Kayak Fishing
Pedal Not Paddle Your Kayak with Hobie’s MirageDrive Kayaks
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You can’t hold me back, I got to go. If you bring your NuCanoe, we got to go. There’s no holding us back. We love kayaking. The adventure, challenge, and thrill of paddling streams and lakes. New places where high bluffs tower above us towards the clouds as we paddle by casting for smallmouth or lakes full of water lilies that run from the bank outwards that we fish for with hollow belly frogs. It’s the opportunity for us kayakers to escape and venture on a journey of exploration with every stroke of our paddles. We all get goose bumps just thinking about it, but there is one drawback to getting our NuCanoes in the water so we can go. Transporting it from the vehicle or storage shed to the lake or stream you are going out on. Read more about the NuCanoe Transport Cart... Environmentally Friendly OASIS PDF for Kayak Fishing
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One Got To Have Kayak Fishing Accessories is Footwear Besides having a good paddle the other accessory that a kayak angler has got to have is exceptional footwear. Footwear allows the angler to move around on the bank by providing traction on various surfaces. An exceptional pair of footwear not only provides traction, but support when portaging over rocky terrain, dragging your kayak over shallow shoals, or wading through creek bottoms with slippery rocks. If you wear anything less than high quality, performance footwear your day out kayak fishing can turn into a calamity. Footwear technology is what separates average water sport shoes from great. With that in mind, Sperry Top-Sider® developed their SON-R technology, a patented “outsole-to-insole-to-brain” sensory feedback system.
Read more about the Sperry Top-Sider SON-R Bootie... Rod Holder Extender Kit makes Kayak Fishing Easier One drawback to fishing from a kayak is dealing with flush mount rod holders. Sure they are great for holding your rod while you paddle, but being located low on the kayak hull makes them hard to reach and allows water to seep into your kayak. Kayak anglers fishing in saltwater also want to reduce their reels from being sprayed with saltwater. Plus oversized spinning reels and baitcasters never want to sit up correctly or bang around when put in flush mount rod holders. That’s why Yak-Gear.com came up with their new Rod Holder Extender Kit. They were designed to make kayak fishing easier, reduce the salt spray, and hold your reel safely away from the hull of your kayak.Read more on Rod Holder Extender Kit by Yak-Gear.com ... Kayak Fishing with the Mustang Survival Sportsman’s Vest
I would rank getting away from other anglers and fishing uncharted waters as the number one reason, I go fishing from a kayak. Every stroke of my paddle takes me farther and farther away from civilization and closer to nature. Kayak fishing gets me right down on the water’s surface. Often, I can feel the cool water embracing my skin as I push on the paddle moving me forward. Nevertheless, I never venture out until after my Mustang Survival Deluxe Sportsman’s Vest is on. Read more on the Mustang Survival Sportsman's Vest... |
Traditionally, anglers wanting to fish from a kayak had only one means of propelling it and that meant paddling. It was an effective way of moving around without attaching an electric trolling motor, but could be physically exhausting for an angler without the upper body strength needed to go all day, long distances, and into strong winds or current. The Hobie MirageDrive addressed that issue by changing the source of the power from pulling to pushing. Yes it’s easier to push with your larger leg muscles than pull with the smaller arm muscles. You can also do it for a longer time allowing kayakers to travel lengthy distances to pristine shallow fishing locations that other boaters cannot venture into.
Fishing from a kayak is an outdoor activity that almost anyone can enjoy and participate in. Only a few skills are required such as maintaining your balance when casting. It’s also wise to know a few strokes and safety precautions when out fishing from a kayak, but other than that it’s really easy. A large number of anglers like fishing from kayaks as an alternative to owning a boat with an outboard because it’s more economical and environmentally friendly. These anglers know the effects that powerful outboards have on the shorelines and want to make wise environmental choices. For them it starts with the Personal Floatation Device (PFD) and that’s why they find the Mustang Survival OASIS Paddling PFD irresistible.