slothparade

Now those are some decent snapper. Congrats.

Sorry to ask this, I'm not asking for anyone's spots, though some recommendations would be awesome. Since I've upgraded the kayak, I'm starting to venture further out. And now I'm looking to catch my first tuna. Not to fussed on species, and obviously not chasing any monsters. Targets are long tail, bonito, Mac, skip jack, yellow fin, ect. I understand the risks of tangling with these species but I'm prepared for worst case capsizing and I have been coordinating with multiple people who are interested as well. My questions are, what kind of areas can I chase tuna, what seasons. Obviously they can be in deep water or shallow water but curious what's like the sweet spot. Then how do you rig for them, I was thinking flasher rigs with Pilli or yellow tail, live bait, and trolling lures, just like a mixture of these. But how do you rig up for these, keeping in mind im not targeting monsters so would rather be broken off than deal with something big. Finally any safety tips and advice.was thinking put riggers, keeping the kayak as light as possible. Staying within reasonable distance of the group, life jacket. As it's cold and maybe risk of hypothermia if things go really south, wet suit? Thanks for the info

I quite like the penn allegiance and also very happy with the shimano aerowave and taipan.

I've been looking at getting more into live baiting and the ins and outs of the gear around that. Not looking at getting any my self, but interested in what type of gear people have. There's obviously different target species, so it would be helpful if you could please mention the target species on that setup. And wether people use overhead or spinning. And also curious about baitrunners/ liveliners and how they live bait. I've never personally used one so interested as to what people use them for and how they find them. For me personally I prefer a lever drag for live baiting as It's easy to adjust the drag. For sheltered waters I use a squall 50 vsw on a roller tip rod, dripping yakkas for king's. I know it's big and bulky but for what I want I quite enjoy it. Offshore on the kayak is where the battle 2 or slammer or spinfisher come out on a 15kg Penn rod. All of them work well, but prefer the spinfisher the most. Thanks for your opinions and different options I'm curious about what other use as I'm just new to this live baiting thing. Also any info about live baiting with bait runners would be great

Congrats, thats a great fish. lot better than what I magaed to get yesterday, went up past crosslands in search of new crabbing spots. ended up with some mullet jumping in the kayak. What time time you go back? I saw a long white kayak coming up the river to the boat ramp at around 5/5:30

Have you tried dry lube on your seized zipper? I use a quick bit of wd40 or silicon spray to get it to budge, then rub the stick of dry lube on it, works great for me. Ive covered all the rippers on my tackle bag with it and they havent seized since 2018, ill admit it never comes on the kayaks, clostest to the water it ever comes is the warf or the beach. Hope it helps. I think it forms a sort of protective layer. I keep topping it up like every year.

I just got a $20 voucher, I get something like every 2 months. I'm pretty happy about it. I don't really shop with them all that much only for convenience.

Ahh, sweet I'll get some inox. The hatches are weird, it's an absolute pain to close and open them until they are sprayed. Might think about replacing them though the back one which is the harder one to open and close is definitely pretty new. I'm getting ready to print one that will fit into the hatch and is suspended. Do you think a net on the inside of the hatch like stuck right on the bottom is a good idea like the PA has to put pliers and stuff in. Also do you recommend a create or the ticket launcher rod holders? Create means I cant really trawl with 2 rods but it does mean more storage for other things, or the rod rack means I can trawl, live bait, put the net and gaff in there. Considering I already do have a crate for the other kayak but I've only use it 2 times and I never actually stored anything in it. So I'm considering it it's even useful. What do people store in their crate?

Ahh alright. So the flat blade is just an attachment right? Will do, abs is the same stuff Lego is made of. Will do.

Yeah it came with a box of them lol. But thanks. Also do you recon I could just melt 3d printed scraps of abs plastic? Wouldn't you need a like flat head for the soldering iron? Would've thought the nose is a bit pointy to do a nice even job? Ahh thanks for the tip with the cable ties, that's helpful to know.

Thanks 🎉 so excited to take it out. Done the calculations at about $25 for the rod holders and a couple of hours of work.yeah but with only 2 flush mount and no where to put a net it's a little hard. But I'm looking at moving the rails over form the old kayak. Probably my favourite part of the kayak is the weight, I can pick it up and move it around with ease. The worst part is definitely the hatches, I busy open my knuckles trying to open them everytime and put blood all through the kayak, just ruins the day. The seats comfortable, it's a little squeezy but I'm pretty tall. I find I like the seak more for other things like rivers and estuaries as it's got more primary stability and U can move around and stand in it and over pack the crap out of it with food, as those who've paddled with me know, in always snacking on something lol. It's hard when you have to pack a simple meal but you love cooking so you bring a stove to cook a steak on the kayak 🤣. Any tips to lube these hatches, I've tried lithium spray, now silicon spray, going to try dry lube if that doesn't work. Unfortunately the revo can't fit the rectangular hatch. Worst comes to worst. If it's rough coming back in, I can get my rods in the front hatch. Im coming up with a blocker to stop stuff from rolling around to much when inside the kayak. Yeah I guess so, you'd think maybe like $60 to $100 max, but no $300 to $500 🤬 im going to see if I can grab one from a kayak place on special for $150 or trade my commercial grade tuna bag for something smaller. I bought some leashes for like $1 each and they're really good. I'll make some diy ones for cheaper stuff like the net and stuff if I need. Thanks though. On a side note I 3d printed some railblaza stuff and it's better than expected. For the star port I did 30% infill for the body and 100% for the sliding thing locking mechanism. I need to get around to making a love bait tube and a flag and then printing a live bait tub or just a storage tub for the hatch. Where would you put your fish finder battery? I plan to put it in the back hatch so its out of the way. Thanks again

