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Messages - DarthBaiter

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This just answered my question in another thread about paying registration for putting a motor on. It’s ridiculous that this state wants to charge you for putting a trolling motor on a kayak.

it doenst bother me at all. 

the regs reads anything with a motorized propulsion or something.  it is totally on me, that I crossed that threshold.  the line in the sand.  it was cheap and easy but only because I did my homework and I went in prepped to the gills.  I had an answer or a document for every question. 

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interesting.

I fish from a kayak.  fishing is the primary event, and the reason I go out.  honestly, if a had a bigger truck, storage space, someone else's way bigger salary, I would buy a bass boat.  hahah..

well, kinda.  I love the access a kayak gives me to fishing.

having said that, I havent brought the motor the last 3x I went fishing.  I still did it with kicking my feet.  just working that battery into my truck sometimes seems like a bridge too far.  ha!!  I'll figure out my routine some day, one day, eventually.

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General Fishing Tips / Re: Kayak loading on tailgate spoiler
« on: February 07, 2024, 06:31:56 PM »
I use a Rhino tack T loader and it makes loading on my CRV easy. I can even easily avoid my antenna on top.

this my friend loads his on a VW vanlike thing with ease.  ease.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Clear Lake 1/27 RPT
« on: February 05, 2024, 02:27:24 PM »
someone should organize a Clearlake trip. 

i would love to meet and possibly make some new kayak bass fishing friends.  sadly, i havent the courage to go into the ocean, yet.  :(


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those are AWESOME fish.

i am bass-skunked this JAn. 

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i didnt realized that PWC were so restricted.  makes sense why i have never seen a fishing version being trailered about.

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I went to the sportsman's Expo last weekend. 

I finally laid eyes on one of those 14', Seadoo fishing jet skies.  really cool looking and according to the pitchman, they are very difficult to flip over.   my friends tell me they are popular in Florida.

have you guys seen them out in the Pacific?  I built retaining walls along Hwy-1 in normal for months.  (sorry for the 1-way traffic control, for you guys heading north of Jenner);  and I have never seen a jet ski blast past me way out in the sea.  I've pulled out binoculars and seen some of you kayakers!!

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AOTY / Re: Electric Motors in AOTY
« on: January 26, 2024, 07:02:40 AM »
dumb question.

this AOTY thing.  is it salt water only?  I admit, I have never heard of it. 

EDIT:  you even have a link for it above!!  I scanned.  I am a LMB dude and that fish counts.  let me deep dive the rest of the rules today.

I just got a motor on my Hobie.  but I am on the fence about it.  but it would open it up to more people.  I see participation on Forums across the board dying from lack of traffic.  anything helps.

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a surprising benefit of a motor is you can do some things while puttering to a new spot. 

i tied a knot will under power.  ahha..that has never happened.

i'm curious how much i use it. 


You can eat, drink, or tie a knot while pedaling a Hobie.  I have done hundreds of times.  Sure you have to reach down and adjust the rudder sometimes to keep you in the direction you want to go, but it isn’t hard to do.

LETS GO!!! video yourself tying a FG knot while kicking Hobie Pedals.  start with an Alberto knot to warm up.

lets do this.

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a surprising benefit of a motor is you can do some things while puttering to a new spot. 

i tied a knot will under power.  ahha..that has never happened.

i'm curious how much i use it. 

if i can draw a parallel to my mountain biking life.  ALL my friends bought E-Bikes.  i dont want one, but it is NOT fun riding with them anymore.  i go solo now.  which is fine.  on a kayak, at least i can fish with motor people without my motor.  it does suck watching them eat and drink while i am mouth-breathing trying to keep up with them at 4mph with my mirage drive.  hahah.. so there is that.

great conversation people.  if anyone gets a motor, i am available for LESSONS LEARNED. 

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everything I attached to my kayak comes off with ease.  I can drop the motor into the deep blue with a flip of a lever.  the battery will fall off with gravity and the quick releases come apart.

I can right my kayak easily without the motor.  I always leash my pedal drive, and I ALWAY have a paddle.

I'll lose money, and that would be a bummer..but I would have a story.  :D

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I went down a path.  Invested time, brain power, and money.

Yesterday was my maiden voyage. I hit Clearlake. I have the battery inside my Yak-black-box.  Towards the rear.  I’m gonna source a battery box, and I’m gonna relocate it right behind my Hobie Outback seat.  Almost 2-feet forward.  I thought about putting it into the front hatch, but I bet that will be too nose heavy…and when I flip, it would be a complicated situation. I’d rather lose the battery, than myself.   Current location feels tail heavy. 
 I just raised the motor up 3”. Under power the motor leverages the back down, big time. I;; need to experiement w this.
Loading and unloading the kayak was a new thing.  More trips back and forth from kayak to truck. Eck!   More time as well.  Double eck!

I made the decision to only use the motor when I need to. Big lakes, long hauls, etc.  kicking the pedals is no big deal.  A lot to be said about the simple life. Haha.

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Yea. My bud did.  Multiple trips and he laid almost $400.

Hence my sweaty palms.

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General Talk / Re: Looking for Pig heads in the area
« on: January 06, 2024, 01:20:02 AM »
Sonoma meat company has them.  Got one for a friend before.

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well.  MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

the DMV lady was clueless, but she was kind and delightful.  very apologetic for not knowing how to do a kayak.  she said I was her first.  I replied, "you know you always remember your first".  she laughed, and all was better after that.

I went with full disclosure.  I didnt want bad juju, with my kayak by trying to skirt extra fees from the cost of the motor.  I handed her my form101, Manufacturer Statement of Origin, my kayak sales receipt, my motor receipt.  she tapped away, went back to ask questions, etc.

she came back and said, "that will be $104".

Boom!!!  honesty paid off!.  I finished that, and her and I worked out her first MUSSEL sticker sale. 
when I left, wished her a day of only car registrations.  she laughed. 

I am GOOD TO GO!

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