned in. We're gonna do a fishing camp out up there soon. Tight lines!
Another great video! I'll be up there middle of next week. Got lucky and scored a site at Shannon Creek. I keep watching you and Tyler and praying I remember all the great advice and tips you share. Thanks so much, hopefully I won't be a sockeye virgin much longer!! 😂 Chonker!
You luck dawg!! I’ll be hopping back from Park Creek, Boulder and Swift next week! I’ll see you for launches Shannon is my spot:) Everything is share is honest and in the spirit of helping! Approach it like Kokanee and always be ready and you’ll get some on ice! Thanks for you for the kind words 🙏🙏
What do you mean by double D type flasher ? You mean like and Abe and Al type flasher that rotates 360? Dodgers flash side to side, a 180 half rotation. Thank you James.
@@user-zy3zd3sx2d You should check out my newest video, I give a pretty detailed description of gear used. A Double D is dodger made by Mack’s Lure it’s the standard at the lake Chrome 8inch. A dodger goes side to side a flasher goes 360 is how I understood it yes. I tried a flasher earlier in video, wouldn’t work because troll speed is too slow.
@@Fishfuzzlove Thanks James for the DD info. And here we thought that was a bra size. Who knows what trolling that might catch. Double strikes. l landed a slap in the face! lol
@Fishfuzzlove too be not sure nameof the launch site we got on water from. It was packed with people we were on the far side away from the dam. Got out late it got hot but was a lot of fun.
This was great man, nice work! About to be up there Thurs afternoon and Fri morning, maybe through the day depending on how the bite is. Thanks for the awesome tips, tight lines brother!
@@Fishfuzzlove We ended up going the following week instead, but we had the same experience. Got one solid bite but it didn't stick... Only saw a couple fish netted the whole day. This year's return looks like it'll be a lot lower than forecast; it sure was beautiful up there though! Now to get after the Puget Sound Coho 🎣
Thanks man! Yep it’s the Featherlight. It’s a medium/light so it’s got just enough load it up with 4oz and haven’t had any issues. Definitely makes things a little sporty🤠
I think I should do a video just on the terminology! There’s a lot to unpack and some of it just sounds hilarious 😂 I’ve got just a lil saved for ya buddy;)
@@scottsavinski9311 Nice good spot for boats to launch not so much a kayaker haha. I had Camping July24th-August 3rd this years early run messed it all up for me. By the time I got there for camping and fishing the lake was pretty much dead!
BWAHAHAHAHA! the MVP of Kayak fishing. I use a 2 litre Sunrype plastic jug because coffee. Also, hte ongoing joke at our campsites is: " remember I never bring Apple juice fishing"
hahaha love it! I think there’s also something to the seat position of the kayak, I swear I’ve had days where I pissed 5 times in 4hrs lol Gatorade bottles are pretty handy too
@@Fishfuzzlove I think for health purposes being aware of how much you piss out is a good thing. Alarming how quickly that sunrype bottle fills up. I need to drink more water. Hey tell me why you have your rod holders angling back? The way you them set up. I just got a pair of Yak Attack Omegas, found out after some folks have lost their rods. Question is... I would have thought the tips in front so you can see when they twitch. AND pointing them back there's a better chance they slip out?
@@AW-xv7dq Water is very important👍 Do you have a pedal drive yak? If so you might want to get the 8in extensions otherwise butt of Rod will be in pedaling path. I use Omegas they are great, never lost anything. I know how to use the drag;) always keep loose. I also have one with dual screws into track just in case. It’s very secure. I angle them back purely for the viewer, I personally love seeing the take downs it’s my favorite part haha. My fishstincts;) are at an all time high, I can can now detect a bite minutes before it happens! Working on my picking up their scent to make it even easier😂😂
@@AW-xv7dq I haven’t been up since four me of July. I fished it 8 days at the end of July and only got 3:/. Fishing was really tough when I was there. I hear it kinda picked up the past couple weeks. This is the last week, hope you have some luck!
Argh it’s does get windy! I was there last Weds morning and around 9:30a it got really breezy to the point it was hard to steer the boat I was in. Was it a zoo or did it calm down a bit? Saturday was crazy busy.