I decided to upgrade to a hobie revo 13, it has come with a bunch of star port mounts. I plan to take this offshore but have come to the conclusion, i need more rod holders. Im in the process of getting some to go on the gunnel but the question is how many. I have my transducer and fish finder on the gunnel, I have 2 gholds for horizontal rod storage during launch and re entry, so i have the ports which i can swap to rod holder. My main question is, should i make like rocket launcher holders and have like 4 rod holder, -1 for the net. this would be installed into the existing flush mounts, or should I use a crate or a bullhorn rod holder (beccomes a problem with outriggers but yeah). ant advice would be great. Any other mods I should think about, this will be primarily use offshore but sometimes in esturarys. the front hatch has been moded to seal even better, ive lubed the 8' hatches so they close properly now. Ive turned the centre hatch around to face the seat so its easier to access and find things, theres a bar at the front, bolted and sealed which allows the kayak to be towed. plenty of leash clips. Im also looking at fish storage options, right now looking at a fish bag as eskys are out of the question. But finding the bags are pretty pricey so looking for other options or if anyone knows of a cheaper one please let me know. Another thing, I need a plastic welder near dural if anyone knows of any, would be great.

Is there a way to fix a worn through keel?

Whiting heads to sorry forgot to mention that. Or chunks of whiting. King heads are a nice shark bait to 👍

I heard of salmon heads for snapper. I use bonito heads for small sharks and jewfish.

Yeah I can definitely see the attraction of one, but can also see how impractical it can be. I know if I had one, the bbq would be coming along lol. But for what I want really not practical. It's good your enjoying yours though..here's my main problems with it, due to shoulder injuries, I won't be able to pick it up, need the trailer to load it. Then image trying to launch that thing offshore or if you flip, can't really recover with a bunged shoulder, hence I wrote it off from the beginning. Thanks for sharing your experience though, appreciate it. The reason I'm Buring second hand is, it's going to cost me like 4-5k less and I can sell off the mods I don't want. Yeah can see the awesome advantage of pissing through the hole, I can just use my water bottle technique though (the bottle for bailing). The outback and the pa both look nuts I don't see much advantage of one over the other though I own a seak Mako and a Revo so I can't talk much. I kinda feel like the pa would handle like the Mako, just an absolute tank, bit of a slug, gets the job done, reliable, but the Mako is a bit unstable. That's one down side of the Revo tho, the limited space to mod, though how much do you actually need. I'm planning on kitting mine out like a stealth fish pro. Thanks for the tip, this one came with a bag full of shavings for welding. All the scrapes on the Mako aren't from my, expect the one in the front (I drive up a rock because I wasn't watching), they're from the original owner. You should offer to do it for them, if they're that lazy. I never drag mine up rocks, or try to avoid at all cost. I do drag it across sand however. Thanks for the advice but went the revolution, as it is more built for offshore which is kind of the whole reason for a new kayak, and the fact that someone almost drowned after rolling almost the exact same kayak and could right it.

Yeah thanks for the help. I deliberately chose the older one, firstly there aren't any newer ones available, secondly less weight, as I plan to freedive and I'll mostly likely just roll out of the kayak so it's easier to flip back over. Also I wanted to sit as low as possible as I'm 6'3 or 4. I'm sorry to disagree with the PA, from my standpoint such a big thing, in fresh water for cod, bass, ect would be a disaster waiting to happen, then needing a trailer to transport, storage agh, the logistics does my head in lol. Maybe out on an open harbour or lake, would be perfect, but weaving around I'd much prefer something more nimble, that's just my opinion.

Going the revolution 13

How would you compare the Hobie outback and the revolution 13. I have 2 options, either a reasonably new revolution 13 or a older outback like pictures before

Thanks mate, really helpful, it's a 2012 one I think, but there's heapes of them for sale. As I free dice off the kayak, stability is an absolute must. I'll get him to send the pics of the serial. Apparently there's a small hole that just needs some welding. The drive has got new fins. Maybe if your free next weekend, could you help me have a look. I plan to tap it and see if my hand goes through. It's been used almost exclusively offshore so should be fine. Thanks for the tip with the torch. I'll get some more pics to you when receive them

Can someone please verify this is actually an outback. Also is there any issues with the older outbacks

I'm looking for which Hobie would be best for offshore and which will be cheapest? So far I think I've narrowed it down to the revolution and the outback, leaning more towards the outback. Also any fist hand experience would be great with either the revolution or the outback

last night I was able to pick up a saragosa 8000 for dirt cheap and was thinking to either re sell it or grab a nice rod and use it off the kayak as it is sealed and a good reel. was thinking of spooling it with 40-50 lbs braid. Thinking of pairing it with a cheapish (dont want to go to crappy as this is a nice reel) but not to expensive as its off a kayak, obivous reasons there. was thinking maybe a gomoku storm jigging rod, but struggling to find one in pe4. ideally would like the slammer to fit as well so i have the option of the slammer or the saragosa. The other ones I was looking at was the terez, penn reigment black ops oe the ocean assasin, the grappler is a bit on the pricey side to be used off a kayak.

Ohh that confused the crap out of me, i never was much of a fan of the alvey rod but now that makes a lot more sense. one promblem though, the garage door shut on it 3 times so its a bit short lol. Thanks for all the help and answering my questions.