![]() You may as well ask which one main dish your town would like to eat every day for the next year. So which boat should you get? It's not that simple. Kayak fishing forums are lighting up with requests about which boats to look at, which one is for me and myriad other questions. Many times those people thinking about it will be first time owners. This is also the season when people start thinking of getting one or two new kayaks. New kayaks are hitting the showroom floors. Have additional suggestions? Let us know! I know these aren’t all the unspoken (and sometimes spoken) rules but these are definitely some you should know. At least make progress while exercising that gift of gab. If you stop to have a conversation on the ramp, someone else may have a conversation with you too and those convos are usually not pleasant. ![]() If you are a chatty Cathy at the boat ramp, at least chat while loading/unloading. You’ll be a good ambassador for the sport and might make a new fishing buddy. It can speed things up for both of you in lots of cases. If you happen to be at the ramp at the same time as another kayaker, make sure and ask if they’d like help loading or unloading. Don’t spend tons of time on the ramp securing Fort Knox. At that point you can batten down the hatches for the ride home. When you come in for the day, get your yak secured just enough to get you to the top of the hill and to the staging area. Remember that staging area away from the ramp? It hasn’t moved. Use an anchor, brush clip or rope to secure your kayak off the ramp and go park. If you are flying solo and need to go park the truck, you need to find a good place to stash the kayak while doing so. My general rule is if you are in reverse, kill the headlights. When you do finish backing, turn your headlights off. Showing that you’re making an effort to hurry makes a huge difference to those waiting. This is not the time for a leisurely morning stroll. Learn how to back by practicing in your driveway so you are ready to ace the back in when the time comes. Don’t do that! Most of us can’t do everything before the offload but the less time you take the better. Nobody likes waiting 15 minutes while you setup a flag, look for the whistle you need and worst of all tie all your lures on while on the ramp. Even if they don’t, you can get ready in the back of the parking lot. Lots of areas have staging zones well before the ramp. Put as much of your gear in your kayak as possible before you get to the ramp. ![]() Help everyone avoid ramp rage and follow these simple rules. When this is the case, chances are you will eventually see other people. Public boat ramps can give you access where it is otherwise sparse. ![]() Unfortunately many who have never fished out of power boats may not have ever been introduced to boat ramp etiquette. Not all kayakers use boat ramps to launch but if you do there are unspoken rules you should know about. ![]()
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