I’ve been looking for a kayak to fish from on our local farm dams for probably more than a year.. After much shopping around I eventually bought a Vanhunks Amberjack 12’6 hybrid SUP Kayak. It’s essentially a plastic flat bottom fishing kayak with a flat deck which allows you to stand on. Standing on it is super easy and you can fish in essentially any direction, thus you don’t have to hold a stance like on a normal SUP.
I have also fitted a chair thus paddling like a normal kayak when I want/need to. Other stuff I fitted were two rod holders, for when bait fishing or hopefully some day some estuary action. A fishing crate to carry my extras, see pics. My current anchor is a rod which tip section I lost and a Shimano 20/40 reel with a 700gr anchor, this holds me in strong winds.
A few small drawbacks include that it doesn’t paddle very fast compared to a normal kayak and since it doesn’t have a rudder it doesn’t track that well in strong wind conditions. Also, if you stand up the wind takes you like a kite, so if you want to fish in one place you have to anchor. In light wind however you can drift fish once you have the hang of it which is a really good stealth approach.
Rigged out it’s pretty heavy so you need a trolley to pull it, but it does have a load capacity of over 200kg so you can load whatever you like.
Check out more pics on my instagram @egvvoutdoors
I have also fitted a chair thus paddling like a normal kayak when I want/need to. Other stuff I fitted were two rod holders, for when bait fishing or hopefully some day some estuary action. A fishing crate to carry my extras, see pics. My current anchor is a rod which tip section I lost and a Shimano 20/40 reel with a 700gr anchor, this holds me in strong winds.
A few small drawbacks include that it doesn’t paddle very fast compared to a normal kayak and since it doesn’t have a rudder it doesn’t track that well in strong wind conditions. Also, if you stand up the wind takes you like a kite, so if you want to fish in one place you have to anchor. In light wind however you can drift fish once you have the hang of it which is a really good stealth approach.
Rigged out it’s pretty heavy so you need a trolley to pull it, but it does have a load capacity of over 200kg so you can load whatever you like.
Check out more pics on my instagram @egvvoutdoors
