Monthly Archives: September 2011

A Beautiful Day To Paddle And Fish In Ozello, Florida. By Gary Rankel

Bob Smaldone is back so we hit the water in Ozello, Florida to be treated to a beautiful sunrise (notice the great blue heron having breakfast as the sun rises). I managed 2 trout on an otherwise slow, hot day. … Continue reading

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Brandon Lands A 9 Lbs False Albacore On A Fly, In His W300 Kayak, MA

Brandon Cutter, an offshore W kayak fly fisherman from Cape Cod, MA, landed this 9 lbs false albacore on a fly: Read Brandon’s review of his W300 kayak >> (He has two, actually)

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Sungjin And His Daughter Paddling The W500 Kayak, South Korea

It’s been raining for months in Korea, but finally, the sun came out, and Sungjin took his daughter for her first W kayaking trip. Continue reading

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Kayak Fishing Maiden Voyage In Fast Tidal Currents, By Terry Ehrlich, South Carolina

I am 67 years old, and I have never owned a kayak before the W500.
Before receiving the kayak, I was advised to take it in shallow, flat water for my maiden voyage, and get some practice. That is GOOD advice! However, I was unable to get to shallow flat water, and my maiden launch took place on St. Helena Sound off Edisto Beach, South Carolina. Continue reading

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Cartop Fishing Kayak – Attaching Your W500 On Top Of Your Car Rack

“You don’t need a truck!” Gary says.
Well, he’s right, and furthermore, you don’t even need a special kayak rack, because it’s so easy to attach the W500 to any rack, from any maker.
And if you want to attach a pair of W kayaks to your car rack – no problem: You just lay them side by side, with the bottoms of their hulls facing each other, and use the same straps, bungees or ropes to attach them, and shown here, in a picture taken by Eric, our distributor in Norway: In comparison, some of the bigger fishing kayak models out there are so big and heavy (a.k.a. barges) that they require transporting with a trailer, since it’s almost impossible to car top them.
Other sit-in and SOT fishing kayaks don’t fit directly to your car rack, so to need to waste money on a special kayak rack that makes your car rack unusable for other purposes…

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