Comments on: Is Rigging Your W Fishing Kayak With a Milk Crate Necessary? http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/05/29/is-rigging-your-w-fishing-kayak-with-a-milk-crate-necessary/ The World's Best Fishing Kayaks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:18:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: W kayak http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/05/29/is-rigging-your-w-fishing-kayak-with-a-milk-crate-necessary/#comment-4788 W kayak Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:16:48 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=296#comment-4788 Gary, Since sooner or later you're bound to hook a big fish from your W500, you'd better have a look at this article about what to do when this happens: http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/01/22/the-w-kayak-combat-position-for-fighting-a-big-fish/ This is not a theoretical thing, but a proven trick that's going to save you time and energy. Yoav Gary,

Since sooner or later you’re bound to hook a big fish from your W500, you’d better have a look at this article about what to do when this happens: http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/01/22/the-w-kayak-combat-position-for-fighting-a-big-fish/

This is not a theoretical thing, but a proven trick that’s going to save you time and energy.

Yoav

]]> By: Gary J http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/05/29/is-rigging-your-w-fishing-kayak-with-a-milk-crate-necessary/#comment-4786 Gary J Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:53:09 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=296#comment-4786 The best idea is that one position pad eyes on the "stern" (still trying to figure out which end that is :) that let you put a crate on easily IF the day and the type of fishing dictate one and leave it off on days that don't. BTW, some people mount their anchor light a visibility flag to a piece of PVC attached inside the crate. I put sections of 4 inch PVC pipe (the cheap light stuff) inside the crate to hold things that constantly get tangled like anchor ropes. The rope goes down in the tube, then the 18 inches of chain on top of the rope and then the anchor. All quickly and neatly packaged ready for use next time. The same with the rope and drift sock/drift anchor. All neatly packaged in one easily accessible place - with the ropes not hopelessly tangled. The crate also holds stuff like throwable markers that mark where I have gotten a bite. I've got 6 of those. If I am drifting I will throw one when I get a bite and drift a bit further and throw another, etc. All of a sudden I can tell where I have a school of fish. These markers can't be stored up under the hull tips where I can't quickly get a hold of one. Remember, when I have a bite I hopefully am engaged in landing a fish as well as marking the spot. As Jeff says, saltwater fish can pull you around. I have some friends who recently took their kayaks offshore to the closest oil platform off of the North Padre Island, TX coastline. One hooked a 45 inch Cobia. An hour later he landed the fish and he was over 2 miles away from where he originally hooked the fish. One problem in fishing from a light boat is that your leverage on a fish is not quite what it is when fishing out of a 20' center console. All of my experience talked about above is from fishing out of my 12 1/2' FoldCat 375. It has all the inherent advantages/problems as the W500, but with much less storage. The best idea is that one position pad eyes on the “stern” (still trying to figure out which end that is :) that let you put a crate on easily IF the day and the type of fishing dictate one and leave it off on days that don’t. BTW, some people mount their anchor light a visibility flag to a piece of PVC attached inside the crate. I put sections of 4 inch PVC pipe (the cheap light stuff) inside the crate to hold things that constantly get tangled like anchor ropes. The rope goes down in the tube, then the 18 inches of chain on top of the rope and then the anchor. All quickly and neatly packaged ready for use next time. The same with the rope and drift sock/drift anchor. All neatly packaged in one easily accessible place – with the ropes not hopelessly tangled. The crate also holds stuff like throwable markers that mark where I have gotten a bite. I’ve got 6 of those. If I am drifting I will throw one when I get a bite and drift a bit further and throw another, etc. All of a sudden I can tell where I have a school of fish. These markers can’t be stored up under the hull tips where I can’t quickly get a hold of one. Remember, when I have a bite I hopefully am engaged in landing a fish as well as marking the spot. As Jeff says, saltwater fish can pull you around. I have some friends who recently took their kayaks offshore to the closest oil platform off of the North Padre Island, TX coastline. One hooked a 45 inch Cobia. An hour later he landed the fish and he was over 2 miles away from where he originally hooked the fish. One problem in fishing from a light boat is that your leverage on a fish is not quite what it is when fishing out of a 20′ center console. All of my experience talked about above is from fishing out of my 12 1/2′ FoldCat 375. It has all the inherent advantages/problems as the W500, but with much less storage.

]]> By: Norm http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/05/29/is-rigging-your-w-fishing-kayak-with-a-milk-crate-necessary/#comment-1695 Norm Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:40:10 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=296#comment-1695 Different strokes for different folks. If ya need it ya got it. I like the kayak catch bags if I need more stowage for camping, and you can always stand on top and walk off. Let's face it there isn't anything out there like the wavewalk, so the sky is the limit or the water is, ya know what I mean. Different strokes for different folks. If ya need it ya got it. I like the kayak catch bags if I need more stowage for camping, and you can always stand on top and walk off. Let’s face it there isn’t anything out there like the wavewalk, so the sky is the limit or the water is, ya know what I mean.

]]> By: Moshiko http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/05/29/is-rigging-your-w-fishing-kayak-with-a-milk-crate-necessary/#comment-1679 Moshiko Sat, 30 May 2009 01:33:20 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=296#comment-1679 No kayak rack No back rest No rudder No hatches No milk crate No BS? ... Do I see a pattern here? Is the real fishing kayak finally emerging out of the unnecessary, over-accessorized, inefficient, uncomfortable, sad and ridiculous current state of things, and into something new, good and real? Looks like it does! No kayak rack
No back rest
No rudder
No hatches
No milk crate

No BS? …

Do I see a pattern here?

Is the real fishing kayak finally emerging out of the unnecessary, over-accessorized, inefficient, uncomfortable, sad and ridiculous current state of things, and into something new, good and real?
Looks like it does!

]]> By: jk http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/05/29/is-rigging-your-w-fishing-kayak-with-a-milk-crate-necessary/#comment-1678 jk Sat, 30 May 2009 01:02:16 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=296#comment-1678 It all seems to boil down to one thing, which is that regular sot and sik kayaks offer no choice but to use a milk crate, with all the problems associated, and w kayaks offer a choice between using a milk crate and not using it. JK It all seems to boil down to one thing, which is that regular sot and sik kayaks offer no choice but to use a milk crate, with all the problems associated, and w kayaks offer a choice between using a milk crate and not using it.
JK

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