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Tag Archives: fishability
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Aesthetics and Performance in Fishing Kayak Design
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
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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Kayak Fishing Trip Report – Ed and Jeff Kayak in Crystal River, Florida
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 … Continue reading
Posted in fishing kayaks, kayak design, kayak fishing
Tagged fishability, florida, kayak angler, kayak fishing trip, pedal drive, sea trout, W500
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