-”I was out yesterday much closer to home over at Pellicer. I was by myself and had quite bit of time to reflect on the W kayak and just how well it does work for fishing.
It was raining yesterday and of course you have to be able to keep some items dry. Having those 2 Rubbermaid trash cans one on each side in front of me is ideal. They slide very easily out of the way and in fact deep enough in you can still tuck up into the bow with your knees in the hulls to fight larger fish.
Between the two cans I have all the tackle I need plus drinks, snacks, and assorted tools.
When I transport the boat I put both cans into one hull still out of the rain by the way. The other hull gets the paddle, stakeout pole, net, etc.
I’ll have to do another short video of moving those cans around. I think the only place I really moved one was in that rigging one months back.
Dragging the W kayak is so much easier than any other paddle craft. Yesterday I had lots of dragging over sand bars to get where I wanted. Most kayaks or canoes are horrible to drag. Way too much hull contact and then they tip around throwing your gear all over. Also retry into deeper sections is easy. Just hop in at the edge and tip you way into the water then off you go. Kind of like the ice paddling movie.
–Jeff”
And since this blog is about fun, here’s the movie that Jeff mentioned:
It’s interesting (and fun) to watch, but I think 2-3 minutes would have been enough.
QS
It has interesting things to watch near the end, but I agree it should have been shorter…
-Cole
Now we’re all waiting for Jeff’s movie on kayak fishing gear storage management!
Needless to remind everybody that paddling and fishing in icy water is extremely dangerous, and one shouldn’t try to perform any of the stunts shown in this movie under any circumstance.
Yoav