The Boating app is the official Garmin Navionics app.  The free version does a lot, and the big advantage with the paid version is the "relief shading" feature which shows a more defined bottom picture.  If I was fishing from a boat for rockfish/lings/other fish that are highly dependent on bottom structure, I would for sure pay for the additional features to help find new fishing areas, but as a kayaker I am pretty limited to within a couple miles of where I launch, so not really a huge advantage. 

I did the 2 week trial, and took a few screenshots of areas that I wanted to check out while on the water.  Cool feature would be much more useful if I could travel further. 

Just did this the other night - basically the same recipe I always use but the melted butter made a huge improvement. Enjoy! https://honest-food.net/crab-rolls-recipe/

Cheers,
Brad

This recipe is pretty close to a crab sandwich my mom uses to make when I was a kid. My dad and I would pick the leftover crab, and she would cook this up - so good!

Yikes.  Was this event recent?  The video looks like he was wearing shorts - bold choice for December, especially with a sit-inside kayak. 

Thanks for the pointers and recommendations fellas. Looking into these products and appreciative of the time saved.

I picked up a 2016, would not have thought about the aluminum bed and backing plates for anything mounted that's going to bear weight...pretty valuable tidbit!

For sure, happy to help!
The aluminum bed/body has not been a problem at all for doing truck things.  I actually haven't mounted anything aftermarket in the bed yet, but plan to put some L track in a few places for easier cargo management. 

I've been back and forth about putting a cover/tonneau on the bed, but I tend to carry random tall things somewhat frequently, and I like my cargo box setup now.

Nice!  What year did you get?  I have an '18 F150 crew cab short bed, and love it!

My fishing kayak is 11', so I can fit it in the bed without a hitch extender, gate down, and a flag on the back.  Our tandems, both 13', need a bed extender, like bbt mentioned.  I have the cheap HF one, and for $60 it works well, but it also is a right angle instead of a curve, so with deep dips or steep driveways it scrapes. 

I also have DIY unistrut bed rails, with a Yakima roof box for dry lockable storage (basically just fishing gear, haha). 

2016+ F150s have aluminum bed panels, so anything you mount to it needs to be reinforced from the back.  Not really a big deal, but definitely something to be aware of. 

The short bed is really short to mount a kayak above the bed for transport, unless you are going over the cab too.  I tried to put my kayak on the bed rails I installed, but the whole back half of the kayak was hanging off the rails - would need a support further back for sure.

I do have a cheapo clamp on ladder rack that I use if camping and need to carry kayaks plus a bunch of gear in the bed.  I got it from Etrailer for like $150 or so, and it works really well for the purpose.  The only drawback is that is is so high that getting heavy kayaks up there is tricky, especially if solo.

As to rack/cover combos, Adarack is the one that a lot of F150 guys go with. 

Good luck!  These trucks are super capable, and I really love mine!

Ooo, that's tempting.  I lost a nice low profile baitcaster a while ago, and haven't yet replaced it...

I am also right handed, but both my parents are lefties, so I do a lot of random things lefty.  Funny how that works.

Always though it was kinda lame that more combos aren't offered in lefty format. Would be nice to be able to save a little and get a matched setup with a combo.

Yikes! I doubt putting your kayak on the car caused this. Subarus are notorious for rusting, but I thought they changed coatings formulas in like 2006 to help prevent this.

Maybe check to see if there is any service bulletin/recall to try to soften the blow? 

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Sabiki's rule, although some fish can be caught by throw net if you figure out how to do it.  It's almost about time for the herring spawn to come up isn't it?

I got kinda excited for this the other day - saw a flock of about 300 pelicans working a pretty small area near YBI.  At first I thought it was pelicans and some other birds like cormorants, but I think I was just seeing baby pelicans.  Swimming and diving. 

Was thinking it might be herring spawn, but seems a bit early?

Probably would have been a perfect time to cast a lure or swim bait at um.

I pretty much always have some kind of casting rod and lures for these occasions.

Haha, yeah, I thought about it. I also usually have something I can throw out, but these were just a little out of casting reach from where I was.

Hoping to see that happen from the kayak - would be pretty cool.