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3 lb Largemouth Bass for Kayak Fisherman Ray, Lake Cypress Springs, Texas

Fish number 3, at Lake Cypress Springs near Mt. Vernon, TEXAS, 3 lb large mouth bass.… I was competing with the $50K bass boats with 250 hp motors… most of them were in the calmer waters of the points where the W worked just fine. I have rigged a new seat, holder for fish finder transducer and monitor, tackle box and water proof box mount that can be quickly removed. Continue reading

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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

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Kayak Fishing as an Extreme Sport

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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Wavewalk Fishing Kayaks Blog – Three Years Already

The kayak fishing media does not enjoy the reputation that could give it the power to influence customers. This is because the customers no longer depend on a single, or a few media outlets, which was the typical situation a few decades ago. In some way, this blog itself is an online kayak fishing magazine, with one advantage, which is its unique content.
We are not afraid to tackle the big issues in kayak fishing and paddling, because our kayaks in fact offer to solve them. Continue reading

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Wayne Taylor Strikes Again: Bass Kayak Fishing Bonanza in Florida

That huge bass was not an isolated case… Here is Wayne’s catch from today: In Wayne’s own words: -”Jan 16th Lake Grassmere and the Big One got away, dang it. Lure was 6in senko watermelon seed.”

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