re: The Official Kayak Thread

That’s ridiculous. Paddle yaks just aren’t holding that sort of value any longer. Even rigged out, I wouldn’t ask more than $900 for mine and hope for $800.

Well, best of luck to that guy. Hope he finds a sucker.

ETA: I'll probably never sell mine. I will eventually upgrade to a peddle yak. But I'll hang on to the Slayer for my wife and kids to use.

I thought the same but ended up selling out of the paddle kayaks, I sold my Slayer because I still had the Cuda, then bought the Compass and almost kept the Cuda to have as a backup. Plus, the Cuda glowed in the damn dark, honestly I'll never have the chance to buy another one of those. In the end I figured if my wife wanted to come we'd just go to PAC and rent something for the day, and if anyone else wanted to come they can buy/rent their own boat. I used the fact that it glowed in the dark to sell it for more than it was worth. The guy who bought it picked up up and roof racked it on a mid 90's Geo Metro. a 14' kayak on the roof on a 10' long car was a sight to behold.

That was me that sold it to them. They also posted it for a trade.

hey pillage, have you ever fished bayou portage in henderson? was thinking of making a quick trip there with my brother on saturday, the water didn't look that bad when i crossed the bridge

Is that off of Bayou Amy right behind Pats? I have not been in there.

Yeah, they call that Bayou Amy. I've been in there one time with a buddy of mine in his boat. Caught a few sacalait. I know a guy that fishes behind Pats with crawfish tails and usually does pretty good with the catfish. He also runs jugs in there and usually loads up.

Has anyone else noticed the abundance of kayaks that went up for sale this weekend? I gues Hobie is about to make a fortune on the new Outback.

If anyone was thinking about getting into kayak fishing, now might be the best time to buy

I was looking last night just to see what was out there, they had multiple 2016/2017 Outbacks around $1,800 and I saw a 2018 for sale for $2,000.

I am thinking this might be what pushes the used pedal kayak market down to a reasonable level.

First post in the kayak thread, to show my first kayak purchase(s). I bought the Pelican Catch 120 for myself, and the Catch 100 for the gf. I know they are not up to the standards of the pros in this thread, but the stability and price was hard to beat. Especially since I managed to catch them both new on a deal. (Under $1k for both)


Gf was so excited we had to hit the water right away, even though it was raining.


I think I got some good yaks for our skill level and budget. We are lookin forward to getting them slimy soon. Probably take her perch jerkin’ a few times before we hit the marsh for specs and reds. Does the OB have an opinion on these yaks?

I was very impressed during our first outing (though my experience is limited). They are extremely stable. They are slow and tracking is mediocre, but we never get in a hurry anyway. I’ll try to give a more detailed review after I get them set up better and we have a few trips under our belt.