SwitchSports

Kayak fishing is a growing sport that offers many benefits to the adventurous kiwi. A cheap, healthy, easy to do and increasingly successful fishing discipline, kayak fishing is no longer seen as a ‘poor cousin’ to other more established forms of fishing.
There are a number of large kayak brands that make kayaks for fishing from with price tags ranging from $1100 to over $4500. However, there is now a new player in the market, and we are glad (but not surprised) to say that it is a Kiwi designed and built product.

Switch Sports is a small Kiwi manufacturer of a single kayak – the Switch CORE. The kayak has a ton of features that make it a very handy fishing platform (4 rod holders, separate well for storing your catch, tackle box holder, bait/burly holder… the list goes on). The kayak is 3.85m long and weighs only 28kg. It is easy to paddle, stable and tracks well making is a pretty useful general purpose kayak also.
The Core Kayak has a couple of special (but oh so simple) features that make it a truly remarkable product.

You can join two of them together to form a catamaran powerboat (pictured) called the Wingman.

Now all of a sudden a couple of blokes with a kayak each have an incredibly stable multi-hull fishing vessel than does not need a trailer (the kayaks sit on the roof rack and get joined together when you get to the beach or lake). Now you can pull cray pots, set and retrieve set lines, dive, trawl, or just fish with a mate.

There are plenty more surprises with this kayak, check them out on their website www.switchsports.co.nz . And, if you mention this website when you buy the Wingman online or over the phone, they’ll give you a free kid’s kayak which lets convert your Core kayak into an outrigger!