Transporting Your Kayak

Hey, guys and gals, I’m Kristine Fischer with Go Outside. And today I’m going to talk about how to transport your fishing kayak, the pros and cons of each method. So there are three basic ways to haul your kayak.

The first way, and probably the most economically friendly way, is to just simply throw the kayak in the back of the truck. Now they make bed extenders for longer kayaks, but you don’t necessarily have to have one. The pros of doing it this way.

It cost almost nothing, and there’s not much, if any, wind resistance when you’re on the road. The cons If you have a heavier kayak, it can be really hard on your body to lift that thing up and load it into the bed of a truck.

So next, let’s talk about roof topping a kayak. So if you have a vehicle that accommodates it, you can get a certain track system or a roof mounted or even. I’ve seen people do it without that at all and strap a kayak to the roof.

So if you don’t have a truck and aren’t able to use the bed to throw the kayak in an SUV or even a basic four door sedan, you can rooftop your kayak. The pros to rooftop in your kayak.

This can work with literally any vehicle you have, so you don’t have to have a truck or other vehicle to be able to do this. The cons is sometimes it can get pretty costly to put the roof track system on and then buy the Mount.

And if you again, if you have a heavier kayak, it can be a little bit difficult to get that up on top of the vehicle without damaging your vehicle. So the last option is getting a kayak trailer. There are all different kinds of makes and models a kayak for others out there.

And what this does, if you had a heavy kayak, it’s pretty easy. You treat it just like a bass boat. You can back it down, unload it and load it quickly. Obviously, the cons of having a trailer, they can get pretty expensive.

You’re going to decrease your gas mileage a little bit, and you have to worry about a trailer while you’re on the road with parking and other logistics like that. But the ease and convenience of having a trailer if you have a very heavy kayak like Adobe Pro Angler, a Jackson Blue Sky or a native title that’s going

to help you tremendously when it comes to transferring your kayak to and from the water. So those are the three basic ways of transporting your kayak. What you need to look at is how heavy your kayak is, what type of vehicle you have, what your budget is, hope that helps you and you’re able to get out there and go catch them.