WAVEWALK KAYAKS

Ed Wheeler and Jeff McGovern, two Floridian W kayak fishermen made a trip to Crystal River with their W500 fishing kayaks. Jeff tells:

-Our fishing adventure went very well as did the time spent in the W500s.  Ed is handling the boat like a champ now.
We spent five to six hours in the boats with one short break on shore where we shot a video. Ed found the W500 more comfortable and fishable than his pedal drive fishing kayak model.

Certainly handling the W500 in and out of the pickup and just getting ready to go is much easier than the longer heavier kayaks. Thanks to some incoming storms we did not have a chance to get the W’s into the Ranger Banshee for some mothership testing but that will be the next adventure.

Ed has spent some time customizing his W500, and he already added a cooler placement on top of the saddle.

Being upright to cast adds so much to the ease with which the W fishes over any other kayak on the water.  The other thing is your stored items can be accessed on the water without having to head to shore to retrieve them.  Nice when you are looking for a cold drink out of the cooler or making an adjustment to your tackle.  By the way this was Ed’s first fishing trip in his new W500 and he managed to slime the boat with a nice sea trout that was let go to someday become a big trophy sized fish.
As a long term user of the W series I was very impressed with the ease he handled the boat.  This is a boat anyone can use successfully the first time on the water.  The learning curve we have discussed in the past is just that, in the past.
It’s also a boat that becomes a tinkerer’s dream.  You can use it as is and be very happy, or you can add any number of modifications to suit your own personal angling style.
The larger hull space of this new boat allows even long flats fishing rods to be placed inside the hull for the drive.
Our two W500s fit easily side by side on Ed’s full sized GMC truck.

–Jeff

Tags: fishability, florida, kayak angler, kayak fishing trip, pedal drive, sea trout, W500

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