how long does it take for all your Kayak stuff?

[Darth-Baiter]

I assume all your stuff is in your garage or somewhere.    

 

how long does it take?:  to get stuff into your truck, from truck into water, water back into truck, truck back into storage.

 

I have it down to about 8-10 minutes at each stop.  from truck to garage takes longer because I take the time to hose down the kayak.  I feel I bring more stuff than the average kayaker.  but I dont have a motor.   I call it 40 minutes of total time invested doing the least fun part of kayak fishing.    

 

sorry, I am bored.  I am on mute in a Microsoft Teams meeting.  zzzzzzz..

 

early morning trips I load mostly everything the night before except my rods.  I park it tight up against the garage door so a thief can't slip it out. 

 

 

[Bankc]

10-30 minutes each time I load or unload, depending on how motivated I am.  First, I have a lot of stuff, and I remove it all from my kayak when transporting.  Second, I have to car top my kayak on my SUV, which involves attaching a truck bed extender so I can load it over the spoiler on my back window without damaging it, which is a whole mess in itself.  I even have a hitch extender on my bed extender, because it won't clear the bumper otherwise.  Third, there's all of the wires and cables for the sonar and trolling motor, plus I have a few mounts, like for the trolling motor and rod holders, that I have to take down and reinstall every time.  

 

For this reason, I always try to load and unload my kayak on the ramp, if possible.  On some lakes, I can find a ramp that's in bad shape, one made of dirt, or just an out-of-the-way one that no one uses, and just park my car on the ramp and do it all in 10 minutes or less.  However, if there are other people around, I don't want to be "that guy", so I'll load it all up, away from the ramp, and then roll it over to the ramp on a kayak cart, so I'm not preventing other people from using the ramp.  This usually takes me about 20-30 minutes to do, but only two minutes on the ramp.  I usually have to make several trips, because the kayak is just too heavy with everything in it.  

[Choporoz]

I load the car usually around Easter.  Kayak comes off usually before Thanksgiving.  Average about 20 min at ramp on each end of outing.

[Deleted account]

[ ]

[casts_by_fly]

27 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

I load the car usually around Easter.  Kayak comes off usually before Thanksgiving.  Average about 20 min at ramp on each end of outing.

thats me a lot of the time. I work from home and mostly only use my truck for fishing trips. I leave my gear in the truck basically all of the time.   I’m fully loaded right now.  I run an extension cord to the boat to charge batteries. 
 

1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said:

I assume all your stuff is in your garage or somewhere.    

 

how long does it take?:  to get stuff into your truck, from truck into water, water back into truck, truck back into storage.

 

I have it down to about 8-10 minutes at each stop.  from truck to garage takes longer because I take the time to hose down the kayak.  I feel I bring more stuff than the average kayaker.  but I dont have a motor.   I call it 40 minutes of total time invested doing the least fun part of kayak fishing.    

 

sorry, I am bored.  I am on mute in a Microsoft Teams meeting.  zzzzzzz..

 

early morning trips I load mostly everything the night before except my rods.  I park it tight up against the garage door so a thief can't slip it out. 

 

 

if the truck is empty, it takes about 5 minutes to load up. My kayak is on a cart, so I back the truck part way into the garage, roll the boat over, and slide it in. Two straps later and it’s in.  I keep my rods on the kart in rod holders so pull 6 rods and they go in the front seat. The motor, my tackle bag, and the helix go on the back floor. My sunglasses are always in the truck and I grab my hat on the way out the door. Rain jacket and bibs are hanging in the garage and get tossed in the back seat on top of everything. 
 

at the lake it depends on the ramp/launch. I too don’t like to be that guy holding things up especially if it’s a trailer launch and I’m dropping a kayak. That said, I’m usually on the water before everyone else so it doesn’t matter. I’ll back right down and drop the boat in, then load my gear (10 minutes tops). If no one around I’ll just leave it wherever is convenient. If people are trying to launch I’ll beach it nearby and move the truck first, then pull stuff out. If there’s a dock all the better. Only change is when parking is a bit of a walk. I’ll unload the truck quickly nearby but not put it in the boat.

 

loading is similar in reverse but there might be a wait for the ramp so I’ll usually carry more loads back and forth so that I’m just tossing in the boat when I get there.

[Big Rick]

2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

sorry, I am bored.  I am on mute in a Microsoft Teams meeting.  zzzzzzz..

I feel your pain. I have to endure several of those per month. My avatar for Teams states: I survived another meeting that should've been an email. 

[BustedSwimbait]

Living in a studio apartment, makes it so the kayak lives on top of the car and my crate in the trunk. Fishing poles are inside the house until I'm ready to roll out, which just lay in the front seat. Unloading/set up takes about 5-10 minutes.  Hardest part for me is not having a cart and having to lug my kayak to some of the launching points, then run back to the car to grab my poles

[flyfisher]

I can go from decision to leave to actually leaving in about 10-15 minutes.

 

Strap the kayak down on the trailer

hook up the trailer

throw the fly rods in the car

grab crate

grab motor & battery

 

Leave the driveway

 

Coming back takes a little longer because i usually have flies and water bottles and junk to empty out of the kayak plus loading it on the trailer but having taken a kayak out fishing for a couple decades it becomes second nature.

[Jmilburn76]

Where Im going to fish at determines how much I bring, its usually about 10-15 minutes to load/unload so around 40-60 mintues total for a trip.I keep my kayak on its trailer in the garage and never leave it loaded in the truck overnight. I only use the trailer if I drive my Jeep.

[ska4fun]

Some 20 minutes. And my yak is the same as yours.

