The W fishing kayak offers new opportunities to kayak fishermen who fish in shallow water.


Poling
You'll find that poling your W fishing Kayak is easy, especially in shallow water.  We recommend that use use a longer paddle and preferably a sturdy one for poling, or a poling pole.

Going Over Obstacles When you feel or see a submerged object (e.g. a sunken tree trunk) that's preventing you from going forward you can try and go over it:   Raise the bow as much as possible by positioning yourself in the rear part of the cockpit and leaning backward, and paddle and/or pole as hard as you can.  When you feel your boat can't go further 'up' move as forward as possible on the saddle and try to tip your boat to the over side of the underwater obstacle by pushing with your paddle. Watch the Demo Video

Going Back In Case You Can't Turn Back
If you get stuck in a narrow passage or in very shallow water and you can neither keep going forward nor turn your boat around you can simply turn inside the cockpit and face 'backward', and paddle back in the direction you came from.  The W Kayak is totally symmetrical so you won't even feel the difference.

Stopping Your W Fishing Kayak In Place
Sometimes you want to stop in a certain place, cast a few lines and go cast somewhere else without having to drop the anchor and pull it back each time you go to a new location. If you're sufficiently heavy and if the water is shallow enough you can lower the stern of your W Fishing Kayak and make the hulls' tips touch the bottom by sitting in the back of the cockpit.  This would make your kayak stay in its place unless current and/or wind are too strong.
Thanks to Jeff McGovern for the tip - we call this trick 'Stop'n Go'

Casting
The W Kayak offers you the ability to throw to longer distances, which presents two advantages:
1.   Being able to cover more water from a stationary position before you need to move your kayak
2.   Some fish species can sense the presence of your kayak nearby and therefore are better caught from a distance.

The W Kayak offers three basic throwing positions:
1.   Sitting with your legs forward:  This position is similar to the sitting position offered by canoes. Since you're seated higher than in a kayak you enjoy more leverage on the rod, which enables you to throw to longer distances.
2.   Standing: This is the classical angling position, which gives you even more leverage than the high seated positions.  The difference between throwing standing in a W Kayak and sitting in an ordinary kayak is considerable, and may require some time for practicing.
3.   Riding:  This is the most powerful position of all.  It combines height with extra stability and with the ability to extract more power from the muscles in your legs.  This results in a spectacular increase in the range of your throws.

Sitting (Legs Forward)	Standing	Riding (Legs Sideways)

Note: You can also throw from a kneeling position but it's not likely to offer an advantage over the Riding position.  However, kneeling can increase your leverage on your fishing rod when you're fighting a strong, heavy fish who's pulling on the side of your W Kayak.  Switching form riding to kneeling and vice versa is instantaneous and effortless.


Figure 1:  W Fishing Kayak Draft As Function Of Load
How heavy is the gear that's possible for you to take onboard in water that's only few inches deep: