Today, kayak anglers have a plethora of gear and accessories available to them. Adding rod holders, mounts, bases, crates, lights, power and other accessories to your kayak is quicker and easier than ever before. In fact, a solution likely already exists for whatever you’re looking to hook up. Here are some essential rigging accessories to get your fishing kayak fully connected.

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Railblaza R-Lock R fish finder mountRailblaza

R-Lock R

$36 | railblaza.com

The R-Lock R fish finder mount offers a great way to mount any fish finder with U-shaped brackets and large screens. Using the R-Lock system allows you to turn your fish finder 360 degrees and also pivot 180 degrees. The R-Lock R is compatible with any of Railblaza’s twelve mounting options to best suit your needs.

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162 1.5” Ballmount and 241 Side Deck Mount for fishing kayak riggingScotty

162 1.5” Ballmount and 241 Side Deck Mount

$43 | scotty.com

The 162 1.5” ball design gives you a much greater clamping force for larger accessories while still having a smooth full range of motion. Click and lock any Scotty post mount accessory into the 162 Gear Head. Designed for use with Scotty baitcaster spinning and fly rod holders.

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168 1.5” Ball with Track AdapterScotty

168 1.5” Ball with Track Adapter

$18 | scotty.com

Adapt your Scotty low profile track to the 1.5” ball mounting system. For use with all Scotty 1.5” ball mounts and Scotty low profile tracks.

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163 1.5" Ball Mount Fish Finder and Universal Mounting Plate for fishing kayak riggingScotty

163 1.5″ Ball Mount Fish Finder and Universal Mounting Plate

$43 | scotty.com

The 163 1.5” Ball Mount design from Scotty gives you a much greater clamping force for larger accessories while still having a smooth full range of motion. The 163 top plate has been designed to accept fish finders up to nine inches. Works with all electronic brands.

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158 1” Ball with Track AdapterScotty

158 1” Ball with Track Adapter

$15 | scotty.com

Adapt your Scotty 158 low-profile track to the 1” ball mounting system. For use with all Scotty 1” ball mounts and Scotty low-profile tracks.

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Scotty 169 1.5” Ball with Post for fishing kayak riggingScotty

169 1.5” Ball with Post

$16 | scotty.com

Adapt your Scotty post mount to the 1.5” ball mounting system. For use with all Scotty post mounts.

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Tightline Anchor

K5 Canoe and Kayak Anchor

$120 | tightlineanchor.com

Tightline has spent two years developing an innovative anchoring system for you. Each of the anchors are formed from top-quality 316 stainless steel, then assembled by hand. The unique design weighs less than a can of pop and folds up neatly, saving space and weight for your other mission-essential kit. Brake spade design ensures you set the hook the first time, every time.

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Yak Power

Wireless Digital Switcher

$TBD | yak-power.com

Yak Power introduces totally wireless rigging and control of your kayak. The YP-RP5R features five switched outlets, battery-powered keypad with quick disconnect base and a T-nut rail track mounting option, integrated Bluetooth with mobile app control, last memory mode, inline 15A fuse, and Yak Power plug-and-play connectivity. Yak Power lets you spend less time rigging and more time fishing.

Watch Kayak Angler’s video review of the Yak Power RP5WR Wireless Digital Switcher, specs and features.

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YakGear YakSackYakGear

YakSack

$37 | yakgear.com

The YakSack from YakGear gives you storage options not only for your favorite lures, pliers and fish grips in the four outer pockets but also has a dry pouch interior that allows you to store your wallet, keys and phone. The YakSack is splash-proof and water-resistant. It can mount to a track, rail or framed seat.

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YakGear's YakSack is an essential piece of fishing kayak rigging
The YakGear YakSack gives you storage options for your favorite lures, pliers, fish grips and more. | Photo: Kayak Angler staff

Hooking up something to your boat? A fishing kayak rigging solution likely already exists. | Feature photo: Courtesy of Perception Kayaks

 

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Ric Burnley
Kayak Angler editor Ric Burnley has been kayak fishing since the dawn of the sport. In 2007, Burnley wrote The Complete Kayak Fisherman, with chapters on how-to make a PVC rod holder and glue a fish finder transducer to the hull. In 2013, he landed his dream job as editor of Kayak Angler magazine. Burnley is a regular contributor to Salt Water Sportsman, Sport Fishing, Outdoor Life, In the Bite and other print and online publications. Burnley lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, adult daughter, daughter’s boyfriend and daughter’s two cats. Experience In 2004, Ric Burnley stole his first milk crate from behind a 7-Eleven and fashioned it into a gear crate for his Ocean Kayak Prowler 15. Many years and many milk crates later, Burnley has witnessed the rise of kayak fishing from a bastardized fringe element to a legitimate industry with millions of devotees. The journey to becoming an angler started early in Burnley’s life. His father, Eric Burnley, is a renowned outdoor writer and former fishing guide, so the boy grew up in the cockpit of a charter boat and in the pages of national magazines. After college, Burnley lost easy access to his father’s boat, but not his passion for fishing. Once he had exhausted the limits of land-based angling, Burnley decided to try out a new thing called kayak fishing. About the same time, Burnley was looking for extra work to pay for his expensive addiction. His father, editor of the Mid-Atlantic Fisherman Magazine, offered him freelance assignments for the weekly publication. That led to a position as regional editor at Salt Water Sportsman, publication of The Complete Kayak Fisherman and editorship of Kayak Angler. Meanwhile, Burnley and his partner-in-crime, “Kayak Kevin” Whitley were exploring the boundaries of kayak fishing. With the bountiful Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean as their playground, the two anglers were the first to target big red drum, cobia, trophy striped bass, monster black drum, sheepshead and many other species. Once inshore species were exhausted, Burnley loaded his kayak onto motorboats and fished for bluefin tuna, blackfin tuna, king mackerel and amberjack. All the while, Burnley shared his experiences and knowledge with anglers through print, photos, video, radio, seminars and online. Almost 20 years later, Burnley continues to fish obsessively and share the stories. His recent projects for Kayak Angler cover the latest trends in forward-facing sonar and remote-controlled electric motors. Over the past two decades, kayak fishing and Ric Burnley have come a long way from PVC rod holders and stolen milkcrates. Education ● Radford University: BA English; Virginia Teacher’s License. Highlights ● Other Interests: Mountain biking, traveling, hiking, surfing and skateboarding ● Day Job: High School English teacher at an alternative school for at-risk students Fun Fact Ric’s name is a contraction of Eric. Ric is named after his father, Eric Sr. To differentiate between the two Erics, Mrs. Burnley removed her son’s E. To this day, she writes the boy’s name ‘Ric, with an apostrophe replacing the E.

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