If you want to run faster, pickup the pedals but you'll need to keep the cover on the drive well or it will flood the kayak. Pulling the scupper plugs under the seat helps a bit. I used to keep the pedals down as it would keep the water from coming in on shorter runs.

It's better than the Hobie in 2 ways. It's lighter and it's way less expensive. If those things don't matter to you I would go Hobie just because they're well built with tons of 3rd party add ons made for them. A Hobie PA 12 will run you $4600 typically. This with the drive box is right around $2k. The only thing that worries me about Hobies right now is that there have been some hull issues in recent models.

Supposedly they had someone working on creating a trolling motor rear mount but all I've seen so far are custom builds which is what I had to do. One of the downsides of this kayak is just not having the available in hours or 3rd party mounting systems for stern and bow motors.

In this area your best bet is probably community ponds. On the bigger lakes you'll need to get out on a boat or yak to get to the back water shallow areas where they're hanging out. I wish I had better info for you.

Do you have a link to possibly see what they're selling whether it's a FB page or webpage?

It would be good for fishing lagoons or calmer salt water but I don't recommend it for being out in the surf in waves. The hull access points are not as waterproof as they should be and if you're taking water over the bow, you'll end up with water in the hull. I fished a tournament a few months ago on some bad wind conditions dealing with 3ft rollers on a lake. I ended up with about 2-3 gallons of water in the hull. It would take a lot more than that to sink the kayak because of the ridiculous weight capacity, but the more water in the hull the slower she's going to move. I would consider the hobie or oldtown depending on what kind of waves you expect.

I didn't and I replaced the cable a few times. Maybe take it to a dealer if you're close or contact Native as it shouldn't be an issue.

I was running the Slayer pretty hard. The cable didn't break but I replaced it after a year just to be safe since it started to get some play. If you do the hemp chord replacement instead of cable, it should last much longer.

1/2" x 24" x 27"

I have the yak attack fish finder mount and there is a short rail on top of the console box in the middle where you can attach it. Directly in front of that is a through hull hole where you can run your transducer. On the under side is an area to mount your transducer directly to the hull with brass inserts. It won't fit bigger transducers though like a triple shot from Lowrance. If you can't fit it there I suggest a transducer arm on one of the side rails.

@TWoodringFishing I have a Vanhunks Elite Angler Pro and A Hummingbird Helix 5 GPS G3. I Just got it, so I'm not sure how I'm going to mount it as of yet. I believe my rails are compatible with Yakattack accessories. Thanks for your reply.

If I remember correctly my buddy (since we used his tools) used his reciprocating saw to do this. I essentially just held the board and pointed to where I wanted the cuts.

@@TWoodringFishing - Got it, thanks!! HUGE favor … would you be willing to trace out a template on a newspaper or something of your bracket and mail to me? Happy to cover any expenses. I figure it would be a huge help to have the template 😁👍🏼 Thanks again!

It's a Berkley Highjacker

@@TWoodringFishing thanks bro

Couldn’t agree more!

It'd still require me to have a camera to do a decent short not from the phone. I'm going to try and keep my Instagram account active. At least there I can post photos and an occasional video. Much easier to maintain.

I'd call them and ask when they expect it to be in. It might be a supply issue but they seem to have the fin drives readily available.

I entered at the Little Big Econ Barr Street Trail Head. I walked probably 3 miles of river but the river access starts about a quarter mile down the trail head. Should be plenty of bank access.

I used starboard marine board for my mount. The size I believe was 24x27 and 1/4in thick. Vanhunks may have a rear bixpy mount for this kayak but I'm not 100% sure. I'm not sure if I would trust it on the back of this yak either.

Thanks and I Agree with you. I like your setup better for reliability and not damaging the kayak. Did you use any of those pre-drilled inserts or just the rail wing nuts?

@@PeelingDrag I just used the yak attack mighty bolt and wing nuts and it was more than enough. I wanted minimal pressure on the back end of the kayak and that seemed to be the best way. I thought about using 6m thumbscrews to secure the mount to the back of the yak too but decided not to as I wanted minimal pressure there. Rails are more than enough to hold it so far.

@@TWoodringFishingthis was so beneficial. Did the same thing on mine and it worked out great!

Also forgot to ask. How do you like the fixed motor with the rudder steering? Have you considered doing foot steering for the motor?

@@PaytonHatfield86 It tracks pretty well. I considered it but I would have to have a foot steering setup dedicated to the motor separate from the Kayak's own foot rudder system since I still want to be able to use the pedal drive. It's something I'll look at in the future but for now I'm running with the "don't over complicate it if it works" mentality.

Once I get a few things buttoned up I'll post a walkaround of my elite pro angler as well. If this boat had in hull storage instead of the open storage / graph box i think it would be more popular. Plus not that much content about them isn't helping either

Yea it usually sucks so I go in with low expectations. Catching a 24.75 from there a few months ago is the only reason I go back.

I think I saw this in the owners group on FB. Where did you get the risers? That's something I considered getting because I'm used to my Native's higher seat.

​@@TWoodringFishing yak hobby has the risers.

The fish like them and who am I to argue with them?

@@TWoodringFishing BIG FACTS

There were a bunch. Most of them were cool but there was a big bull who was circling and pushing other gators out of a corner. I let him have his space.

There are some giants in there.

@@TWoodringFishing this bass was bigger than any aquarium bass pro shops fish I’ve ever seen

Personally if you can I would do the NK300. The ability to not have to worry about a proprietary battery is nice. The bad thing is you'll need a 36v battery to run it so it will be about as expensive if not a bit more than the 1103 if you go with a bigger battery. Other than that, the mounting and performance is very similar. As far as the mounts, making one is probably the easiest way.

In retro-spec it wasn't bad but it wasn't as good as it would normally be but it's getting worse. Went out today and basically caught one and left because the heat with no wind was brutal.

About a 120 yards. However, they are not maintaining the area. Grass was super tall and a pain to pull the cart through. There is some over growth on the bank but that wasn't an issue.

It was Orange

Worst part of my day was realizing I was the only one fishing that area. Saw 1 boat the entire time and 0 kayaks. I could have made thee 1.5 hour round trip home and back and still had the entire spot to myself... ugh.

Yea they're definitely on that summer time slime down.

Bro I still haven't removed it or the one on the new yak yet.

@@TWoodringFishing might as well keep it now 🤣

30lb braid to 17lb fluoro