More and more people are realizing that fishing kayaks are an ideal platform for fishing. Especially people that have the big super fast bass boats that do 70mph, and suck as much gas as a big rig truck, aren't necessary to catch fish. A lot of them are looking at kayak fishing as a new way to be on the water, and catch fish. Pretty often, people are catching more bass from kayaks than they ever did on a stinkpot.
Fishing kayaks allow you to sneak and creep through the water, without being noticed by fish. You are also able to draft incredibly shallow, so you can even get back through the muck that the big boat guys are afraid of. We used to do it on our bass rig, but we had to wade fish the shore to get anything done.
Wading the bank worked for the most part, but usually only during the spawning season. This time of the year, the fish rarely abandon their bed for anything, even a fishermen that may have spooked them any other time of the year. Fishing kayaks allow you to spot the beds, or fish from a distance, and stay quiet and stealthy to approach them.
One other reason more and more people are buying fishing kayaks lately, is for the storage part of it. You can't store a big rig easily, or any other trailered boat for that point. You can store 4-5 kayaks easily on a wall mounted rack, to be able to take your entire family out on the water. Or you can have an excuse to fill up the extra room with more fishing setups.
I do this, and trust me, my fiance disagrees, and believes I don't need that many boats. Fishing Kayaks force people to know what gear is necessary to catch fish, and only take it out for the day. After discovering this, I sold just about all of my tackle, and used the profits to get a kayak, and also enjoy a nice little vacation to Bimini. I had a good bit of gear.
Outrageous gas prices effect people buying fishing kayaks heavily. I have blown a grand on more than one occasion, just boating around on the weekend with my family. When we finally got rid of it, it hurt me to think about how much time and money went into it.
It is super expensive running big boats in todays economy, in other words. When gas was approaching $5 dollars a gallon, you can't imagine how much we spent on just a weekend in fuel. Trolling motors were useless after an hour.
In todays economy, times are extremely tough on people. They are finally figuring out that kayaks will bring you in touch with the outdoors, and you don't have to be rich to get into it. You can pick up a lightly used fishing kayak for cheap, put a few modifications on it, and resell it for the same price or more later when you are ready to get a nicer kayak.
Fishing kayaks allow you to sneak and creep through the water, without being noticed by fish. You are also able to draft incredibly shallow, so you can even get back through the muck that the big boat guys are afraid of. We used to do it on our bass rig, but we had to wade fish the shore to get anything done.
Wading the bank worked for the most part, but usually only during the spawning season. This time of the year, the fish rarely abandon their bed for anything, even a fishermen that may have spooked them any other time of the year. Fishing kayaks allow you to spot the beds, or fish from a distance, and stay quiet and stealthy to approach them.
One other reason more and more people are buying fishing kayaks lately, is for the storage part of it. You can't store a big rig easily, or any other trailered boat for that point. You can store 4-5 kayaks easily on a wall mounted rack, to be able to take your entire family out on the water. Or you can have an excuse to fill up the extra room with more fishing setups.
I do this, and trust me, my fiance disagrees, and believes I don't need that many boats. Fishing Kayaks force people to know what gear is necessary to catch fish, and only take it out for the day. After discovering this, I sold just about all of my tackle, and used the profits to get a kayak, and also enjoy a nice little vacation to Bimini. I had a good bit of gear.
Outrageous gas prices effect people buying fishing kayaks heavily. I have blown a grand on more than one occasion, just boating around on the weekend with my family. When we finally got rid of it, it hurt me to think about how much time and money went into it.
It is super expensive running big boats in todays economy, in other words. When gas was approaching $5 dollars a gallon, you can't imagine how much we spent on just a weekend in fuel. Trolling motors were useless after an hour.
In todays economy, times are extremely tough on people. They are finally figuring out that kayaks will bring you in touch with the outdoors, and you don't have to be rich to get into it. You can pick up a lightly used fishing kayak for cheap, put a few modifications on it, and resell it for the same price or more later when you are ready to get a nicer kayak.
About the Author:
Jozhua is an avid kayak angler who has been using fishing kayaks to catch fish for over 5 years now. After spending this much time in the sport, he has finally started up the site over at: http://fishingkayaksnow.blogspot.com
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