A Standard Camera Mount such as Tripod or Mono Pod and Accessories:

A standard camera tripod is commonly used. As a matter of fact Kayak Kevin uses one all the time with his Sony Handy Cam setup zip tied to his crate. This is most likely the best way to mount heavy cameras such as DSLR and Handy Cam types. There are many attachments you can use to add on to a tripod such as L Brackets. An L Bracket can be used to mount a GoPro to a tripod using the GoPro tripod mount. The L Bracket gives the ability to mount hot shoe accessories such as a shotgun microphone with a wind screen or a photo light for night video. The L Bracket also doubles as a nice handle for less shaky video.

The mono pod also works well due to its ability to collapse and extend. It is great to use on the kayak with any lightweight action camera. The ability to extend it out and take hero shots It can be stowed in a rod holder also can be lashed to a milk crate for high angle rear shots.

Its good to have a tripod for photos and video from land. I prefer a tripod with the ball pivot as it is the most adjustable. These typically are the most professional and are great for keeping your shot level on all types of terrain. 90% of my land based video and photography is taken using a tripod with a Cannon T4i EOS SLR Camera utilizing multiple lenses. The photos below are examples of using a tripod from a beach or pier to stabilize the camera with a 300 mm telephoto lense at its maximum distance!

See below for a Color Chart which displays Jackson Kayaks 2015 Standard Colors and also colors that may be used to create your own custom color. Custom colors comes with an up charge. Please know that mixing some colors does come out different than they would seem to. See your local Jackson Kayak Dealer to order. 

Understanding Kayak Rigging – Mounting Base Options

Mounting bases are an essential part of rigging and personalizing your fishing kayak for your needs. A mounting base is typically and after market install for adding mounts for rod holders, fish finders, and other personalized accessory’s.  In this article ThePlasticHull.net covers basic and typical mounting hardware and bases along with track systems.

Fasteners:

There are 4 main types of fasteners typically used for rigging plastic kayaks.  They are as follows.

1. Thru Bolt: (Best Mounting Solution. This includes metal backing plates used in track system mounting.)
2. Rivets: (Second to the best method)
3. Well Nut & Bolt (Typically used with no inside access)
4. Self tapping screw (Has its uses)
5.  Factory molded threaded inserts (Becoming more common. Standard on Jackson fishing Kayaks)

Accessory Bases:

These fastening methods are used to install a mounting base. Depending on the accessory there are choices on base options. For a long time mounting a spline base or a flush mount spline base was the best method of installing rod holders and safety flags. With the evolution of kayak fishing and innovative accessory companies like Ram Mount,s Scotty, and Yak Attack new mounting options have been invented. To cover a few of the main mount base options.

1. Scotty base
2. RAM Ball Base
3. Rail Blaza Deck Mount Base

Gear Tracks:

The most widely used deck mounting solutions in recent time are track mount bases. Track mounting works just like track lighting. Simply by turning the accessory it can be located and secured in any location on the track desired.  I believe Wilderness Systems were the first to incorporate track mount systems into their fishing line of kayaks. Luther Cyphers of Yak Attack developed first the mighty mount which accepted a T style bolt that also is compatible with a track system.  Later he developed the gear track. The gear track really made rigging possibility’s endless. Also created the ability to slide accessory’s to different positions on the fly.  For paddlers the ability to move rod holders out of your paddle sweep on the fly.

In recent time many other fishing kayak manufacturers are incorporating the Yak Attack Gear track or similar track system into their fishing line of kayaks. Along with the tracks came “T Bolt Accessory’s” . The Screw ball was one of the first solutions for mounting accessory’s to the tracks. The ability to have a RAM Mount accessory on a sliding track made options endless. From mounting Rod Holders to Fish finders and camera mounts.

Scotty and RAM Mount spline bases can be adapted to work with track systems by utilizing the Yak Attack MightyMount Post Mount kit. Check it out here!

For 2015 Yak Attack has done it again with a new innovative track system that enables mounting accessory’s from any point on the track. No more sliding from one end to another. Mount between already mounted accessory’s! This is going to make it easy!

For more information on GearTrack Mounting Hardware go to YakAttack.us!

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