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Tag Archives: cockpit
The Best Fishing Rods and The Best Fishing Kayak, by Jeff McGovern
Here is a shot of my desk yesterday. I forget sometimes how much trouble it is for other kayak anglers to relax and fish. Here in my W500 I’ve got all my gear right on hand, easy to reach and a great work surface right in front of me. I do keep it simple since over gearing leads to lost fish finding way to exploit all the extra stuff we hang on our kayaks. Of course I’m also the guy who prefers window cranks on my truck since it’s far less to go wrong, some people do love all the extra stuff. I really need to find out who the so called kayak expert is calling for anglers to have rods at least 7′ long in order to fight fish effectively. I’ve seen nothing but tangled rods and broken tips from those how surround themselves with a forest of over priced rods. Those little Emmrods on my desk on much easier to deal with, far stronger, and the casting distance particularly with baitcasting reels is wonderful. Continue reading
How to Keep Your W500 Fishing Kayak Cockpit Dry
Typically, very little water can get inside your W500 cockpit, because the kayak offers a high freeboard – more than any kayak does. This is true even when you’re launching in the surf, because you can lift the bow by sitting in the back of the cockpit, and thus go over the incoming waves, instead of through them, like you’d have to do with all other kayaks. Continue reading
Posted in fishing kayaks, kayak design, kayak fishing, kayak outfitting, kayak paddling
Tagged bilge bucket, bilge pump, cockpit, cockpit cover, DIY, drain plug, draining, dry, dry kayak, dry storage, rain, rain storm, self bailing kayak, snow, SOT kayak, spray skirt, storm, tarp, wind
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Fishability – How Fishable Are Fishing Kayaks?
What is Fishability? Dictionaries define fishable as an adjective meaning ‘that may be fished in’. By extension, the noun fishability can be used to describe the usefulness of a fishing craft for catching fish, from the angler’s well being and … Continue reading
Posted in kayak design, kayak fishing
Tagged cockpit, deck, fishability, fishing kayaks, kayak design, kayak ergonomics, kayak fishing, kayak fishing ergonomics, rudder, storage, strong wind, tracking, windage
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Work Surface for W Fishing Kayak
As always, Jeff’s kayak fisherman’s mind keeps finding improvements and new ways to rig his W kayak. Here is Jeff’s latest: -”I was cleaning up my office this morning and came across this simple plastic TV tray. Hmmm I wondered … Continue reading
Posted in fishing kayaks, kayak fishing, kayak outfitting
Tagged cockpit, fishing, fishing kayak, fishing kayaks, kayak fishing, kayak outfitting
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Keeping the Inside of Your W Kayak Cockpit Dry in the Surf
You’re planning to take your W kayak on a fishing or paddling trip in the ocean, and you may be asking yourself what’s going to happen if you have to launch it in big surf, and in such case how … Continue reading
Posted in kayak fishing, kayak outfitting, kayak paddling
Tagged bilge pump, breakers, cockpit, draining, dry, fishing kayak, kayak fishing, spray skirt, surf, whitewater
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