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Pictures From The 2011 Jamaica Bay Kayak Fishing Tournament

Here are some pictures Lou took at the 2011 Jamaica Bay kayak fishing tournament :   More from Lou >>

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First Dealer for Wavewalk Fishing Kayaks in Florida

Jo is also a seasoned offshore kayak angler, and he was one of our first clients in Florida, and the first to have contributed a full featured review of his W kayak for our website. Now Jo started a business named Key West Fishing Kayaks, and has become Wavewalk fishing kayaks’ first dealer in Florida. Continue reading

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Jerry’s Kayak – First Texas Dealer For W Fishing Kayaks

A kayak angler himself, and conveniently located in Victoria, Texas, Jerry Hudgens is the first dealer for Wavewalk fishing kayaks in Texas.
Jerry’s Texas fishing kayaks business is named Jerry’s Kayak.
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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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