Friday, I finally took my electric kayak out on Swartswood Lake, looking for walleye. I still have some kinks I have to work out with my electric kayak, as she would not run once I got her to the boat launch. After some tweaking (loose connection inside my plastic tube), I finally got out on the water, and it was nice. She shot through the water like a torpedo and while heading across the lake, I could sit back, relax and set up my lines. I cannot tell you what a convenience an electric kayak is.
Once I started fishing, I found the West side of Swartswood just booming with structure. There is a point on the west side in which it gets very shallow, with a pair of rocks jetting up about 40 yards off shore and a weed line. As trolled my down-rigger down the drop off, that is where I caught my 16 3/4 inch smallie below.
I ended up on the south side of the lake around 8:30 and decided to head home, north, across the open part of the lake and into the wind. This is where it got a little hairy for me. With my 12-volt deep cell battery in the bow of my boat, the nose still cut through the wake, but the water would splash into my kayak. With so much additional weight in the kayak (battery, trolling motor and myself), I did not dare pull the the scupper plug. Again, having a trolling motor and being hands free, I was able to bail water on the trip home.
Pretty sure the next time I will finally catch that elusive walleye.
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