Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles Solve “Kayak Angler’s Dilemma” For Under $20!

March 11th, 2010
Fishing with Predator Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle

“Kayak fishing hand paddles do what?”  I first asked myself after hearing about them.  “That’s all they cost?”  I questioned, once I heard the story and realized their benefit!

How many kayak fishermen have struggled with their ability to hold their fishing pole and paddle their kayak at the same time? 

Think about it.  Can you hold your fishing rod and paddle your kayak at the same time? 

“This is going to be hilarious” The line was ripping off and the big red was hell bent for the mangrove roots.  Sitting in a saltwater lagoon ten yards away, I mused at what was unfolding.  “The look on Andy’s face as he tried to grab his kayak paddle, hold his fishing rod, fight the fish, and figure out how to do it all with two hands was priceless!”

To Andy’s credit, he did finally manage to land a nice thirty inch redfish.  Despite the fact that during that melee, he dropped his kayak paddle, had to get out of his boat, lost one shoe and waded at least 25 yards!  Fish on Andy!

It takes two hands to wrangle a seven foot kayak paddle, no matter how you hold it.  Throw in a fishing pole, and you soon realize you need three hands!  Paddling your kayak and fishing at the same time became a comedy on the water.

Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles are the answer to the kayak angler’s dilemma.  The introduction of these revolutionary designed paddles has brought simplicity, mobility and stealth into the kayak fishing arena.

This paddle or fish dilemma has finally been addressed.  Kayak fishing hand paddle designs evolved from experienced kayak anglers and sportsmen working closely with the paddle sports manufacturing community. 

Valiant efforts in backyard paddle design have resulted in ping pong paddles, Kadema paddles, and other modified racquet devices temporarily fulfilling the kayak paddling quandary.  These pioneering anglers could hold onto their fishing rod and with the other hand paddle their boat stealthily.

The kayak fishing hand paddle is a compact and lightweight paddle, specifically designed to use with one hand, while keeping the fishing pole in the other.   This simple concept to a complex problem is revolutionizing the sport of kayak fishing.  

Once you rig up and wet your line, stow away that seven foot, cumbersome kayak paddle.  Place your compact kayak fishing hand paddle close by.  When it is time to maneuver your kayak, a few silent strokes of your kayak fishing hand paddle places you back on target.  You were stealthy, kept fishing and never spooked your prey.  Halleluiah!

Using kayak fishing hand paddles in open waters, where drift control is essential, hand paddles provide simple, one handed tracking.  Stick the hand paddle in the water and the blade acts like a basic rudder.  No fumbling or cross body flailing a seven foot kayak paddle.

The beauty of the kayak fishing hand paddle solution is the cost!  These hand paddles provide more benefit for the cost than any other kayak fishing accessory sold for under $20.00! 

For less than a handful of lures, one simple paddle will change your whole kayak fishing game plan.  Paddle one handed, chase stealthily and keep fishing.  

Yes, you can fish and paddle at the same time, inexpensively! 

See Backwater Paddle Company about their Predator and Piranha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles.  Available Now!!

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10 Reasons You Need A Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle!

March 2nd, 2010

 

Predator Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle in action.

Have you ever tried holding a fishing pole, gun or camera and paddle your kayak a few yards?  It is a very complicated effort.  Try to fish, hunt, or photograph while paddling a kayak at the same time!  You have to put something down to do the other!

“It was a fishing comedy on water.”  I mused from afar.  Jim was on the salt water flats flailing a seven foot kayak paddle.  He was trying to hold onto an eight foot fishing pole while chasing a redfish through the mangroves.   I thought to myself, “He needs another hand to juggle that kayak paddle and hold his rod.”

Paddle or fish?  Paddle or shoot?  This is the kayak fisherman’s dilemma!

All kayak fishermen and sportsmen have experienced the difficulty of paddling your kayak and holding your fishing rod.  No matter how you “fore arm wrestle” or “cross body flail” that seven foot kayak paddle, it still requires two hands.

