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The Rare and Wiley Dune Adventure Island

Nate spent the better part of yesterday and some of today (and some more tomorrow) working on this. The Adventure Island from Hobie Kayaks only comes in red or yellow…or does it? Turns out the factory had produced a few Ivory Dune colored upgrade kits for the brave owners of a Dune Adventure kayak. It [...]

Hobie Pro Angler – Fish Finder Installation Video

The new Hobie Pro Angler (not a kayak) presents all new opportunities for rigging. It’s not like anything we’ve seen in this market and the new mounting rails that are on this boat provide lots of room for creativity in outfitting.  This situation also leaves us with new questions of cable maintenance and hardware choices [...]

Hobie Pro Angler Rigging PHOTOS

Nate got a chance to rig up 3 Pro Anglers for fishing

“I’ve had the chance to rig up a few Pro Anglers for our customers and also our demo boats.
The customers wanted basic stuff: fish finders, ram tubes, etc…
READ MORE HERE
http://www.allkayakfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4418#post4418

Quick and Dirty: Soft Racks for a car

Before we bolted down the new racks on my car Nate showed off a soft rack system that allows you to load a kayak on your car without a permanent rack system. Think of this when renting a car on vacation or anytime you’re using someone’s car to feed your addiction.

Thule Roof Racks for Kayak Haulin’

This is video 1 of 2 where we put roof racks on my rockin’ new Saturn (Opel) Astra. We used 50″ bars, a special fit-kit and in the next video I add the Hull-a-port Pro saddles. I haven’t been kayak fishing in weeks because the kayaks were stuck in the garage with no vehicle to [...]

Thule Roof Racks for Kayak Haulin’

This is video 1 of 2 where we put roof racks on my rockin’ new Saturn (Opel) Astra. We used 50″ bars, a special fit-kit and in the next video I add the Hull-a-port Pro saddles. I haven’t been kayak fishing in weeks because the kayaks were stuck in the garage with no vehicle to [...]

Video: Install Hobie Turbo Fins

The Hobie Turbo Fins are the best upgrade available for the Mirage Drive kayaks. They add 10-15% speed increase, incredible torque increase and reduce the workload for moving yourself from A to B. When you’re fishing sometimes getting to a spot ahead of the pack can make the difference between a good day and an [...]

Install a Flush Mount Rod Holder

Friend of Kayak Fish Nation  and OEX Co-owner Brent Torgeson walks us through the steps to install a flush mount rod holder in Malibu Kayak’s new fishing machine – the X-13.

We’re putting this flushmount behind the seat on the port side. There is enough room back there for two as you can see in the [...]

Rolling kayak storage for the garage

This project took about 4 hours of labor, $75 in lumber and fasteners and 342 quarters in the swear jar. The original design was created by our friend, the Bassact himself, Paul Weintraub.

I don’t have a spec sheet or drafting guidelines but the pictures provide enough info you want to create one of these for [...]