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| Kayaking After the frequent attempts at Bribery, beatings, and simply getting towed at Sunrise - S-B opens the Kayak Forums
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08-08-2008, 02:01 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Hobie Mirage??
Anybody have one of these Yaks? I am thinking about buying the "Adventure" model and was wondering how folks like the pedal feature and the kayak in general???  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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08-20-2008, 07:43 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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How is it to land on the beach, do the fins fold in as you approach or something?
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08-20-2008, 07:56 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Fins lock to the hull.....but I am sure you want to beach it carefully as not to ruin them. The drive can be lifted out of the hull from above easily also so as not to ruin them when beaching it!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-20-2008, 08:32 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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I heard the fins make you look even more like a seal......  |
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08-20-2008, 08:36 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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what about launching from the beach/surf? do you carry a paddle as well, I guess you have to..
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08-22-2008, 01:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reelecstasy
what about launching from the beach/surf? do you carry a paddle as well, I guess you have to..
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Yeah, you have a paddle also. I pull my drive when I get about 20 ft from shore. You don't want sand grinding into the drive. |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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08-22-2008, 01:21 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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That's what i figured..
If I didn't have so much coin into mine I would move over to one, they seem very cool and sweet for casting on the go.
Last edited by reelecstasy; 08-22-2008 at 01:27 PM..
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08-24-2008, 10:06 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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I had a b___d chasing me out at the cement barge off of gooseberry yesterday. Dude was moving.
If I was to purchase a yak, hobie would be it.
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08-25-2008, 05:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Holliston, Ma
Posts: 107
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Kaskazi Dorado yak. Check it out. It's made in South Africa and is a very fast SOT. FishHawk
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08-25-2008, 11:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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Those Yaks are awsome IF you want to paddle. $$$ though for a paddle Yak. It boils down to what you are looking for. For the areas I fish, peddle is the way to go.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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08-08-2008, 08:07 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
Posts: 4,046
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My friend has 2 & loves them. They bought them in June after seeing them at the RI Show.
Right now he is out of work and is looking to sell 1 of them. I'll check with him and get the price for ya if you want.
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08-09-2008, 06:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Check out the Hobie site, there's a video of a pedal yak dragging a paddled yak backwards. Impressive display of power. If I had the means I'd be all over one.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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08-09-2008, 06:59 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I have the CD they give prospective buyers already.....but I am looking for first hand experience with the Hobie Mirage line.
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-10-2008, 10:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 20
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Only why to kayak fish in my mind, I have a revolution. I like it a lot but I now wish I got the adventure a little bigger little better mounting options but both great boats. I had a wilderness systems tarpon before which I liked but the hobie is it. Was a little bit of a transition going from paddle to pedel. But if its your first fishing yak you should have no issues. They are stabel boats. The adventure is a little faster.It sure is fun sneaking up on spots that you used to work fron the surf.
Hope this helps
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08-10-2008, 10:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 20
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opps, forgot to add if you take the plunge save yourself some time and get the turbo fins and sailing rudder huge difference.
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