Maiden Voyage
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:29 pm
Miss Tina and I put our Ride 115s up for sale a couple weeks ago, at a VERY fair price. We always set a fair price, so we can share the kayak fishing experience with others. The kayaks were about three and half years old, but had been rarely used due to the unusually bad "health" luck we have had the last couple years. I think we have had them out maybe four or five times over the time we have owned them. They looked brand new. They were advertised for about an hour before we got a hit.. and the lady said if there were "as advertised" she would probably take both. Arrangements were made to meet the next afternoon at the post office in the adjacent county.
After looking over the two kayaks with her daughter, (who had some kayak experience,) her husband showed up. They took both yaks. We were asked why we were selling and I was honest. We were buying a new kayak coming out on the market that would be a bit slower, but better suited to my physical needs. Two weeks later the kayaks came in we had ordered and ... it rained for a week straight. New yaks sitting on the trailer... but rain, and more rain.
We were finally able to get out and try the kayaks yesterday.
They were everything we had hoped. The higher seating position and extremely comfortable seat allowed me to paddle for nearly three hours pain free. (Well, no more pain than normal. In the old kayak, I would have been in extreme pain after about an hour and had to leave the water.) I was able to enter and exit the kayak without help.
The fishing was not good. I did manage to catch one bass on the fly, nothing was hitting the baitcaster. I also caught a turtle, a big slider, on the spinning rod.
Those are always an interesting release. It was nice to get out of the house, back on the water, and to fish again. Finally. The new kayaks are great, and I hope that they will see a lot of use.
Bonefide SS127s, orange for me, gray for Miss Tina.
http://www.bonafidekayaks.com/ss127-sit ... ing-kayak/
The kayaks are extremely stable. Storage is great. That front hatch opens both directions.
The pod in front of the paddler is designed to work as an electronics pod if you want to install a fishfinder, or as a dry pod if you don't. I kept my wallet, keys, phone and a few other things in there with room to spare.
The junk drawer under the seat held all the necessary items close at hand and with the high seated position I could actually reach the things in the tank well. I will like this kayak.
After looking over the two kayaks with her daughter, (who had some kayak experience,) her husband showed up. They took both yaks. We were asked why we were selling and I was honest. We were buying a new kayak coming out on the market that would be a bit slower, but better suited to my physical needs. Two weeks later the kayaks came in we had ordered and ... it rained for a week straight. New yaks sitting on the trailer... but rain, and more rain.
We were finally able to get out and try the kayaks yesterday.
They were everything we had hoped. The higher seating position and extremely comfortable seat allowed me to paddle for nearly three hours pain free. (Well, no more pain than normal. In the old kayak, I would have been in extreme pain after about an hour and had to leave the water.) I was able to enter and exit the kayak without help.
The fishing was not good. I did manage to catch one bass on the fly, nothing was hitting the baitcaster. I also caught a turtle, a big slider, on the spinning rod.
Those are always an interesting release. It was nice to get out of the house, back on the water, and to fish again. Finally. The new kayaks are great, and I hope that they will see a lot of use.Bonefide SS127s, orange for me, gray for Miss Tina.
http://www.bonafidekayaks.com/ss127-sit ... ing-kayak/
The kayaks are extremely stable. Storage is great. That front hatch opens both directions.
The pod in front of the paddler is designed to work as an electronics pod if you want to install a fishfinder, or as a dry pod if you don't. I kept my wallet, keys, phone and a few other things in there with room to spare.
The junk drawer under the seat held all the necessary items close at hand and with the high seated position I could actually reach the things in the tank well. I will like this kayak.