The question baffling the kayak fishing community is how do you hold onto your eight foot fishing rod with one hand and stealthily paddle your kayak with the other? 

“It became readily apparent that kayak fishermen and sportsmen did not realize there was a hand paddle being developed to make their next fishing experience  more rewarding!”

This is when the Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle concept was launched.

Kayak fishing hand paddles are the straightforward solution to the kayak angler and sportsmen’s dilemma. 

Below are the TOP TEN reasons why you need a Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle:

  1. Simple, one handed paddle operation.  Stow away that 7 foot kayak paddle.
  2. Keep fishing.  Never put down your fishing pole.
  3. Stealthy paddling.  No flailing an awkward kayak paddle to scare away fish.
  4. Short distance mobility.  Why use a 7 foot kayak paddle to move a few yards?
  5. Open water drift control.  Steer & control drift with the fishing hand paddles.
  6. Retrieving lines.  Reach out and grab those mono filament and braided lines.
  7. Grabbing onto structures.  Use the hook to pull, attach, snatch, & drag anything.
  8. Pushing off obstacles.  Use the teeth for positive purchase while shoving off.
  9. Small and lightweight.  Weighing between 6-7 ounces vs. a 2–3 lb kayak paddle.
  10. Backup emergency paddle.  For who knows when?

“Having that kayak fishing hand paddle at my side and readily available was the difference between just good ole time fishing and an awesome kayak fishing experience!”

It is truly amazing how having that one paddle, a kayak fishing hand paddle, has made all the difference in stealthily moving your kayak without spooking your prey!  Who would of thought?  

Backwater Paddles has the inexpensive solution to solve your kayak fishing problems!

Try our Predator and Piranha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles.  Yes, you can paddle and fish!

Go to www.backwaterpaddles.com to solve your kayak fishing problems today!

Paddle one handed, chase stealthily…keep fishing!  Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles!

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The Evolution of Fishing Kayaks and Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles

February 26th, 2010
Fishing with Predator Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle

Paddle sports, particularly kayak fishing, are the fastest growing water sport today.  Kayaking, canoeing and rafting are now destination activities.   With all the green and eco friendly activities available, paddle sports have dominated the outdoor adventure scene.   Paddle sports are low impact on the environment, inexpensive, thrilling and always memorable.

Not to be left out, the fishing and sporting communities wanted in on this explosion.  Kayakers, anglers and sportsmen merged concepts and technologies.  Along with diversity came opportunity.  New specialty equipment, gear and accessories evolved.  Fishing kayaks and kayak fishing hand paddles evolved from this call to action.  

With the rapid growth of paddle sports, there has been a definitive diversification of the sport into various disciplines.  All the technological and manufacturing advancements have fueled the sudden increase in the sport.  Kayak fisherman and kayak sportsman have recently dominated the growth in the paddle sports arena. 

Kayak fishermen, also known as kayak anglers, and kayak sportsmen require specialty equipment, gear and accessories to effectively pursuit their sport.  Their fishing kayaks and fishing hand paddles are specifically designed to accommodate their dynamic environments and distinctive sporting activities. 

Kayak anglers and sportsmen have designed boats for easy access and mobility.  Many facets of their kayak design reflect accoutrements that were found only on motorized fishing vessels.  Today you can find rod holders, live wells, storage compartments, battery wells, fish finders, anchors, etc.  If they can fit a specialty fishing accessory on a twelve to fourteen foot kayak, they will try to get it on there!  They even have twin hulled, foot propelled and battery operated kayaks for the hard core anglers.

For ease of access and dismount, the anglers use a modified version of the sit on top kayak, or SOT.  SOT’s were a natural conversion platform for kayak anglers. These boats are self bailing, meaning that any water that gets in the kayak will be drained away by gravity.  Getting on and off is much easier than a sit in kayak.  Turning or sliding around to access tackle or gear behind you is a much simpler evolution.

