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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: Searsay]
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03/16/18 02:57 PM
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PKfishin
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DO NOT GET A TORQUEEDO MOTOR. battery life is excellent but the stupid idiotic thing is chock full of half baked software. I owned one and eventually ditched it for a Min Kota.
Want to be upset? Try going to a lake only to have that crazy German motor refuse to start up by giving you an E-30 error ( cable issue) or E-40 ( recharge battery) when nothing is wrong. The Torqueedo is a disaster.
John 21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee.
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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03/17/18 02:44 AM
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Bobby Milam
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Why not just a little bass buster and a trolling motor? Fits in the truck or can get a tiny trailer to haul it. Room for 2 and pretty safe in the water. Can find them used for some good prices with everything already on it.
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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03/19/18 09:31 PM
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Mikey_mike
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Some of those float tubes seem like they would be pretty cool. They have a small amount storage and can weigh as little as 7 lbs. They might be the ticket for floating down a slow moving river. I happen to have an irrational fear of gators though.
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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03/20/18 11:49 AM
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crapicat
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As much as I would like to continue kayaking I dont want to push my shoulders any further. I m on a tight budget so a trailered boat is out of the question. What would be a good option that throw you in the back of a truck? I guess the answer depends on your budget and the areas you normally fish...
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: PKfishin]
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03/20/18 12:47 PM
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butch sanders
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As a guy with a bad back, when I retired I wanted a boat I could launch without having to wrestle it off the roof of my car. Something that could fit in the corner of my micro garage provided by the zero lot line house my wife loves was also a requirement. I went with a Sea Eagle Fold cat. This boat works very well with a simple Minn Kota trolling motor and you can fish the same water as a kayak. You can more easily load gear and fish two people but it's a much better one person boat. Downside of this boat: Horrible in the wind. Will drag even the biggest anchor. Either tie up or troll. Upside: You can fish it in the worst winds. Impossible to sink it. I've fished Texoma on the windy side when the waves looked like the ocean because that was where the stripers were. Once I was at Caney creek when a big cabin cruiser came out fast kicking up a big wake while I was on a shallow ledge. The multiple waves probably were over 10 feet. It would have swamped my aluminum tracker boat by I just rode right over them. The boat is basically a float tube with a motor. I've patched a lot of holes in the boat. Never caused by sticks. Almost all by finishing nails sticking out of docks. That said, you can stick a temp stick on patch and still fish all day. I saw one of these on craigs list once for $600. I bought mine new and paid a whole lot more. wow so that handles the wind?
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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03/21/18 12:11 AM
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Searsay
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As long as your prepared to get blown/bounced around inflatables handle wind/weather better than any other boat.... Mostly because they are impossible to sink unless the inflation gets compromised - they ride on "top" of the water, regardless of water condition. There is a reason zodiacs & zodiac style boats are on of the most used rescue/rough water boats in the world (there are other reasons but this is one of them)
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: butch sanders]
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03/21/18 03:19 PM
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PKfishin
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Butch:
Downside of this boat: Horrible in the wind. Will drag even the biggest anchor. Either tie up or troll.
Not good in the wind but neither is my tracker. Gotta have a fiberglass boat to be stable in high wind.
John 21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee.
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: Searsay]
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03/21/18 03:22 PM
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PKfishin
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Very True Searsay. My 175 tracker cannot handle the waves the seaeagle can. I've been in high waves in Texoma that would easily swamp my tracker. That float tube of a boat just rode right over them. Like riding a bronc and not recommended for bad backs but you will not sink.
John 21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee.
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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03/24/18 05:03 AM
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G3 Angler
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Hobie makes a great Kayak that you pedal with your feet.
G3 Angler
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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03/27/18 05:21 PM
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KBW
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Just bought a little pond hopper from bass pro. Battery, 55lb minkota, and a little Garmin and Im good to go.
Use my 4 wheeler ramp to slide it up into my truck.
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: Phoenix_Ed]
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03/27/18 08:22 PM
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BrandoA
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Years ago I had a pirogue with a foot control trolling motor in it. It was a Water Moccasin from the Shreveport area, he still builds them. Mine was one of his first ones he built, it was great to fish out of. My father-in-law was a welder and we built a rack tailgate high that I kept in the garage, slide it in and off I went. Here's a link. http://watermoccasin.net/water-moccasin/ how stable are these?
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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04/11/18 01:56 AM
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Phototex
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I have an 8' Bass Hunter Bass Baby with wheels on the stern. It fits into a pickup bed. Not at all difficult to load into and unload from a pickup. 2 swivel seats included. The only thing wrong with it is that any trolling motor should be used from the stern, as I weakened the bow trailering it with the TM attached to the front. PM me if interested. Selling it for $300 firm. Available now.
PB: 10-01 on a Ribbit frog
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Re: Bad Shoulders no more kayak, next best option
[Re: broncos1]
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04/24/18 05:53 PM
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broncos1
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Thank you all for the responses. It has given me a lot to consider.
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