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		<title>The W Kayak Combat Position For Fighting a Big Fish</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big and powerful fish may be smaller and altogether weaker than you, but being in its natural element while you&#8217;re not gives it an advantage that may compromise your kayak&#8217;s stability, get you somewhere that you don&#8217;t necessarily want &#8230; <a href="http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/01/22/the-w-kayak-combat-position-for-fighting-a-big-fish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A big and powerful fish may be smaller and altogether weaker than you, but being in its natural element while you&#8217;re not gives it an advantage that may compromise your kayak&#8217;s stability, get you somewhere that you don&#8217;t necessarily want to go to in long a &#8216;sleigh ride&#8217;, or make you lose the fish because you&#8217;re too busy controlling your kayak.</p>
<p>This is a maneuver that <a href="http://www.wavewalk.com/Expert_kayak_fisherman_01.html" title="Jeff - kayak fishing expert / kayak review" target="_blank">Jeff McGovern</a> and myself developed together as a &#8216;think tank&#8217; and &#8216;R&amp;D team&#8217;.  It&#8217;s called the &#8216;Combat Position&#8217;, and it&#8217;s possible to execute only in a W Kayak:</p>
<p>Upon realizing that you have a business with a big fish you need to swiftly reposition yourself along the saddle in the riding position (&#8216;Mounted&#8217;) and as forward in the cockpit as possible, with your knees tucked into the front hull tip openings &#8211; see &#8217;1&#8242; in the illustration below.<br />
As a result of this change in weight distribution your W kayak&#8217;s bow will dip in the water (see &#8217;2&#8242;) while the stern will come out of the water (see &#8217;3&#8242;).</p>
<p>In this position your W kayak will be &#8216;planted&#8217; in the water and offer maximum resistance to unwanted change, whether such change is tilting sideways or going forward.<br />
Being in this position will free you from the need to balance your kayak while you&#8217;re fighting the fish, and let you focus on your fish whose capability to outmaneuver you was reduced to almost zero.</p>
<p>All the fish could do now is swim forward or sideways, and since your W kayak will generate a lot of drag in this position the fish will soon get tired and become less of a problem to reel in.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.wavewalk.com/Big_fish_combat_position_01.jpg" alt="Combat position for catching a big fish in a W kayak" align="absmiddle" height="384" width="512" /></p>
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