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I'm also the Director of Specialized fishing kayaks for Crescent Kayaks, and can't wait until our first model in this line comes out in 2021~ Stay tuned! Our goal is to get anglers pumped up about kayak fishing in the most unique places on the planet and design kayaks for them!
Drew you’re one of my favorite to watch thanks for posting this video! It was awesome meeting you at Ozarkana and I look forward to more events next year!
I'm looking to purchase a good river fishing kayak. I notice you use a motor and paddle. What are the reasons you prefer them over a pedal or fin drive? Thanks.
Man I’m sorry I honestly haven’t even looked at the standings and missed the awards so I didn’t even know who was in 3rd or 4th until I just looked! Haha. Heck all my stuff is still just sitting in the back of my truck 😂 Glad I know now and that’s freakin cool man! Glad you ended up doing so well! 👊🏼
Congrats on your win bro. I was gonna go to our local dealer Saturday and get a shoalie (2.5 hr drive) I do the river some and usually head upriver/current. I have a OT sportsman and it wears me out heading upriver. Would u still recommend the shoalie
I am sure Torqeedo 1103 is a great motor. That batt sorry that needs to be an option only. I would definitely buy one if I could use the battery of my choice. If you don't know what's in there it's just 18650 Cells epoxied in a waterproof box with part of the esc . 18650 same thing that's in a Milwaukee 18v batt. Convince them to put the entire esc in the motor or the controller. Agree or disagree they would sell way more motors. Sorry for the rant and you can delete this no big deal. Just sickens me to see like 4k in batt
Yeah again this is a pros vs cons sort of thing. Other batteries don't have data port like this and can't show all (they can still show some) of the data the Torqeedo can (as far as I know) and that info is imperative. I was also told they are a better type of battery and its why they are fairly light, a little more expensive than other lithiums, and why they take so long to charge. Again, not sure if all that is true but a source in the know told me this so I don't think it is the same as a generic drill battery but again I've personally never taken one apart so IDK! I had to borrow some to make this work because yeah it can get expensive if you had to own 4 or 5 of those. I hear the new battery is a little bigger and lasts longer so that should be helpful! Good comment
@@RiverBasserDrew Yeah lol I do know what’s in there. But I am also an Ibew union electrician. I can build most of this stuff myself and I understand it very well. I also raced RC cars for quite a while that taught me a ton about lithium batteries. Everything they have done I can do with regards to that battery. So I just wish they had the option of using your own battery.
@@robswoodsandcustomsawmilli9940 The option would be nice. I also just wonder if it has to do with the motor as well? Like ensuring that you have the right battery for it since not all batteries are created equal and if someone gets the wrong kind or one that isn’t equal then the motor doesn’t work or work as well and that could reflect on them so they want to ensure it’s entire system is proper. IDK 🤷♂️
@@RiverBasserDrew Yeah we could get real deep into this. Hopefully maybe we can chat sometime at the Susquehanna tournament perhaps. Not here to bash anyone.
bigdripoutdoors.com/ Love that thing! They make at least two sizes and this was the bigger size but the smaller may be better for certain areas on kayaks.
@@RiverBasserDrew it’s ok I will let you slide because you won this time. You could have cleaned it before the walk through for me at least. But it’s ok I still love ya
Yeah, it's a pro/con sort of thing. Those seats and the components to make them trimmable certainly would make the price go up closer to $2000 and the reality is where the seat is is pretty darn perfect for 90% of what we use it for and if you need to do what I did, it can certainly be DIY done with just some cam straps and much less cost than the cost of making it trimmable from the manufacturer...but definitely a good point and comment. 👍
@@RiverBasserDrew Congrats on the win....thanks for the thoughtful reply...it is such a great handling kayak...definitely not worth that much added cost...I can just toss a few rocks in the front hatch when I want to use the high position.
Wish I could do this Basserdrew. But I've gotta attend a wedding that weekend. Do you remember who came up with the term Shoaliepalooza? Y'all have lots of fun. Maybe I'll do it next year.
I just stumbled on to your page and subscribed...I moved from a state where I could fish all year round and now my boat spends 3 to 4 months in the garage due to the weather, so I am seriously thinking of selling my 22 Phenix and getting back into more Kayak tournaments. I was very intrigued by your simplistic set up, so I was wondering if you ever considered getting a pedal drive or electronics. I am having an issue deciding on a peddle or paddle kayak. Before I moved over to Bass tournaments, I fished open ocean kayak tournaments; I had both paddle and pedal, but I preferred my paddle when I slid into paddies.
Today I learned I have the same name as a pro kayak angler (and I myself have been kayak angling since 2016) and that he caught one of my bucket list fish, a big striper from kayak. Amazing catch.
