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First WaveWalk Paddle Trip, Kayak Review By Retired Gentleman From Texas

Took my WaveWalk out this morning for my first paddle and decided to take a trip thru some of our marshes down here. According to a google earth retracing of my steps I covered about 5.7 miles in 2 hours … Continue reading

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No Yack Back Kayak Fishing, Now Down Under

Some people mistakenly think that older people are the only ones who suffer from back pain as a result of paddling conventional kayaks and fishing from them. This notion is false, of course, and young people suffer from yack back … Continue reading

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Sensible Kayak Angler – New Kayak Fishing Magazine

‘Sensible’ isn’t exactly what most people who practice fishing think about fishing out of a kayak. After all, not too many anglers practice kayak fishing, since it’s considered by most to be an extreme form of fishing, in the sense that … Continue reading

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Wavewalk Fishing Kayaks in Tennesse – A Family Business

Clayton Knight has been fishing for many years, and he taught son Jeremy how to fish. Both father and son didn’t appreciate the notion of fishing out of conventional fishing kayak, as it simply doesn’t make much sense in real … Continue reading

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Elderly Couple Fishing Offshore, In Tandem Out Of Their Motorized Fishing Kayak. December, South Korea

This is a most unusual, yet most revealing story. It says a lot about kayak anglers and the sacrifices some of them are willing to make for their love of fishing. It also shows that propelling fishing kayaks with outboard … Continue reading

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The Future Of Kayak Fishing Is Not As An Extreme Sport

For most anglers, kayak fishing is 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 regular fishing motorboat provides, which are adequate stability and … Continue reading

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Technical Review of the Hybrid Fishing Kayak

Senior anglers are on the look for any new idea that may improve their user experience when they fish out of kayaks, and some kayak manufacturers are trying to cater to this need by offering very wide fishing kayaks of … Continue reading

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Painless Motorized Kayak Fishing

This article first appeared on the PAINLESS KAYAK FISHING blog. Big motorboats are more comfortable than fishing kayaks, and they offer the advantage of making much longer fishing trips. But they’re also more expensive to buy and maintain, store and … Continue reading

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What Is Kayak Back Pain, and What Does It Mean?

This article first appeared on the PAINLESS KAYAK FISHING blog. A new article just got published on this painful subject. Here’s a quote of a couple of comments made by readers: 1. “Glad you mentioned unmanly and bragging about being … Continue reading

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Arizona Kayak Angler Finds Solution For His Yak Back Pain Problem

This article first appeared on the PAINLESS KAYAK FISHING blog. This is fishing kayak review that appeared on the Wavewalk Fishing Kayaks blog: I have been looking for a kayak or canoe that fits my needs for quite a while. … Continue reading

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