With this approach to fishing from kayaks, came another conundrum that caused problems in the kayak angling community.  How do you paddle and fish at the same time?  Think about it.  Can you hold your fishing rod and a kayak paddle at the same time? 

Paddling your kayak and fishing at the same time became a comedy on the water.  It takes two hands to wrangle a seven foot kayak paddle, no matter how you hold it.  Throw in a fishing pole, and you soon realize you need three hands! 

Kayak fishing hand paddles evolved from pioneering anglers solving this problem with ping pong paddles, Kadema paddles, modified badminton racquets and the sort.  They could hold onto their fishing rod and with the other hand paddle their boat stealthily toward their prey. 

It soon became apparent that flailing a seven foot paddle is not conducive to shallow water, or skinny water fishing.  The fish can see you!   The best way to sneak up on your prey is to glide stealthily toward them.   While holding your fishing rod, using a little six or seven ounce fishing hand paddle to propel your kayak, about 16” long, is perfect for the task.

As you begin your foray into kayak fishing, do your research.  Peruse the internet, talk to local anglers, visit local outfitters and try various kayak platforms and fishing hand paddles.  That little effort will certainly make your fishing trip much more rewarding and memorable. 

Fish on!!

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Fishing Hand Paddles Contribute to Successful Kayak Fishing

February 23rd, 2010
Piranha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle

Kayak fishing is one of the fastest growing sports in the outdoor sporting and paddle sports markets.  With this explosion of growth, came opportunity.  Kayak fishermen are beginning to reap the benefits of new concepts and technologies in advancing their sport. 

 Having said that, kayak anglers and sportsmen are clamoring for new equipment, paddle gear and accessories to stay ahead of their competition.

 “It was a fishing comedy on water.”  I mused from afar.  Jim was in the salt water flats flailing a seven foot kayak paddle.  He was trying to hold onto an eight foot fishing pole while chasing a redfish through the mangroves.   I thought to myself, “He needs another hand to juggle that kayak paddle and hold his rod.”

Paddle or fish?  All kayak fishermen have experienced the difficulty of paddling your kayak and holding your fishing rod.  How do you hold onto your eight foot fishing rod with one hand and stealthily paddle your kayak with the other?  No matter how you wrestle that seven foot kayak paddle, it requires two hands.  Something has to be set down to do the other.

Backwater Paddle Company introduced the concept of the kayak fishing hand paddle.  The introduction of the Predator and Piranaha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles has solved many kayak angling problems.  These paddles are a simple solution to a confusing problem encountered while kayak fishing. 

It had been noted that intrepid kayak anglers and sportsmen could be found with the likes of ping pong paddles, Kadema paddles, and modified racquets silently navigating their kayaks while chasing fish. 

The principle concept of kayak fishing hand paddles were developed by the kayak angler and sportsmen to stealthily move their boat while continuing to fish. 

Backwater Paddle Company finally decided it was time to bring the kayak fishing hand paddle concept main stream.  Today, these lightweight and ubiquitous paddles are transforming the kayak fishing sport.

Kayak fishing hand paddle designs evolved from experienced kayak anglers and sportsmen working closely with the paddle sports manufacturing community.  Keeping the kayak fishing hand paddles fully functional was the primary interest.  Providing a light weight, durable, short and floatable paddle was mandatory. 

Paddle evolution has not come very far since the inception of paddle sports to the modern paddling masses.  Paddle design has basically remained unchanged since the Inuit’s first stretched seal skins over wooden frames.  The basic paddle blade concept has worked well until now.  Nominal manufacturing and material changes resulting in preference of weight and durability reflect most purchasing decisions today.   

Kayak anglers have declared it is time to adapt and overcome those traditional barriers!

Simply place one of these six ounce or seven ounce Predaotr or Piranha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles between your legs, or close by.  Stow away that unwieldy seven foot kayak paddle.  Grab your fishing rod.  Now you can stealthily paddle and fish without spooking your prey. 

