Rod floats or leash? Which is better?

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Rod floats or leash? Which is better?

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Just trying to gather up some info to keep me from donating fishing rods to Neptune. Should I just use the BPS floats or skip them and use a leash attached to the yak in the even of a spill? What do you use?
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cant help ya here. i've never used either, nor have i donated any rods to the drink. lures, on the other hand. thats a different story.
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BK - I generally go with the leash for my lures :roll: I call it leader.
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I can't stand to have all those leashes tangled all over the place. Rod leash, paddle leash, anchor leash. Just to damn many things to go wrong. If I lose something, BAD on me :cry:
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I lost one rod a while ago. Now I use floats on all them. I don't even notice them.
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what kind of leash/float?? Can someone send a picture?
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gotcha...thanks, tim

the float seems to be ok but a leash on the rod does sound cumbersome :wink:
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I was thinking that the leash would only be attached to the stowed rods, not while casting.
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Once donated one of my setups to the salty drink for about 7 minutes in about 4 foot of water off of SGI. Got it off the bottom, poured a bottle of water all over it thoroughly, and continued fishing the rest of the day with it...landed my biggest red to date a couple of hours after that. Still fish with that reel to this date without any problems.

Still haven't gotten a float or a leash. I might give the float a try one of these days.
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I agree with bk. Except for I have used the floats like cotton and disliked them completly. Yes a few close calls here and their but my cat like reflexes plucked them from the water :mrgreen: I wouldn't use either but if you are so inclined and it works for you. Go for it!
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Looking forward to the tourney. The Forgotten Coast reminds me so much of the west side of Pensacola back 40 years ago.

I have lost two rod/reels off my kayak so now I am using floats on all my rods, inshore and off. I tried the leashes and hated them! I cut sections of pool noodles (the ones with a hollow center) and then slice lengthwise to wrap around the rods. If the hole is too big I cut out a lengthwise section. I first tried velcro strips to wrap the float but the line kept hanging up on the strips. I now use gorilla tape. Since using the floats I've dropped rod/reels in the water twice.
One of the two I didn't notice the rod/reel was off the kayak til I'd floated off a ways. The flourescent green pool noodle float made it easier to find. Have to clean the reel but that's better than the replacement costs.
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I have no experience with either. I have found, over the years, that I am more likely to break a rod than lose it. But I would think that the floats would be a lot less hassle than the leashes.
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Us older guys probably have more Garfield like cat reflexes. I'm going with floats just not sure how an 8' rod and reel will float with one- probably just enough foe someone else to find it after I lose it in the swells.
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