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Bonding With My W Fishing Kayak – Initial Review By Gary Murray, New Mexico

So far, I’ve fished a couple of the small lakes in Northern New Mexico for fair sized rainbow trout, 1 1/2 to 4 lbs. The lakes are weedy, and most people use a float tube or pontoon boat. The technique is to use a fly rod and drag or strip streamers. The W kayak is highly effective for this, and I’ve had great success with the boat. I’ve kept things simple, using only one detachable rod holder and the kayak paddle. I paddle slowly through the area I want to fish, dragging the streamer. I’ll stop occasionally and cast and strip, letting the boat drift. This works pretty well as long as conditions are calm – not uncommon for these lakes at this time of year.

Regarding fishing technique, these fish often do not self hook, and you really need to be holding the rod at the time of the strike. Continue reading

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System For Quick Kayak Position Adjustments For Fishing Fast Species, By Brandon Cutter

-I was trying to figure out a way to control the boat while in fishing mode: When targeting false albacore or bonita, speed to the fish and a quick cast are pivotal. These fish are extremely fast swimmers and pop up just for a few seconds, so I needed to be able to spin my W kayak and cast in an instant. Continue reading

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Rowing Oars For Kayak, by Jim Luckett, SailBoatsToGo

SailsBoatsToGo – Jim Luckett did it again, this time with an out of the box rowing oars kit for the W500 kayak.
As always, Jim’s product is lightweight, efficient, and easy to install: You can purchase this W kayak rowing oars kit on Jim’s website Continue reading

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Trophy Bass for Wayne Taylor, W Kayak Fishing Pioneer, Florida

A picture is worth a thousand words, and this picture says it all.

Wayne has been the first to outfit his W fishing kayak with rowing oars. Continue reading

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Movies of Dave’s Fishing Kayak Rigged With Rowing Oars, Pennsylvania

We made it to the lake and recorded some video. This is the first time the wife or I have attempted using the video feature of her Nikon camera. I hope you can see that using the oars is quite … Continue reading

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