I planned to make a video about my setup still might.. But I have 12v 100ah battery I keep in truck, then 12v freezer. I also have a Jackery 300 that powers my FoodSaver for vacuum sealing. Thanks for stopping by👋
@@Fishfuzzlove Thank you. We are heading to Baker next Wednesday for 4 days of camping on the east side and try our hand on fishing. Learned a lot from you. Keep putting out those videos.
@@kylejackson5491 Tigh lines bud! Bring some short leaders 8in small beads to hooks, things changed from start of season, hoochies and 10-15 in leaders weren’t working for me like they had been. Thanks for stopping by and kind words means a lot:)
With 4oz I’m usually back between 35-55 ft. Usually I’ll start out 40ft on 1 rod and 50ft on the other and go from there. Trolling slow like I do I feel it keeps my gear pretty close to the depth I figure 40ft on counter and I’m fishing 35ft deep.
Do you only fish the noisy creek area? I took my pontoon out to baker lake the other day and that’s wayyy to far for me with my battery launching out of panarama point. Don’t think I could make it from the swift creek launch either. Wondering if there’s fish around within a mile of either of the launches. As I only get about 5-6 hours of battery life for my trolling motor battery and have a top speed of 3mph. Thanks
All this action is actually more on the Shannon Creek side. Yeah that’s tough with just a trolling motor, I think Gas motor is your best bet to get out there and trolling motor to fish. You could also look into get a Lithium battery they last longer and much lighter. Starting to come down in price 350$. At 3mph it will take about 15-20 mins to get to fishing grounds, I’m sure there are still fish around other areas but my experience has been fishing the main bubble that everyone fishes.
@@user-pp4nd6ty1p If you head straight out from PSE launch there’s a little honey hole I hear but for the most part people only fish it when there’s a big drop of fish at the dam or if they just aren’t biting on the other end. I’ve got about 15 hrs there over 3 days in 2021 without a nibble.
@@user-pp4nd6ty1p in this video launched from Shannon, but I’ve launched from Swift and Panorama too. Shannon trailers can only park if you’re camping at Shannon.
Too many Rainiers I’m fat. But for real the Salty this Kayak has a problem with collecting some water when leaning up even with my scupper plugs in. Bothered me a lot at first now I just live with it.
@@somewherefishing382 I might give it one more shot. I fished it pretty hard July 24-29 and Aug 1-3 only took home 3 fish. There’s some sort of late season trick I just don’t know it yet!
Nice job!
Well done sir! Getting jacked about this Baker Lake Sockeye season!
Thanks! It can’t get here fast enough!! Say hi if you see me out there🤜
@@Fishfuzzlove I definitely will! I’m in a black 16’ smoker craft. What color is your yak?
great pointers! Baker lake is on my bucket list!
Thanks man! Cant wait to get back out there! Make it happen you won’t regret it:)
Thanks for clearing that up James. I deleted the other post. When you started talking gear and rigging, I was totally tuned in. We're gonna do a fishing camp out up there soon. Tight lines!
No worries at all! Thank you for your support! I’m currently packing for 10 days of fish camping at Baker:) Hope you do well! Tight lines👍
@@Fishfuzzlove Maybe we'll cross paths That would be cool. I shared this video. Is it ok?
Another great video! I'll be up there middle of next week. Got lucky and scored a site at Shannon Creek. I keep watching you and Tyler and praying I remember all the great advice and tips you share. Thanks so much, hopefully I won't be a sockeye virgin much longer!! 😂 Chonker!
You luck dawg!! I’ll be hopping back from Park Creek, Boulder and Swift next week! I’ll see you for launches Shannon is my spot:) Everything is share is honest and in the spirit of helping! Approach it like Kokanee and always be ready and you’ll get some on ice! Thanks for you for the kind words 🙏🙏
What do you mean by double D type flasher ? You mean like and Abe and Al type flasher that rotates 360? Dodgers flash side to side, a 180 half rotation. Thank you James.
@@user-zy3zd3sx2d You should check out my newest video, I give a pretty detailed description of gear used. A Double D is dodger made by Mack’s Lure it’s the standard at the lake Chrome 8inch. A dodger goes side to side a flasher goes 360 is how I understood it yes. I tried a flasher earlier in video, wouldn’t work because troll speed is too slow.
