WAVEWALK KAYAKS

“I went out yesterday with a couple of the fellows from JaxKayak.  We hit the Pellicer area around 8:45AM and had a heck of nice day despite the lack of landed fish.  Saw huge schools of redfish in some cases smaller groups of 6 to 8 fish would swim by within inches of our kayaks.  The weather was beautiful and the area magnificent with it’s scenery.  The water was like gin and in the deeper sections blue in color.  I’ve attached a couple of shots I took when we landed for a quick lunch.  That’s my friend Jeff Moran sitting in the W getting his waders off.  It was the only place to sit comfortably where he could do that.  His little [SOT fishing kayak] was not the place to try wrestling waders off, you need to sit upright for that and the W was the only place.  I spent quite a bit of time standing and paddling the W searching for reds.  It’s times like that you appreciate a kayak you really can stand in and paddle.  I was stable, balanced, and quite comfortable, something any of the sit on top boats could not be said of.

One of the fellows I fished with had a sit on top [brand name] kayak.  When we got out for lunch I noticed he was wearing rain pants on a bright sunny day.  He said he had to wear them because his seat was always wet.  Looking at his kayak, no kidding!  He had nearly 4 inches of water in the seat well that kept coming in the front scupper holes and running back to fill the seat depression.  Got to wonder what the designers were thinking.  Of course I made the comment about how dry my seat was all the time.  We even got into the discussion of comfortable seats in a kayak.  The name [brand] came up and they do indeed make a wonderful seat.  But that means you buy a boat and still have to add another nearly 200 dollars to find comfort.  I of course mentioned how the W already has the best seat in kayaking and it comes as standard equipment.  We are planning a trip Tuesday to Mosquito Lagoon, it’s always best if you can to go there during the week.

–Jeff”

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