Hawg Trough Improvement
After using the Hawg Trough while kayak fishing for a couple of years now, I looked back through my Kayak Wars stats and realized that it's helped me measure and photograph well over 4 hundred fish (including the ones that were too small). It makes documenting the catch quick and easy. It's accurate and the numbers show up well in the photos. It hardly weighs anything, which is great on a kayak, and it stores easily.
Kayak Fishing Safety
So you have just purchased your new Kayak and are ready to head out and catch the fish of a life time. You have bought a paddle maybe a PFD, hopefully at the advice of the place where you bought your kayak and you are ready to go get em’… Right?
6 Key Benefits to Fishing with a Kayak
Below are the six main benefits that you will enjoy when fishing with a kayak.
DIY Drogue
A big thank you to Wookie6262 and Dorado (Simon Everett) for their informative articles regarding the use and construction of drogues when kayak fishing. Dorado sells drogues from his website (I own one and they are very very good) see www.kayakuk.com/shop. But, if you want to make your own then read on…
Taking Better Fishing Photos
I really enjoy taking photos while I’m out fishing or doing anything outdoors. Documenting a trip or event with photos can be a great way to add an exclamation point to your story. Although I’m not a pro photographer, I was recently reading a piece on how to improve your fishing photos and I’ll point out a few things to remember when outdoors on one of your adventures.
Tiny Details Create Bigger Catches
I just returned from a late-season fishing trip to the Mississippi River. We were fishing near Lansing Iowa. My fishing partners were Jim Hunt and Terry Fitzpatrick: Both work at the Cabela's store in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin and are expert anglers.
The Mississippi River had been at flood stage for several weeks, but was back down to normal levels. A very strong windstorm had just gone through, with the wind turning the water to a chocolate milk color in the main channel and many of the backwaters. And the water temperatures had dropped about ten degrees in the past few days. Often, these conditions create tough fishing.
End Of The Fishing Season Tasks
The Basics on How to Read Whitewater
The power of water can be intimidating, especially fast moving whitewater. Humans tend to fear what we don’t understand and when we first come to a swiftly flowing river it appears chaotic and scary because we don’t yet understand the flow of the currents. Once we begin to learn and recognize that currents are made up of certain staple features such as eddies, eddy lines, downstream Vs, rocks, waves and hydraulics pathways begin to open up amid the chaos. Even the scariest rapids are made up of these staple features. Recognizing the best path through a rapid boosts your confidence and helps you discern if your skills are up to running the line.
Choosing a Paddle
As we here at YakAngler have been trying to make a more concerted effort to write more articles for those who are new to kayak fishing, I thought that it would be worth discussing paddles and more specifically choosing the right paddle. While there are brands out there who produce kayaks fishing specific paddles, the points about choosing a paddle remain the same. I broke them down to three main factors; Length, Blade shape and size, and materials.
Deep water re-entry practice
If you ever plan to fish in water that’s deeper than you are tall, you’ll want to be comfortable re-entering your kayak in the event you fall out. The summer is a perfect time to give it a shot.
Be sure to watch the entire video below!
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