I just booked an RV site at Santa Cruz Harbor for that weekend! Looks like I will need to find out, what a good area is to fish from my kayak.

Nice ride!

Quote from: Fisherman X on February 14, 2025, 07:10:18 PM

Quote from: Spiffy on February 14, 2025, 07:26:18 AM

congrats , but damn that thing is big , have tried to self rescue with it yet ?

Agreed, they look like they've got sooo much room. Prolly not gonna be putting it on any rack!

120.5# fitted
144.5# rigged

How do you flip one back over should you capsize?

I haven't been on one of those, but I bet it takes a pretty significant event to capsize it.

38” wide, they say if you’re going to fall off, just jump out and climb back in from the rear. It is less likely to flip if you don’t hold on to it and drag it over. However, it it flips, you should have a p cord or webbing pre-tied to the handrail and tucked in the pocket. Then you use the rope to flip it back over.

https://youtu.be/BfTJK66IuSk?si=63ZjlKTpbDVRMu-P

My new Pro Angler 14! Can’t wait to get it rigged up and out on the water. I may have to take it for a test run this next week after I get off work. This is my first Hobie and I am unsure of how I want to connect my Rod holders? On my Radar 135 I had the T slots and pretty much all yakattack rodholders and heavy duty mounts. On the PA’s H rail should I use the H rail mounts or the Yakattack Mighty double clamp mounts on the H rails. I troll for Halibut and larger fish when I’m not fishing local lakes. I also need a Scotty mount for a small downrigger and crab pulley.

I'm sure you could figure a way to make the motor fit - I think the space requirements are similar for most bow mount units. Plus, a PA has a huge weight capacity, so that isn't likely to be an issue when looking at the motor itself.

Powering it might be tricky. 70# motors are usually 24 volts, which means either two mediumish 12v battery or one large 24v battery. Deck/hatch space will likely be a factor, and you will probably want lithium, which gets expensive fast in sizes appropriate for big trolling motors. 

Definitely curious to see what you end up doing with it though - would be a pretty sweet ride if you get it sorted out!

Weight capacity is 600# hopefully I stay away from that! I already have 1 12v 100ah lipo mini smart battery and planned to buy a second one to run in series. The aftermarket bow mounts for the PA do not list a max thrust size.

I am booked in site 106 from Jan 21-26, 2026! Looking forward to it. I’ll also be there for a week and a half in April and in November for the opening!

Quote from: FISHIN_ROD on January 25, 2025, 03:02:06 PM

Day 3, I found a little honey hole! 7 nice keepers for dinner.

Good stuff!  Do you remember what time you sense that "the bite" when your pots filled today?

I used my 3 traps and 4 ambush nets the first day and tried to get away from all the other floats. It was a lot of moving, for 2 keepers. That night I left my 3 traps out 24 hrs and got 2 more in the same location. I then moved my 3 traps all to the same area that I had caught the keepers and the 3rd pull yesterday, I was able to get the 7. I will head out this afternoon and check them again, however, I will pull the traps as I head home tomorrow.

Day 2, I left 3 traps out overnight and just got back from checking them. A  barley legal female that was released, some rock, some undersized and 2 males over 6”! Which is more than enough for my wife and I to eat.

Thanks for the info, we are heading over in the morning.