Welcome to the NorthWest Kayak Anglers website, your source for information on kayak fishing in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Alaska, Idaho and Montana.

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Featured How-to article
The Bsteves quick release anchor
by Bsteves

My set up is pretty much like this one by FishShim of NCKA (below) except for the cable reel (I'm using the extension cord winder) and my choice to add an anchor chain instead of the 2 lb weight.

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Featured Product Review
The Trix Jetty Worm
Reviewed by Zee

I've used the Trix Jetty Worm for about a year and on a recent trip down to my local spot for rockfish remembered why I'd always loved this lure, it's one tough fish catchin' jig.

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Featured Report
Rufus Report 11/29
by Pisco Sicko

The Noggin Yakker and I met up Sunday morning to scout out some new (to us) territory. We ended up at some of the netpen operations, off of Columbia River Road. The fish checker that greeted us reported that the fishing was slow, and had been for a couple of months. . Dang, that wasn't what we wanted to hear!

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How-to article
The Cobra drift rig
by Spot

Before becoming a yak man, my favorite fishing was done on coastal streams in the Fall and Winter.  So, using my kayaks to access these waters seemed only natural.  Necessity being the mother that it is, Fall found me knee deep in the manufacture of a drift anchor for...

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How to build a simple drift anchor rig

Submitted by Zee

I'd tried drifting a few rivers this fall and I quickly realized that without a properly rigged drift anchor things could be dangerous very quickly. So based on a few other friend's designs I decided to make a drift anchor rig for my Malibu X- Factor.

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Floating power supply

Submitted by coosbayyaker

I saw this article http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?page=19 even before I bought my fish finder. I figured this would be the best way to go for a Kayak setup. So the idea comes from there, I just tried to do it with some stuff I had around the garage already.

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