Kayak Fishing


Goes Mainstream In 2004 Perception Kayaks released the Caster fishing kayak, identifying sit-on-top fishing kayaks as the fastest-growing segment of kaya- king. That November our publisher went kayak fishing for muskie on the Petawawa River and the article appeared in the summer 2005 issue. In 2007 we released our first issue of Kayak Angler magazine as a special issue of Adventure Kayak. While sea kayakers wondered why they were getting a fishing magazine, anglers across North American snapped up 75,000 copies. Today Kayak Angler is going into its fourth season. Visit kayakanglermag.com if you’ve ever wondered how to land a 400-pound salmon shark in a kayak.


Creative License


Suspended Every veteran kayak reviewer eventually has to face the truth that Freud so wisely observed: sometimes a kayak is just a kayak. So rather than making kayak reviewing into a fine, dry science requiring a degree in naval architecture, we had a little fun. We posited the existence of a recently retired WWE pro wrestler named Goldust “looking to get in touch with his sensitive side” and who found the Current Designs Storm to fit


“just right.” We compared the Boreal Design Fjord to a fighter jet and riffed on Beatles’ lyrics to write up the P&H Capella RM as if it were an album. We invoked the words of Lao Tzu to describe the merits of a folding, flexible kayak. But when we reviewed the much hyped TRAK T-1600 convertible kayak as if it was the sum- mer blockbuster movie Transformers, readers said we’d gone too far and we’ve since suspended our creative license. Once again, all sea kayaks reviewed track well, without sacrificing manoeu- vrability, and are reasonably fast with moderate initial stability.


Voice Of The People Your bes t let ter s to Adventure Kayak


I’m thinking that maybe scoring with the babes and peeing on the beach really is what


you guys are all about. Leigh Coffey, Portland, Oregon, volume 4 issue 2


John Dowd says “Resist certification while you still can.” I say embrace it should you so


choose. Certificates make nice wallpaper. Graham Ketcheson, Parry Sound, Ontario, volume 5 issue 1


Lily Tomlin said it best: “You may win the rat race, but in the end you’re still a rat.” Off to


Killarney next week. Can’t wait. Bill Jones, London, Ontario, volume 5 issue 1


Some advice for the majority of the partici- pants in the hugely burgeoning sport of sea kayaking in North America: before you go paddling, taste the water. If it ain’t salty, it ain’t


the sea. Jim Hargreaves, Gatineau, Quebec, volume 5 issue 2


Last year I read the book Building Skin-on- Frame Boats by Robert Morris and built his West Greenland kayak. Over the winter I stored my boat beside my mother’s garage and some roofers dumped five feet of snow and ice on top of it. All the ribs and some of the deck


beams were broken and the boat was a total write-off. It makes me wonder how strong


these boats really are. Joe Menard, Winnipeg, Manitoba, volume 6 issue 3


Wouldn’t something have told him to store it inside the garage? Simon Allsop, volume 6 issue 4


I’m going to switch my subscription as soon as


my Sea Kayaker subscription expires. Jason Goldstein, Tumwater, Washington, volume 7 issue 2


In your Summer 2007 issue you highlighted several paddlers who paddle more than 100 days a year. So beginning on August 28 I began paddling for at least an hour every day. On December 27, I hit the century mark. Did


I enjoy the experience? You bet I did! Michael Bradley, Hatley, Quebec, volume 8 issue 2


Titling an article “Kayak Porn” shows your magazine has poor taste. Certainly I’m not a prude, but I think you should show some class and respect to your readers. I hope the next is- sue will be more representative of the attitudes


of the kayaking fraternity. John Ashdown, via email, volume 8 issue 3


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