Good evening everybody. Just looking for some thoughts on portaging a kayak. Does anybody have any good tricks on making it easier other than setting it on one of your shoulders and taking a hike? Thanks in advance.

I saw a YouTube of a BW trip and the guys had a pole,plastic water pipe?,over their
shoulder with a long rope and they were dragging the yaks behind them.
I have no idea what the pole and rope was all about but they all used that.

I considered this Yoke , but I needed something wider for my coaming, so I ended up buying this one . I love it, works great. I did about 800 rods last fall, and didn't have any issues. Actually heading into Wood lake on the 4th with my kayak again solo.

I have used the universal yoke cited above with success. One caution is attaching it to the rim of the hatch. Those rims are not designed for a yoke clamp so getting a good bite so that it would not slip and not so tight I compromised the plastic (not sure I would do it with a composite boat) took a little trial and error. A section of foam noodle cut lengthwise can fit over the hatch rim and give the shoulder ride a bit of padding.
Have you checked out the kayak special interest forum? or used the search engine feature? Both will give you lots of related information.

Why not just rent a 32 pound Kevlar canoe? More room for your gear. You can still use a Yak paddle. I have done this and I can out paddle a tandem canoe. I have to wait for them to catch up.

To answer your question I have never seen it done so I can't comment on a Yak.

quote BearBurrito: "I considered this Yoke , but I needed something wider for my coaming, so I ended up buying this one . I love it, works great. I did about 800 rods last fall, and didn't have any issues. Actually heading into Wood lake on the 4th with my kayak again solo."

i have the first one mentioned and like it well enough. cumbersome for me to attach but once done it's all good.

quote BearBurrito: "I considered this Yoke , but I needed something wider for my coaming, so I ended up buying this one . I love it, works great. I did about 800 rods last fall, and didn't have any issues. Actually heading into Wood lake on the 4th with my kayak again solo."

i have the first one mentioned and like it well enough. cumbersome for me to attach but once done it's all good.

Kayak Yoke

This isn't a bad option either.

I tried to go back but couldn't scroll down to it on my phone now. Either plug kayak yoke on search, or maybe a computer would work better.

Has anyone had experience with Klip N Go kayak harness. It looks simple and makes sense. Google it and let me know what your thoughts are

quote tommybanzai: "Has anyone had experience with Klip N Go kayak harness. It looks simple and makes sense. Google it and let me know what your thoughts are"

That would be very awkward even on a short open portage; on a long and/or overgrown portage it'll be a nightmare. You'll want something that places the weight on the shoulders directly over the hips/legs like a portage yoke does or a pack does. Try to imagine carrying it on a 1-mile, slightly overgrown portage with it catching on brush and banging off of your hip while you try to make sure you don't step in a hole, trip over a root, or slip on a rock, plus the possibility of having to step up, down, and over things. If you must take the kayak rather than a canoe and want to do a longer loop with more than a couple of 25-rod portages, you'll definitely need a better system. I believe there's a special interest kayak forum at the bottom of the main messageboard that you can get some really good advice and suggestions.

I would rather shoulder a kayak over than use the klip n go. Check out the maps and click the dots for portages; they sometimes have photos.
I did not have a canoe and returned to BWCA tripping in my kayak. I tried several methods finally using shouldering the boat for shorter portages and using the yoke for the longer ones. There is lots of discussion about the ways to pack and unpack and all the other issues of portaging a kayak in the special interest section.
Ultimately I purchased a Bell Magic and my kayaks spend most of the time on their racks now. Not that I would not trip in a kayak. I am wanting to add a good sea kayak to my boats and will likely take it for a trip to travel Basswood and Lac La Croix, but a canoe is a better boat for the BWCA.