@@Fishfuzzlove Thanks James for the DD info. And here we thought that was a bra size. Who knows what trolling that might catch. Double strikes. l landed a slap in the face! lol
Awesome video. I was out on Saturday. 1st time ever there. No fish caught lol. Yet the views were spectacular
Thanks for the info.
Saturdays views were pretty great! What area did you fish? Hope you get back out! I’ve been skunked many times there
@Fishfuzzlove too be not sure nameof the launch site we got on water from. It was packed with people we were on the far side away from the dam. Got out late it got hot but was a lot of fun.
This was great man, nice work! About to be up there Thurs afternoon and Fri morning, maybe through the day depending on how the bite is. Thanks for the awesome tips, tight lines brother!
Hey thanks for the nice comment! How did you do up there? It was very slow for me.. Hoping to get back at least one for time this year.
@@Fishfuzzlove We ended up going the following week instead, but we had the same experience. Got one solid bite but it didn't stick... Only saw a couple fish netted the whole day. This year's return looks like it'll be a lot lower than forecast; it sure was beautiful up there though! Now to get after the Puget Sound Coho 🎣
Awesome stuff man! It was nice to meet you there. Glad you did decently well! Hope to see you out on the water again. Happy Fishing, ~ Seng
Thanks for your support!:) good times bro! I dug your diy transport idea gave me some ideas! Tight lines🎣
Nice work at BL! Is that an Eagle Claw Feather Light? I use those for trout/kokanee but didn't think it had the back bone for sockeye.
Thanks man! Yep it’s the Featherlight. It’s a medium/light so it’s got just enough load it up with 4oz and haven’t had any issues. Definitely makes things a little sporty🤠
As always a lot of good info! Some of the terminology is wild but I’m starting to get a hang of it. Save me some smoked salmon 😂
I think I should do a video just on the terminology! There’s a lot to unpack and some of it just sounds hilarious 😂 I’ve got just a lil saved for ya buddy;)
I also caught a fish on my kayak up in Baker last year on the piss break. Basically jigging a dodger and shrimp lol
Hahaha love it! Say hi if you see me out there this year!
words to live by:
"If you have shit action, you're not gonna catch any fish"
haha new sub
@@GER0E Hahaha thanks! I’ve got jokes but I’m the only one that thinks they’re funny 🤣
Great vid... I was fishing it from July 8th -12th we got our limits every day.... I enjoyed your video.... I was one of those 200 boats lol
I really wish I was able to get camping during that first couple weeks! Fishing was so good! Can’t wait for next year! Thanks for stopping by:)
@@Fishfuzzlove ya l stayed at Kulshan campground...
@@scottsavinski9311 Nice good spot for boats to launch not so much a kayaker haha. I had Camping July24th-August 3rd this years early run messed it all up for me. By the time I got there for camping and fishing the lake was pretty much dead!
Always slaying!!! Cool video
Slaying or Skunking there’s no in between for me hahaha Thanks for stopping by!
BWAHAHAHAHA! the MVP of Kayak fishing. I use a 2 litre Sunrype plastic jug because coffee. Also, hte ongoing joke at our campsites is: " remember I never bring Apple juice fishing"
hahaha love it! I think there’s also something to the seat position of the kayak, I swear I’ve had days where I pissed 5 times in 4hrs lol Gatorade bottles are pretty handy too
@@Fishfuzzlove I think for health purposes being aware of how much you piss out is a good thing. Alarming how quickly that sunrype bottle fills up. I need to drink more water. Hey tell me why you have your rod holders angling back? The way you them set up. I just got a pair of Yak Attack Omegas, found out after some folks have lost their rods. Question is... I would have thought the tips in front so you can see when they twitch. AND pointing them back there's a better chance they slip out?
@@AW-xv7dq Water is very important👍 Do you have a pedal drive yak? If so you might want to get the 8in extensions otherwise butt of Rod will be in pedaling path. I use Omegas they are great, never lost anything. I know how to use the drag;) always keep loose. I also have one with dual screws into track just in case. It’s very secure. I angle them back purely for the viewer, I personally love seeing the take downs it’s my favorite part haha. My fishstincts;) are at an all time high, I can can now detect a bite minutes before it happens! Working on my picking up their scent to make it even easier😂😂
yeah brother, just got in the game with a pedal kayak. Thanks for the tips.... hows the fishing at Baker lately? Still catching hogs?
