Improvised Fishing Device (...an "IFD"...)

SOT kayaks are truly great for rods & gear.
Sit-Inside kayaks....not so much so.

And I like fishing with handline.
To handle the "loose line" aspect of handline, I use a standard carpenters "chalk-line" holder.     Reels in fast....has an about 4:1 ratio.    The side-plates of the model I bought ($13) are screw-on......and this is a good thing in my view because it facilitates winding on various lines.

Takes up no space.

Judd

Looks like one of the original knuckle busters. How much drag? Is there a clicker on that thing? Just shows to go ya' that given enough thought, somebody will think of an alternative use for anything.

No clicker, no drag and "the stuff inside" will NOT stand anything but smooth out-go and smooth-in-wind.

You can't use the "crank-straight-to-the-fish"....it'll break.    Once the line is "out" it stays out until your gloved hands bring it "in"...and "in" isn't into the boat, the line you have brought in, drops back into the water.

So..no reel here, this is just a storage device for.......HAND LINE.....

With handline you want to have a snubbing device to take line-pressure from large fish.    I have a cleat, deck-mounted.

With handline you really feel nibbles.
Never dared to fish for sturgeon.
Cleat-or-no-cleat...a sturgeon might be too exciting.

Judd