Rigging a Cheap Kayak for Fishing

I’ve been kayak fishing for about 5 years now. From simple sit in kayaks to luxurious pedal kayaks. While both are nice, sometimes the simple sit ins are all you really need. With all the options out there today, you can easily rig up a cheap kayak and make it perfect for fishing. In this video, I’ll show you how I rig mine and keep it relatively cheap.

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FLUSH MOUNT ROD HOLDERS

KAYAK PADDLE CLIP

CAMO STENCIL

ANCHOR CLEAT

Lowe’s tool pouch

Wal-Mart Boat seat (online price higher than I paid)

Paddle

[Thepreparer]

This is the best sit in modification video out there to this day

[joshu]

this is the best video I have seen for a sit-in kayak. thanks for the video man!

[roccon]

Nice build. Will be doing this for my sit-in.

[nicklloyd]

I dig the tool holder modification. Never attach an anchor to the port or starboard side of a craft. Bow or (preferably) stern on a forward fishing boat setup. Cheers

[hookd.on.fishin]

Great video. Just got a sit in kayak and was thinking of the upgrades I could do to it without breaking the bank. Thanks for sharing.

[rogergarrett]

I liked that you did and awesome job thank you

[Seblephotographe]

Awesome thx for this video! Inspired to mod mine now!

[josephkiwala]

Thank you this is what I needed to see

[theEsturm]

Shoutout from WV!!! I’m in Hurricane! Spent plenty of time in Parkersburg

[shaneabbott]

How did you mount the boat seat to the kayak. Did you use nut and bolt or is it just laid in place?

[henryunwin]

I have the very same kayak. I just put a stadium seat in over the original seat and really enjoyed the extra inches of height. I can't bring myself to cut out the back hatch yet but it makes total sense. If you modified the opening could you put a milk crate in there?

[tomballard]

How did you attach the seat, I might have to the same thing.Also you could put a backing board on that anchor cleat.I used a piece of plastic cutting board.

[cliffw]

Did you notice any extra flexing after cutting out the seat? Seems like it is part of the structure of the kayak

[thomasfilimon]

Do you still have the original seat? Lol I have the same kayak

[Cobra]

just got a sundolphin 10.4 explorer very simular got it at "Dunhams" 2 hour drive for a 200$ kayak. got some work to do!

[JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures]

Hello from a fellow WVian!!! Stumbled onto your channel looking for modifications to sit in kayaks. That is some great modifications to the kayak. Just getting into kayaking myself. My channel is more about hunting here in WV, but I also have reloading, casting, leather, knife making and amateur radio. Sub'd to your channel and will be looking thru your videos. Juddie - J & J TOA

[jeffccr]

Should have done a video on the camo process

[beerrun]

ive rigged my aruba 10 for fishing but cutting out the seat makes me nervous as in what if i dont like the seat im putting in to replace the cut out one

[KingNothing]

The moment you realize that the same kayak from the video is sitting in your garage

[robertuffman]

go mountaineers. i live in Lexington, KY but i'm from Grafton WV