@@AW-xv7dq I haven’t been up since four me of July. I fished it 8 days at the end of July and only got 3:/. Fishing was really tough when I was there. I hear it kinda picked up the past couple weeks. This is the last week, hope you have some luck!
Can do a video to show the rigging you use for the Sockeye? Thanks
I think that’s a good idea 👍 I’ll see if I can get one done in the next couple days.
@@Fishfuzzlove Awesome Thanks!
@@NghiaPham-xi5so I posted a new video on the rig, let me know what you think!
Just got home from Baker, got nothing today, about 0.5-1 ft waves most of the morning.
Argh it’s does get windy! I was there last Weds morning and around 9:30a it got really breezy to the point it was hard to steer the boat I was in. Was it a zoo or did it calm down a bit? Saturday was crazy busy.
@@Fishfuzzlove The wind kept coming and going the waves never really calmed down so I just called it a day.
@@Fishfuzzlove Definitely a lot less people than in your video.
When camping for long amount of time how do you process and keep your fish?
I planned to make a video about my setup still might.. But I have 12v 100ah battery I keep in truck, then 12v freezer. I also have a Jackery 300 that powers my FoodSaver for vacuum sealing. Thanks for stopping by👋
@@Fishfuzzlove Thank you. We are heading to Baker next Wednesday for 4 days of camping on the east side and try our hand on fishing. Learned a lot from you. Keep putting out those videos.
@@kylejackson5491 Tigh lines bud! Bring some short leaders 8in small beads to hooks, things changed from start of season, hoochies and 10-15 in leaders weren’t working for me like they had been. Thanks for stopping by and kind words means a lot:)
How far out do you go on your line counting reels?
With 4oz I’m usually back between 35-55 ft. Usually I’ll start out 40ft on 1 rod and 50ft on the other and go from there. Trolling slow like I do I feel it keeps my gear pretty close to the depth I figure 40ft on counter and I’m fishing 35ft deep.
Do you only fish the noisy creek area? I took my pontoon out to baker lake the other day and that’s wayyy to far for me with my battery launching out of panarama point. Don’t think I could make it from the swift creek launch either. Wondering if there’s fish around within a mile of either of the launches. As I only get about 5-6 hours of battery life for my trolling motor battery and have a top speed of 3mph. Thanks
All this action is actually more on the Shannon Creek side. Yeah that’s tough with just a trolling motor, I think Gas motor is your best bet to get out there and trolling motor to fish. You could also look into get a Lithium battery they last longer and much lighter. Starting to come down in price 350$. At 3mph it will take about 15-20 mins to get to fishing grounds, I’m sure there are still fish around other areas but my experience has been fishing the main bubble that everyone fishes.
@@Fishfuzzlove is there fish by the dam On the south end?
@@user-pp4nd6ty1p If you head straight out from PSE launch there’s a little honey hole I hear but for the most part people only fish it when there’s a big drop of fish at the dam or if they just aren’t biting on the other end. I’ve got about 15 hrs there over 3 days in 2021 without a nibble.
Do you launch from panorama or swift creek?
@@user-pp4nd6ty1p in this video launched from Shannon, but I’ve launched from Swift and Panorama too. Shannon trailers can only park if you’re camping at Shannon.
With the pro trolls its better to use them going much faster at coho speeds, 3-3.5 mph.
They will troll slower 1.5-2.5 11in ones, I was using for pinks over the past couple weekends. .5 is definitely too slow though haha
@@Fishfuzzlove oh yeah they work great too at those speeds
Why is there so much water in your yak?
Too many Rainiers I’m fat. But for real the Salty this Kayak has a problem with collecting some water when leaning up even with my scupper plugs in. Bothered me a lot at first now I just live with it.
@@Fishfuzzlove got ya lol I thought you might have had a crack or something. Good job on your catch. You headed back to baker lake anytime soon ?
@@somewherefishing382 I might give it one more shot. I fished it pretty hard July 24-29 and Aug 1-3 only took home 3 fish. There’s some sort of late season trick I just don’t know it yet!
What pound test main line do you use for the sockeye?
@@adamnoga-styron7882 10-12lb same setup I use for kokanee