When you’re 6’3″ tall and weigh 245 lbs, like Jeff McGovern, you can speak softly (he usually does) and carry a big stick, or a small one – in this case an Emmrod fishing rod.
But you can’t stand up in a fishing kayak unless it’s the real deal, that is a kayak that works in real life, and not just in the mind of some kayak manufacturers, and in their marketing hype…
So Jeff, who likes to feel comfortable anywhere and anytime (he usually does), especially when he’s kayak fishing, uses only a W500 fishing kayak – and he won’t use anything else.
He calls his W kayak “a therapeutic yak”, since last year he had sciatica problems after a long drive from Florida to Chicago and back, and his W kayak helped him relax and stretch.
This photo was shot by Jim Green, Jeff’s son in law, and a promising kayak angler himself.
Just look how Jeff is perfectly relaxed while casting…
Hey Yoav,
It’s hard to describe the ease of fishing from a Wavewalk W500 and not sound like it’s a fantasy. The boat is one that works all day. When your fellow kayakers are ready for that trip to shore the only reason a W500 rider joins them is to be nice. Hey after all even in a W500 you can’t build a fire and roast a few oysters. In conditions like the day when Jim took that picture I could easily stand and look over that grass then just paddle through the maze with ease. There is nothing like a W500.
Jeff,
Fresh, uncooked oysters taste really good IMO. They taste even better with a little lemon, or lime juice, and there are many types of dressing that go well with them, including French and Oriental.
If you want to cook them, I guess it’s possible to come up with some kind of on board cooking arrangement based on a mini, portable gas stove, but the challenge would be to insulate the boat from the excess heat, and make sure you don’t drop a blazing hot kitchen utensil inside the kayak’s hull
Yoav
The real deal Stand up Fishing Kayak.
Now I don’t know about cooking in one…..I’ll stick to a cold sandwich thank you!
Tight lines and Paddle safe all
Rox