I may be the last American male w/o a smoker, so had to borrow my fishin' partners'.  They came out pretty yummy though.  Sly Creek Res bounty from September (thanks again to @plug-n-jug).

Got a new rig (well, back in August) and am wondering if anyone knows what the below part is for.  Old Town Sportsman PDL 120.  It's mounted at the front of the bay that the propeller sits in.  I forgot to ask the guy when I bought it:

https://www.kcra.com/article/california-trout-makes-comeback-from-edge-of-extinction/29086006

I bought a Lowrance Hook2 5x last year, have only used a handful of times but am seeing some weirdness:

When I have the "Fish ID" off, I'll see plenty of "stuff" in the water (dots, groups of dots, static) that do not look like the traditional "arches" that identify fish.  If I turn the "Fish ID" on, it shows any markings in the water as fish.  I'm skeptical that it's correctly id'ing fish.  I should be seeing "arches" if they truly are fish, correct?

I have the transducer mounted to the bottom of the kayak, it sits about 6-8" down from the bottom of the hull.  The transducer is attached to a PVC pipe that runs up thru my scupper and is kept stable by a small piece of a pool noodle.  The transducer cable runs up thru the PVC and to my head.

Do I need to mess with the settings, like sensitivity or noise reduction or something?  The manual (and the web) do not say anything about these settings, or how increasing or decreasing them affects anything.  I'd prefer not changing anything without knowing what I'm doing.  I do realize I can set it back to factory at any time.

Side note: I bought this unit specifically so that I could see both the sonar and downscan imaging.  The sales guy at Sportsmans assured me that I could have a split screen to see both.  This is not the case, it's one or the other.  Super frustrating, but my own fault for purchasing then not immediately using.

I don't want to hijack this thread (http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=80230.0) as it's in regards to mounting a Hobie system.  But there's pics there that I've been trying to figure out how to do for a while.

Does anyone know how to build the "drive" (the big arrow) in the below pic?  And what type of "head" or shaft would I use to accept power from the "drive" (the small arrow).  Has anyone put this together yet? 



I've seen a few pics about them online but no "how-to" or specs on it.  I know about the NuCanoe and h2pproped models but similarly to the OP in the other thread, feels like I can build this for less than $800.

I too have an Ascend 128T but do not want to attempt any hull modifications.

Thanks.

I'm headed to Capitola this weekend, am going to try and surf fish one morning.  Can anyone give me some direction on which beach to try?  Also, any tips for how to fish it would be welcome.

From what I've read and seen, I'll be throwing either a sliding sinker behind a leader with a Gulp sand worm on it.  May also look at a dropshot tie up, too.

if anyone wants to connect, face to face works for me too.

New here, got turned on to the site by a friend.  Pretty new to 'yak fishing too so am absorbing all I can.

Looking forward to learning more!

Thanks.