Monthly Archives: February 2011

Bob and Gary in Another Kayak Fishing Adventure, Florida

Posted on February 28, 2011 by W kayak

I got together with Bob for a day of fishing. Got some nice trout and had a great day on the water until we ran into a stiff breeze that we had to battle on our way back to the launch site. Needless to say, I’ll sleep good tonite. Continue reading →

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Ray Schwertner’s Maiden Voyage in His New W500 Fishing Kayak He Rigged With a Detachable Wheel, Texas

Posted on February 27, 2011 by W kayak

I went on the maiden voyage. Works great!! Love it. SO much better than a canoe.
Took no time at all to get used to it.
I think I may install the noodles directly to the cockpit edges, without the bungee cords.
I also invented a wheel trolley using some ideas of the other guys. Continue reading →

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Stan Trojanowski’s Amphibious Fishing Kayak, South Carolina

Posted on February 27, 2011 by W kayak

The kayak turns into an amphibious vehicle ready to land anywhere. I am thinking about adapting the existing carrying handles as nooses to hold the pipe and make the wheel pipe frame rotate/ swinging in and out, like a plane landing gear. Continue reading →

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Detachable Flotation For Fishing Kayak

Posted on February 19, 2011 by W kayak

Flotation is a useful means of recovery for kayaks. Depending on where it is added to the kayak, and how much of it is used, it can assist you in recovering your W kayak, and preventing it from sinking if it gets filled with water, in case you capsize it.

When attached below the kayak’s saddle (Fig. 1-3) the flotation will keep the kayak floating in case it is overturned, and water gets into the hulls. When attached on the kayak’s sides (Fig 4) the flotation modules may prevent the kayak from overturning, could help the kayak right itself if it’s laying on its side, and will assist you in turning it back, and recovering it. Wavewalk kayaks are offered with closed-cell polyethylene foam side flotation modules that you can attach either below the saddle, or or on the kayak’s sides. Each kayak flotation module is 5 ft long (150 cm), and 2.5″ in diameter (6.5 cm), and features a bungee cord going through it, with hooks on both ends. Continue reading →

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Jeff’s W Fishing Kayak – The Night Before

Posted on February 18, 2011 by W kayak

Here’s a picture Jeff sent us, showing his W fishing kayak strapped to his pickup truck, and waiting to be unleashed at the break of dawn…
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Frozen Jeff Kayak Fishing at 206 Bridge, Florida (Movie)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by W kayak

Here’s a new, short video from Jeff, who’s thawing after a long, cold winter: That superb fishing rod is a new Emmrod, and the reel is a Qualia.

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Over Half a Million Views for W Fishing Kayaks YouTube Videos

Posted on February 13, 2011 by W kayak

Yep, our W fishing kayak videos got viewed over 500,000 times on the zeepty YouTube channel…
About half of these views happened in the past 12 months.
The great majority of viewers are from the U.S. Amazing numbers – We live in new times…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Aesthetics and Performance in Fishing Kayak Design

Posted on February 7, 2011 by W kayak

What’s important in a product varies according to what different people are interested in. If you’re into kayak fishing, you’d be interested a number of things, including stability, comfort, storage, etc. offered to you by that kayak. In other words, for a kayak angler, the beauty of a kayaks depends first and foremost on its fishability, which is a composite measure of a fishing kayak’s performance.

For example, if you’re into kayak fishing, and you saw a kayak that’s very fast but also very unstable, it would seem useless to you, and therefore unattractive.
Most anglers fish from motorboats and not from kayaks, mainly because they perceive kayaks as being too unstable and too uncomfortable for fishing. Therefore, for the majority of anglers, a fishing kayak is just a too small, too uncomfortable and therefore ugly fishing boat. Continue reading →

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Kayak Fishing as an Extreme Sport

Posted on February 1, 2011 by W kayak

For most anglers, kayak fishing is definitely an extreme sport. Extreme in the sense that an angler fishing from a kayak is compelled to give up the two essential things that any motorboat provides, which are sufficient stability and basic comfort. The third one, storage space is important as well, but less than the two first ones. Indeed, fishing kayaks are not stable enough, and extremely uncomfortable, when compared to regular size boats. As for storage in fishing kayaks, the situation is as dire as it is with stability and ergonomics. Continue reading →

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