It wasn’t long ago that powering a kayak meant one thing — using a traditional paddle. Those days are long gone.No, the double-sided handheld paddle is not a thing of the past. Hardly. Truth is, most kayakers still zip around inshore, nearshore and offshore waterways with such a paddle, and for good reason, as a number of paddling strokes can make for efficient maneuverability and transportation with these tools.But there are several other ways to propel your yak these days — and each one conceivably can make fishing easier from one of these slender boats.Leg PowerHobie (www.hobiecat.com) arguably made the greatest modern-day advancement in kayaking when, in the late 1990s, the company introduced its now-famous MirageDrive, a propulsion system that harnessed leg power for paddling instead of arm power.Vice president of engineering ...![kayak-power-opener]()
