Hobie Pro Angler 14

My Addiction
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Interior



Lowrance HDS7 Gen 2 w/ LSS HD

HydroWave Mini mounted to HD Gear Trac using a Ram X Grip and a FrogGear Transducer Deployment Arm

Using Hobie's Lowrance Ready location for mounting a Humminbird SI Transducer

DIY 12v Battery Holder using existing dry box in rear hatch

12v Battery Mount using Hobie Battery Mount(can also mounted inside the hull by attaching to a scupper support

Ebay Green 5050 IP65 LEDs installed for less than $25 with wireless remote

Double Decker Kayak trailer converted from a Catamaran Trailer Bolted Version

Before Double Decker was installed

Transducer Mount using "Anal Plug"

The best $25 Dollars I have spent on my PA14, Hobie's newly released Large Rudder

Measuring Tool/ Boat Beater/ Reach Tool

Double Decker Trailer New and Much Improved Welded Version, thanks to my good buddy and DTF team member Christian Myrick


Thank you to my Celebrity Model DTF Member Brett Chambers

Cleaned up Electrical, fused box with grounded bus

For those multiple day/ multiple species trips when I need to take all my tackle




I can even easily use it as a live well by adding this

Sweet set up.

Thanks Robbie, you and your yaks have inspired me. I am very appreciative of your kind words.

Hope you don't mind if I do my pa almost exactly like this when I get it!

What's on the transducer in the first few pics? Is the butt plug mount needed for sidescan?

No problem at all. Sharing is caring, and we are all family in the Kayak Community. You can mount your SI transducer a few different ways. I went with the anal plug but if i were to do it again I might reconsider. The SI transducer must be submerged and have clearance on either side.

That is pimped out for sure! I'm blown away

Does the hydrowave arm interfere with the anchor trolley ever?

Yeah but since it is on the RAM X grip I could really just move it to the other side. I love Yak Attack's products because they are so versatile.

Thanks Lusca Yeah, great lake yak. Now I need to work on a much lighter less pimped river/pond yak.

When I get some extra spending money....

Haha you sure about that Pynckel? Are you sure you could peddle a "fake yak"

Those lights look awesome, as does the rest of the rig.

Thanks! The lights were great while they lasted. Only got one season out of them. I'm going with the IP 68s this season. I only had 25 bucks invested in those so I wasn't too upset. That included the wireless module switch. I will post an update when I install the next ones. I am going to use some sweet switches on my mounting boards on the new install. I lost the fob to the wireless switch the last time so hard switches will resolve that. I will also be installing a marine grade cigarette light style charger for charging my phone or using other accessories.

So the wireless switch killed the string of IP65's?

Interesting.

Cost...all that is GREAT, but what is the cost of what you have there?

I don't really like to think about all the $$ tied up but I know it's way less than what would go into a power boat. When I originally decided to go with my Hobie I realized I could get a crappy old boat that would continue to cost more each time I go out or get a top of the line kayak with very low to no continual expense or maintenance.
I have never felt like I made the wrong decision.

No Andy, it wasn't the switch that killed the lights, it was just the abuse it received during use that caused a few of the leds to break. Not having the switch made it a real PITA to use while on the water.

My Sweet Addiction just got some new bling!! I have been looking for a while for a multipurpose rod holder that will allow me to drift for cats, spider rig for crappie and troll for just about anything else and I think I may have just found it with some help from Jerry Hamon and Christian Myrick. These units have been very popular in the catfish and crappie guide industry for a while but now with some T Bolts and Gear Trac from YakAttack and the hardware included from Bee Ready it is possible to easily add them to our kayaks. I am really looking forward to putting these to the test... They already look sharp and they are low profile so they can stay mounted. No more digging through my front hatch for the components to mount my previous rod holders. Thanks to Bob Younghusband as well for speaking to me more than a few times since I first met him at the Mesquite Outdoor Show earlier this year.

Now that is a kick A set up

Hey Yak, on the aluminum plate it looks like a cupped piece of black plastic as a nose protector for your transducer, what did you make it from?