[Darth-Baiter]

7 hours ago, Big Rick said:

I feel your pain. I have to endure several of those per month. My avatar for Teams states: I survived another meeting that should've been an email. 

ahhaha....funny!!  

[Koz]

I keep my kayak in a storage room at my hotel. I have 4 or 5 rods, Lowrance unit, and my pedal drive stored in my office. It takes only a few minutes to pull it down to the lake and set everything up. 

 

But putting it away takes longer. I have to remove the electronics, pedal unit, and crate to drain any water in it at the end of my trip. Then I put it on my C-Tug, pack it up, then have to lug 140 pounds of kayak and and gear up that stinking, steep, twisty hill to put it away. That's more of a struggle than car topping it, especially on a hot day.

[TcRoc]

To rig for a outing.. 30 minutes.. pulling out yaks. Loading and tying down to trailer . Load  truck with rods and all other gear for yak . Probably 20 minutes at ramp to head out.. and lil quicker than 30 to head home as we usually r rushing to get out of there and trailer is already hooked up.. wish I had a huge garage to just store trailer with yaks on it. Than I watch the boats drop in and roll out in minutes . Some day. I hope. 

[Basser2021]

22 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

I assume all your stuff is in your garage or somewhere.    

 

how long does it take?:  to get stuff into your truck, from truck into water, water back into truck, truck back into storage.

 

I have it down to about 8-10 minutes at each stop.  from truck to garage takes longer because I take the time to hose down the kayak.  I feel I bring more stuff than the average kayaker.  but I dont have a motor.   I call it 40 minutes of total time invested doing the least fun part of kayak fishing.    

 

sorry, I am bored.  I am on mute in a Microsoft Teams meeting.  zzzzzzz..

 

early morning trips I load mostly everything the night before except my rods.  I park it tight up against the garage door so a thief can't slip it out. 

 

 

I would say around 15minutes for me. If my family is coming with me it takes WAY longer

[king fisher]

     Way to long.  It takes 45 min. to an hour to get Kayak off the top of the car, install seat, fish finder, anchor system, rod holders, tackle, lunch, and rig 4 rods.  About 30 min to pack up.  Another hour when I get home to put everything away, rinse kayak off, and lube pedal drive.

      Because of the amount of time it takes with the kayak, and another 3 to 4 hour drive one way, I like to camp over night and fish for two days.  It only takes me a few minuets to fish in the saltwater.  All I have to do is shove the kayak in to the water, off the dock where it is stored, install the seat, fish finder, pedal drive and go.  15 min, and I am fishing for dinner.  Makes zero sense that I rarely fish the saltwater, and go bass fishing every chance I get.   I don't understand my obsession, but hope there are others anglers out there, that can relate to my insanity.

[schplurg]

I drive down the ramp to launch unless it's a really short one. I doubt I'm slower than most boats. I can't haul a kayak far on a cart with my back and tendinitis.

 

I have everything ready to go first, easy to grab out of my van. I plan ahead.

 

Every ramp is different. At most ramps I back down one side, take the kayak off the roof and lay it in the dirt next to the ramp. I do the same with all my gear. Takes maybe 2 minutes. I will leave my rods too unless there are weirdos around. Just depends.

 

Then I drive up and park, walk down and take my time installing everything out of the way of the boats. I don't know how long it takes, I don't rush if I'm out of the way.

 

Once at the Delta when I had no room in the dirt I unloaded/launched the yak, used a rope to drag it around the other side of the dock out of the way. Took my gear and set it on the dock to the side out of the way as best as I could. Came back down and put it all together. It wasn't busy though.

 

I've been in boats my whole life and I will never be the slowest guy at the ramp. I feel like my van is on and off the ramp in 2 minutes, max.

 

When I load it back up I only tie it with one strap until I drive it off the ramp. I try to be quick. I'll make a video one day and see.

 

I'd love a trailer. If I keep yakking I will get one.

 

One cool thing about the Delta and some other places is that I can launch from anywhere (no ramp), especially if I have a friend with me. Some levees are not very high.

[Bluebasser86]

I can get from the truck to fishing in less than 10 minutes if I'm trying to move quick. I put things in the same places all the time and do things in a certain order so it speeds the process up a lot. 

[dickenscpa]

I just discussed this with my best friend the other day. My boat hasn't got wet since Aug '19 and I bought my first Kayak Sept '19. The reason I got put out with my boat was the hassle. I've about turned my kayak into that as well.

 

I have a kayak trailer and a Hobie with onboard rod storage so when I decide to go, I back the truck into the garage and hook up and take off. Mere seconds. When I get home I back into the garage and unhook, that's it.

 

Here's where I have problems. With the kayak I've gotten SO much more serious about fishing and started doing tournaments. I had 3 rods on a 21' bass boat that were cheap and got thrown in the rod locker. I had one Plano tackle box that had one crankbait, 3 spinner baits, one frog and maybe 3-4 packs of soft plastics and a wad of tangled up hooks.

 

Now I fish with 8 rods that aren't cheap and 8 higher end Abu Garcia reels on each and I have tackle coming out of the ying yang. I have a Hobie H-crate FULL of plano boxes full of tackle. Two Bass mafia coffin boxes full and two of those Bass Maffia tube thingies that's awesome for crank and jerk baits. Then a box of soft plastics, maybe 30-40 packs. Now the storage of my tackle is no problem.

 

Where my problem comes in is when I get to the ramp I have to take all those rod socks and reel protectors off and store them in the truck. Get the micro anchor set up and then launching isn't too bad. Getting out of the water is different. I can either pull up to shore and unload quite a bit or pick all that up in one motion and get it on the trailer. Then I HATE re-sleeving and reel covering and putting those rods up. Stowing my power pole, etc.