It’s one of the first fishing kayak websites, and it just got a makeover that makes it worthwhile revisiting: Fishing Kayaks For The Northern Kayak Angler
It contains unique articles, such as the one that offers some sensible practical rigging advice that’s so hard to find these days, and everything you wanted to know about kayak fishing in cold water and weather.
Tough question indeed.
Moreover, why should you even bother to read that fishing kayak review in the first place?
There are so many fishing kayak reviews out there, in websites, online forums, and in print, and we’re supposed to read them all and make something out of it.
Well, I say it’s not serious.
To begin with, you should assign zero credibility to anything you read, whether online or in print, unless both author and publisher have done everything possible to come clear as far as their identity and intentions are concerned. Anyone publishing anything carries the burden of proof as far as the credibility of the stuff they publish goes. I say if it doesn’t look right, it ain’t right. Period.
Once you’re past that threshold, you can look and see if that fishing kayak review is interesting or meaningful to you in any way. Chances are it’s not that informative, and lacks relevance for you, although you may be able to learn something from it, as far as a particular issue goes.
So, if you want to know how to begin looking for fishing kayak reviews and parsing all the stuff (sorry, I meant to say BS) the Internet would throw at you, here’s a link to your guide to fishing kayak reviews >>
Let’s face it – being a senior kayak angler can also mean that you’re not in the best shape, and you either don’t feel like, or are physically incapable of paddling long distances.
This leaves you with a rather limited range of operation in terms of fishing, and could get frustrating, at times, as well as hazardous, in case bad weather or a strong, fast current prevent you from getting back to the spot from which you had launched your kayak.
Another way to look at it is saying that time is fishing, and you don’t necessarily want to spend your precious time paddling to your favorite fishing hole, if you can get there faster, and back from there without cutting your fishing trip short.
Pedal driven fishing kayaks fail to offer any true solution, which leaves you with the option to motorize your kayak, and a series of questions about the technical feasibility of such project, how much you’d need to invest, safety, utility, and much more.
In many cases, an electric trolling motor can do the trick for you, and in other cases it won’t, and you could find yourself disappointed and frustrated, and wishing for more power and speed, a longer range of operation, and less weight. This is where outfitting your fishing kayak with an outboard gas engine becomes a solution worth considering, but there’s only one kayak out there that’s suitable for this type of project.
To learn more, this article about motorized fishing kayaks discusses these issues in breadth and in depth.
And watching this movie may make you want to learn more:
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 transport, and let’s not forget that using a boat trailer is a pain in itself, not just in the figurative sense, but practically as well – Having to deal with launching a big boat from a trailer and a boat ramp, and getting the boat back on the trailer at the end of the day is neither for elderly anglers nor for anyone suffering from back problems.
So if neither kayaks nor big motorboats are good for you, how can you go fishing from a kayak and still be dry, comfortable and healthy, while maintaining a range of traveling that only motorboats can offer, but without the hassle and pain associated with motorboats??
Thinking about such a possibility sounds like an exercise in futility, until you see movies such as this one, shot by a kayak angler suffering from disabilities including back pain and sciatica:
and this one:
This is the same W kayak, which is the only fishing kayak offering NO BACK PAIN, plus a powerful outboard motor that gets you to the fish on the other side of the lake, or miles up the river, fast and effortlessly…
For those who are interested in reading more, here is an article about motorizing your fishing kayak – It explains the pros and cons of motorized kayaks, electric motors vs. outboard gas engines, etc.
Welcome to the era of Painless Motorized Kayak Fishing.
I just couldn’t resist it….
This video is so awesome! -
I could watch (and listen) all day, ha ha! -
A higher level indeed! – This motorized W500 kayak is a far cry from the traditional SOT or sit-in fishing kayak, rightfully perceived as a sluggish, wet, unpractical, uncomfortable and quite ridiculous fishing craft.
Much higher level!
