Here’s a new article called Wheels for Fishing Kayak Transportation.
It summarizes various rigging projects that we know about in this field, thanks to W kayak anglers who’ve contributed their creativity, insight and pictures…
Doug had already contributed a short review of his W300 fishing kayak:
-”Just came in from a couple hours in the inlet after work — 1 14# bass. Got a 30 and a 16 last Sat night. I don’t fish from it too often; I might throw a swimmer out on my way to and fro. For the season so far I have around 75 bass over 10#/30″. I’m running second place in the season long New York Surf Fishing contest. I’m totally satisfied with the Wavewalk. If I wreck this one somehow I’ll order another within a week. It gets me access to good fishing areas and it gets me away from the crowds. Only ‘problem’ is I put a couple pretty deep gouges on the bottom while fishing in mussel beds and around rock jetties –
Doug”
Now Doug sent us some pictures of a special kayak trolley he got for it:
Says Doug:
-”Here are some photos of a cart special made by paddlecart.com I use it all the time. Works over rough terrain, rocks, down embankments,etc”
-”Attached is the drawing I sent to Paddlecart in case users inquire” :
Wayne Taylor from Florida, has a 2007 of the W300 fishing kayak that he rigged with oars and DIY outriggers.
This time, Wayne created a set of wheels for his fishing kayak:
-”I have made a transporter for my wavewalk when I need one.
I took an old hand truck, cut its handle, base and wheels off, and rotated the wheels with the braces re-welded into position. I also added to eye bolts and bought a wench ratchet strap, and repainted same. It works beautifully better than I thought it would.”
Jeff’s kayak rigging skills have produced this handy solution for carrying your W fishing kayak anywhere you want to go:
Fred Jelinek, a North Carolina kayak fishermen contributed this new fishing kayak review.
Fred designed and built a simple and effective set of carry wheels, or trolley, for his Wavewalk kayak.
As you can see, this concept is easy to build, lightweight, and easy to attach to the kayak:
And this is how Fred attaches his DIY trolley to his Wavewalk fishing kayak:
John Putnam is a kayak fisherman from eastern Massachusetts who likes to fish the beaches and small lakes in the southeastern part of the state, where few other fishermen venture. The access to those places is sometimes very difficult, and therefore requires an all-terrain solution for portaging.
A kayak or canoe trolley would be expensive and bulky to carry onboard, and might not be up to the task in particularly hard to access spots.
John’s DIY solution is simply brilliant: Use the W kayak as a wheelbarrow, with a wide wheel attached in the space below the hull tips. The wheel is mounted on a lightweight, plastic tube frame, which itself can be attached to the boat with just one strap going between the hulls.
John’s ‘all terrain’ 2007 W Fishing Kayak:
