On the Go Assault Hand
Backwater Paddles
Paddle (1) $29.95
www.backwaterpaddles.com
How can you fish and paddle at the same time? Either twist and contort your body to paddle with one arm, or you can use the Assault Hand Paddle, a single blade paddle with a short, padded handle. The 22- by six-inch paddle blade has a hook molded into on one side and a serrated edge on the other. Use the hook to grapple onto a branch. Use the serrated edge to push off slippery rocks. The Assault Hand Paddle comes in camo green and blaze orange.
Hala
Butterknife (2) $299.00
www.halagear.com
A traditional paddle blade is too short and too narrow for standup paddling. Using a traditional SUP paddle would be a good solution, but who has room to carry two paddles on his kayak? Hala has cooked up a wild-looking solution. The Butterknife is a double blade kayak paddle with a carbon fi- ber T-handle sticking out of one blade. Use it like a kayak paddle to get to the fishing grounds, then switch to SUP paddle mode to stalk the flats. To accommodate stand- up paddling, the blades have a tear-drop shape that puts more of the blade in the water. The Hala’s shaft is carbon fiber and paddle blades are fiberglass. Believe it or not, the handle doesn’t seem to interfere with paddling all that much.
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H2O-Fish (3) $159.00
www.h2opaddles.com
H2O is famous for making indestructible whitewater and touring paddles and their Fish model continues the tradition. The solid fiberglass shaft and molded plastic blade will take any abuse a kayak angler can dish out. A hook on the blade can be used to grab onto branches or remove a lure from a snag. Use the small hole on the blade to hang your fish scale and get a more accurate weight of your next trophy. There is even a measuring tape etched into the shaft. The high angle blade provides plenty of power to paddle a heavy fishing
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kayak through rough water. Bending Branches
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Splash (4) $54.95
www.bendingbranches.com
Smaller paddlers need a smaller paddle. Bending Branches’ Splash paddle is a shorter paddle with a thinner shaft and smaller blades to fit a child’s needs. But this paddle isn’t kid’s stuff. The plastic blades and aluminum shaft are tough enough to survive childhood while the paddle’s design continues Bending Branches’ tradition of quality and efficiency.
Werner
Carve (5) $219.00
www.wernerpaddles.com
Werner’s mantra is “A great kayak fish- ing paddle is a great paddling paddle” and they continue the approach with their line of standup paddleboard blades. The Carve paddle is tough and beautiful with a pile of options to fit any angler’s needs. The carbon fiber shaft has an ABS enhanced handle for comfort and a fiberglass blade that comes in solid colors or a tie-dyed pattern. The blade comes in three sizes to accommodate different fitness levels. The shaft can be ordered straight, two-piece or three-piece for easy transport.
Motorized Kayak Adventures
Skimmer (6) $397.00
www.kayaktrollingmotor.com
While all kayak anglers are anglers, not all are paddlers. For fishermen looking to get to and from the fish quickly, check out the Skimmer kayak trolling motor. The trolling motor only weighs seven pounds but puts out 17 pounds of thrust to push the kayak at two to four miles per hour. It runs off a 12-volt battery and will last up to five hours. An aluminum tiller gives the angler complete control of the motor’s functions even raising the motor in shallow water. The Skimmer makes kayak fishing even easier, just snap it on the mounting bracket and go fishing.
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