The Growing Popularity Of Kayak Fishing

It's interesting that kayak fishing has only recently become a popular sport, because hunting had traditionally been among the most popular uses of a kayak by the Inuit who designed these boats. However, fishing had not been something they did with kayaks, therefore it wasn't until much later that sport fishing found kayaking.

As can be imagined, the most stable and comfortable of modern designs are used for kayak fishing. This requirement has lead to the introduction of such useful novelties as twin-hulled, or catamaran, kayaks, which are steady enough to support anglers standing upright. This is a very important advancement because fishing normally requires long hours, and the strict confines of a conventional kayak can make for some rather sore butts!

These kinds of designs allow the modern angler to have both speed and stability. But conventional boats may still be more or less stabilized by the use of outriggers. Kayak fishing nowadays regularly contains such conveniences as propulsion via foot-pedals that work flippers beneath the boat.

While not as fast as an electric or gas motor on board, these kinds of flippers offer much more power than paddling - and free the fisherman or woman's hands, which can be quite a useful feature when it comes to certain common tasks as fighting game fish pulling the kayak through the water!

In fact, it's precisely for such excitement that many anglers actually launch their fishing kayaks from a larger boat, playing game fish from the kayak and fighting it as it pulls the kayak through the water.

Some other conveniences catering to the kayaking fisher contain specially designed hatches, built-in rod holders, and mounts designed for catch bags and equipment. These features on boats customized for the sport seems to have helped increase the sport's popularity, a happy case of enthusiasts petitioning the manufacturers successfully.