Backwater Paddles introduced a couple of fishing hand paddle models available to the kayak angler and sportsmen market.  After the first kayak fishing hand paddle prototypes were tested, it became apparent that having more functions would add to the benefit. 

The “hook and teeth” blade designs of Backwater Paddles became readily accessible and dominate the kayak fishing hand paddle market.  Having a fishing hand paddle is awesome; having that ability to grab onto or push off any object with the hook and teeth is a real bonus. 

It works great for the kayak fishermen, sportsmen, photographers and enthusiasts who need an extra hand while practicing their paddle sport. 

It is truly amazing how having that one paddle, a kayak fishing hand paddle, has made all the difference in stealthily moving your kayak without spooking your prey!  Who would of thought?   

Fish On!!

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Is their perpetual motion in marketing?

February 17th, 2010
Predator Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle

Backwater Paddle Company has struggled to get where we are now.  It has been a long slog through a nasty recession.  Backwater Paddles almost faltered at the start due to the bad economic times.  On top of that, breaking into a new, yet growing market, where your product has never existed presented its own unique challenges.

After a year or so of just keeping the business together, all the little things I have done have seem to come together.  Maybe it was just throwing enough fodder out there that something would catch and hold on.  Maybe it was changing the business plan in mid stream and coming out with the kayak fishing hand paddles.  Maybe it was just the market starting to rebound.  Maybe it was because I did find the right product at the right time for the right market?

Nevertheless, Backwater Paddles has been fortunate enough to begin feeling like we are somebody.  The past two months have been a renaissance in company and product awareness.  We are being noticed.  Somebody likes our product and sees a useful benefit.   We are generating sales, albeit very nominal, but someone does want to try our Predator and Piranha kayak fishing hand paddles.

Starting a project in a niche market is hard enough.  Try designing and selling a product to a market that has never existed before!  I am not saying kayaks nor fishing have never been around, but kayaks and fishing togetherhave spring boarded into the paddle sports market…bringing us kayak fishing.  Ever being an optimist, where  there is growth, there is opportunity!

Getting noticed in your market is an overwhelming task.  Let me back that statement up.  Getting noticed in your market without dumping boat loads of green backs into your marketing campaign is an overwhelming task! 

As a start-up company owner, working from savings, and a part time job is all you have to work with monetarily.  Without big corporate sponsors, investors and funding companies at your disposal, getting your marketing campaign off the ground requires tons of patience and good luck. 

Once Backwater Paddle Companies investors bailed at the start of the recession, I knew all bets were off and this would be a struggle.  I had to knuckle down and explore EVERY opportunity, EVERY contact, EVERY lead, and EVERY scheme.   I had to be proactive.   I know deep down, there would be no one else sitting down at this computer, for hours on end, doing this for me.

With the evolution of kayak fishing came new equipment, new gear and accessories.  Being in the right spot at the right time was all we needed for a competitive edge.   The evolution of  kayak fishing hand paddles became the focus of our market campaign and Backwater Paddles rise into the paddle sports community.

But again, it all boils down to the green backs.  Fortunately, perseverance has paid off to some degree.  Backwater Paddles is breaking into the paddle sport news without having sunk beacoup green backs into marketing.  

Is this good luck?  Will the exposure keep growing on its own with little or no more input from me?  Has all the last year of relentless Internet research finally paid off?  Sure, I’d like to believe that.  Sure I’d like to believe in perpetual  motion too.  But I know at some point I am going to have to get some green backs from someone to keep this marketing machine moving forward.

By the way…do you know anyone wanting to get in the ground floor of a paddle sports company?  I am going to need some green backs soon!! 

Paddle on my friends!!

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Networking Will Be The Ultimate Success For Backwater Paddles

February 3rd, 2010
Predator Kayak Fishing Hand Paddle

Blessing do come in disguises.  You just never know what or how they are disguised, until you have time to reflect.

