In a previous article and video we answered the question: [Can You Fish from any Kayak?]
If you’re someone who’s been fishing from a normal recreational kayak and want to upgrade to a fishing kayak, you might want to know what extra features it comes with, right? And if you’re looking to hop right into a fishing kayak you’re probably wondering the same thing.
One of the great features of a fishing kayak is a pedal drive system, which we discussed in [Pedal Drive Fishing Kayak: What is It?]
In this article we’ll go over another key feature of fishing kayaks: the track mount you’ll find pre-installed along the outer edges of the kayak. This kayak track mount can hold a variety of fishing accessories and is completely adaptable to your specific needs.
This customizability greatly enhances your fishing enjoyment on the water and will make for a much better experience overall.
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Kayak Track Mount: Close Look
The Jackson Knarr is a great platform to talk about kayak track mount with their TriTrack. It runs front to back and allows you to accessorize the kayak to suit your exact fishing needs.
And it’s not just full-on fishing kayaks that have this great feature: the Jackson Take Two is a tandem combination recreational and fishing kayak that comes with track mount. It can be comfortably used as a normal kayak with your friends or family (or dog!) and can pull double duty as a fishing platform if you want take some gear out and try your luck.
Mounting Fishing Rod Holders
Now let’s talk about actually mounting accessories. The first thing most kayak fishers are gonna start with is a rod holder. Why? Because you gotta put it somewhere while you're trolling.
In the video we show this example with the Scotty Gearhead track adapter and the Scotty R-5 Rod Holder. Keep in mind we carry many top rated kayak fishing rod holders, including the YakAttack Omega Rod Holder.
[YakAttack Omega Rod Holder Review]
Depending on the track, you simply slide the adapter in, tighten it down then insert your rod holder in the top.
Depending on the track, you may also have top mounting style track, which means you can just put the adapter right in from the top, which saves some time when you’re loading everything up.
Fishing Kayak Track Mount Accessories
There's lots of different products that can mount to your track mount, including a YakAttack camera mount, to flag poles, to different types of rod holders, to fish finders, you name it!
This also helps you build out and customize your kayak fishing track mount the exact way you want it, with the exact gear you need. If the sun is causing glare and making it hard to read your fish finder, move it to the other side!
Trolling off one side of your kayak because of the local terrain? Then switch it over! Want that bevy in the shade? Move it down the track as the day goes on to follow the shade. If you can think it, you can do it. And you when buy a fishing kayak, the track mount is already there so you can fine-tune things from day one.
For a full list of fishing kayak accessories, click the button below, and if you have any further fishing kayak questions then please contact us at the info at the bottom of this post!
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