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Testing a Few Fishing Kayaks - Bonafide SS127
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Originally posted by kevin nicholls View PostI marsh fish a lot, I've been kayak fishing for about 20 years. I still do. The thing about the pedal drive is you need a foot and a half of water under you to use it. A kayak is a way to drop in a hard to get marsh, if it's a long distance your better off in a jon boat. And the kayaks now a days are very heavy and expensive. There's no perfect boat or kayak. Make sure you get one that's good for what you want to do.
I have an anchor trolley on my other kayak and it makes a huge difference. It's pretty easy to drop an anchor over the side and position yourself to fish an area.
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Originally posted by Michael View PostGreat point! I think the advantage of the "fin" style drives over the propeller style is that they still allow you to "flutter" in very shallow water.
I have an anchor trolley on my other kayak and it makes a huge difference. It's pretty easy to drop an anchor over the side and position yourself to fish an area.
The Hobie drives do allow some use in shallow water, but they have some disadvantages over the prop units. Having to switch to reverse the Hobie drive is a pain, and the prop drives are generally faster with fewer mechanical issues. I use a propel drive on my Native Manta, and fish a lot of shallow water. I use the drive when I can, and pull it up to paddle when necessary. Being able to instantly reverse to hold or adjust position means you can stay on fish better. I hit some trout pretty good in Galveston last weekend, and I wouldn't have done as well without the prop drive to hold my position and move with the school.
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Originally posted by WyoBull View PostYou are right on the spendy part, Kevin. I would like to have the peddle drive but for $1300 or so dollars for the drive and rudder, I can paddle just fine. If yak fishing was my passion it would be one thing but up here in Wyoming, I recreational kayak more than I fish out of it.
You are very lucky to live in such an amazing place!
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Originally posted by ultrastealth View PostThe Hobie drives do allow some use in shallow water, but they have some disadvantages over the prop units. Having to switch to reverse the Hobie drive is a pain, and the prop drives are generally faster with fewer mechanical issues. I use a propel drive on my Native Manta, and fish a lot of shallow water. I use the drive when I can, and pull it up to paddle when necessary. Being able to instantly reverse to hold or adjust position means you can stay on fish better. I hit some trout pretty good in Galveston last weekend, and I wouldn't have done as well without the prop drive to hold my position and move with the school.
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Originally posted by Mary View PostI envy you being able to kayak there. We did the Snake River Rafting trip, both scenic and whitewater last week. Granted....I don't think I could do parts of the whitewater sections in my kayak..... but most of that day, I was wishing I was in my own kayak for sure. Such an incredibly beautiful area.
You are very lucky to live in such an amazing place!
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Awesome review and can’t wait to see more. I follow Robert Field and his kayak fishing adventures on YouTube. He partnered with a company to make a Hobie clone basically. It’s lightning kayaks https://lightningkayaks.com/. About half the price of a Hobie.
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Originally posted by Mary View PostI envy you being able to kayak there. We did the Snake River Rafting trip, both scenic and whitewater last week. Granted....I don't think I could do parts of the whitewater sections in my kayak..... but most of that day, I was wishing I was in my own kayak for sure. Such an incredibly beautiful area.
You are very lucky to live in such an amazing place!
I have whitewater rafted the Snake a number of times but would never kayak it. Lunchcounter is bad enough in a raft, let alone a kayak!
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Great video and review, Michael! I had not even heard of Bona-fide kayaks til now. I just upgraded to a Hobie Mirage Passport 12.0. Previously been using an Ascend10t and its been a good kayak. I mostly fish local area lakes and I'm tired of paddling which is why I upgraded. Hoping to fish some saltwater once or twice a year with it.
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Just remember that with peddle drive that you can also paddle it and it will paddle just like the same model with out the peddle drive. I have 2 Natives with the peddle drive and love them. I bought one off here for a thousand and one off a fly fishing site for $1300 so it wasn't all that expensive to go peddle.
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