As owner of a start-up paddle sports manufacturing company and part time tourist eco-guide, trying to keep your business running is a full time job.  However, only one of those jobs pays the bills, barely…the part time tour guide!  I am quite fortunate to have some very close friends who have accommodated my paltry lifestyle.  I have sacrificed everything I have to get this company to this point.   The recession stalled our project, but that is another story.

It was what happened during the recession that is now paying off in our survival marketing campaign.

Even though the recession forced us to temporarily shelve the Raptor Kayak Paddle project, we also re-identified ourselves and evolved along the way.  We have now refocused on our Predator and Piranha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles.   A simple solution to a complex problem of trying to paddle your kayak and fish at the same time!

But that is still  not the story.  It was what happened in between the recession and our new direction.  

 Networking!  After the recession, I spent a huge amount of time online talking to everyone.  I talked to manufacturers, paddle companies, outfitters, store owners, guides, web designers, yak fishermen and to any one who would listen to my story!  I had to cement Backwater Paddles name into peoples minds.  Failure was not an option for Backwater Paddles!  I knew that the economy would come back one day.  When it was time for Backwater Paddles to get back into business, I wanted us to be there with our name in peoples minds.  I was basically establishing an awareness campaign with no marketing budget, while the recession was on.

When do you know the recession is over and it is time to get back to marketing again?   For us it was when anglers and sportsmen started to ask questions about our hand paddles.  These contacts were direct results from my networking campaign, even better yet, some were the indirect results.  They had heard about us from someone else.

When you have no marketing budget money, when the economy is tough, when you question your company…get ut and talk to someone.  With the internet at your finger tips, people are just a few key strokes away. 

Find out who the movers and shakers are in your line of business and start emailing them about your company.  Do not make the first contact  a sales pitch.  Probably not even the second time either.  Feed them slowly with information about your business and products..  Give them something to hope for. 

When the time is right, through all the phone calls, emials and networking you have done, they will start to come looking for you and being more receptive of your product.  It all starts with communicationg to everyone about your company. 

Basically it boils down to if you are not the one talking to everyone about your company, no one else will be either!

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Laceration puts kayak paddle company owner down!

January 28th, 2010
                                                                                                                    

Backwater Paddle Company Logo

Who would of thought how fast your life can change?  The slip of a six inch paring knife almost ended Backwater Paddle Company and its paddle products as we know them now.  As the owner of this paddle company, and recipient of the potentially devastating injury, I have come to realize that the sole existence of Backwater Paddles is locked up within my own realm.

Think about it.  Would this paddle company cease to exist at this early stage without me?    For the past two years, I have been solely responsible for taking this unique paddle concept and company to fruition.  No one else knows where this company stands in the market as well as I do.  Even though Liz, who saved my life and is my partner, hears everyday what goes on with Backwater Paddles, she could never remotely sit here at this keyboard and figure out where the paddle company is in the scheme of things.  Know one knows how many hours have been relentlessly spent working the Internet, the manufacturers, the marketers, the consumers, all networking to put a concept into place.

Now what?  I guess keeping myself out of harms way and staying alive is paramount to Backwater Paddle Company’s future.  However, at what point do you, or can you, hand a fledgling enterprise over to someone else?  Quite unfortunately, I am the only available resource for Backwater Paddle Company at this juncture.  There is just not enough room at this computer keyboard for two of us!  I have no one looking over my shoulder, providing me direction or feedback.  Everything this company represents does not come from a “playbook” that anyone has access to.  The playbook is upstairs!  This is what it is so frightening about starting a new venture.  Success or performance generally relies on ONE person to take the steer by the horns and get the job done.  Now, I know some are wondering…if you pass on…why would you remotely care about what or where your company is. 

I suppose it boils down to a legacy.  Maybe it is the nature of entrepreneurs to have survivor-ship of their endeavors, dreams and projects.  Whether or not Liz takes over, my son Sean or my daughter Amanda take over…I first have to get this kayak paddle company up to a full blown running enterprise.  

Questioning my existence in the paddle sports world reflects upon nothing until Backwater Paddles is operational.  To ensure this happens, I’d better stay smart, stay healthy and stay away from sharp knives! 

 I survived the latest act of my own stupidity…NOW I have to get my ass back to marketing and get Backwater Paddle Company into the paddle sports market arena!!   By the way, if you ever notice a huge scar on my arm…you know the story!  See you on the water!!

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Kayak paddle break…had a tour today!

January 22nd, 2010

I love when I have the opportunity to take guests kayak paddling.  As a part time kayak eco-guide, I take extreme pleasure on getting on the water whenever I can.  Not only does it give me some cash, but gets me outdoors to refresh my soul.  I feel like I get cabin fever if I don’t paddle frequently.  Basically I run Backwater Paddles from my man cave, as Liz, my paddling partner, calls my office.  Primarily everything I do is from my computer at this stage.  Until I can get this company up and into manufacturing, behind this computer I have to stay.  I cannot imagine ever having to sit in a cubicle all day long!!

Back on the Backwater Paddles marketing process…I have ran into some really neat individuals via networking who are interested in promoting and writing articles about our unique kayak and hand paddle products.   One fellow named Paul Lebowitz, an outdoor writer and photographer, was the first individual expressing the desire to try our Predator and Piranha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles.  I can’t thank him enough for the exposure that I’m sure he will bring to Backwater Paddles.  As a start-up paddle sports company, having a product that someone is interested in promoting is very beneficial to lending credence to your company. 

That is one of the way’s I have in trying to gain exposure with my paddle company.  Networking and  providing complimentary paddles to potential customers and industry leads is a must.   I am not saying kissing someones ass will or will not help promote your project…but I feel if you have to kiss someones ass to promote your product…it probably was not worth promoting or having the product in the first place!

Networking with the computer, part of my marketing strategy, has proven fruitful.  I cannot imagine bringing my company to where it is now without a computer!  The information found is boundless.  All you have to do is have the patince and resourcefullness to keep looking and asking.  Pretty much anything that can assist your company can be found for free or for very little costs. 

Till we meet again…if you have any information or cool sites to help market or anything else, please let me know!!  Paddle On!!

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I Am A One Man Marketing Team!

January 21st, 2010

NOTE:  If you have in your mind to start a kayak paddle company or any other paddle sports company, this blog site from Backwater Paddle Company is for you.  Heck, even if you are not starting a paddle spports company, just starting ANY company is challenging! 

Backwater Paddles was first conceived in 2007.   That was way before I knew of blogs, facebook, twitter and SEO.  As I blog about my daily and weekly trials, I will fill you and catch you up as to how Backwater Paddles got this far. 

Of course, always feel free to contact me about questions, networking or just sharing your pain!  If you have some revolutionary paddle or marketing ideas…I am all ears!!

Tell you what…it takes all you have in resources and networking to get your company name out into the public domain.  It also helps if you have large chunks of cash!

Large chunks of cash, I don’t have.  I spent all my dollars getting to where we are today.   I am forced to be extremely resourceful and get all the marketing I can get on the cheap, or for nothing, if I can! 

2010 is the year of the paddles!  We are making our debut into the paddle sports market by introducing our Predator and Piranha Kayak Fishing Hand Paddles to the kayak angler community.  Fortunately we have got some decent attention lately due to a press release we sent out a couple of weeks ago.  That has lead to some interviews.  Now all I have to do is turn this exposure into $$$$$$$$$!

I am stil working on that, so stay tuned!

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Predator Kayak Paddle Prototype

January 20th, 2010

Went kayak paddling today with some guests from Wyoming and Wisconsin.  We had a really good time as the weather was fantastic.  Two of the guests were experienced kayak paddlers and the other two were canoers, ex-canoers, now!   I always padddle with my Raptor Kayak paddle prototype.  It always gets some attention.  Of course, these guests were extremely curious about the design, so I let them paddle with the Raptor.  They always get a kick out of it.   We did not see any mammals…dolphins or manatees.

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