Offshore kayak fishing setup - My ultimate Stealth fishing kayak
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The opportunity to replace my old fishing ski came up recently and with the help of both Stealth Kayaks and AKS in Australia an order was placed for the offshore fishing kayak of my dreams. In this video we run though the stock carbon fibre Stealth Profisha 475 and talk about some of the reasons I chose it as my preferred kayak for surf launching and offshore fishing. We also kit it out with some basics that suit the way I fish and get out on the water for some testing and a few winter snapper. The new fit out includes a new Lowrance Elite 5Ti sounder. With Structure Scan and touch Screen, it comes with some advanced features that will take me a while to learn properly... then hopefully a new video with more detail should surface soon. This is by far more kayak then I ever thought I would get my hands on! Let's hope the oceans are good to me and I can convert some great catches over the coming summer season so we can get some new videos up with both fish and tips. Don't forget to Subscribe + Like + Share if your into it. Music: Ryan Little - Wandering Big thanks to my sponsors: Australian Kayak Specialists - http://kayakspecialists.com.au Stealth Kayaks - http://kayakspecialists.com.au Penn Australia - http://pennfishing.com.au Lowrance - http://www.lowrance.com/en-au/ UglyStik - http://shakespeare.com.au Pulsator Lures - http://www.pulsatorlures.com.au Ice Mule Coolers - http://icemulecoolers.com.au Lockrack Australia - http://lockrack.com.au Like and follow RoKKiT KiT here too: https://www.facebook.com/rokkitkit https://instagram.com/rokkitkit
What trasducer do you use for the elite ti 5?
Cheers, your vids. are always the best
You may have covered the gopro setup at your left foot but if you have ive missed it. Could you fill me in on how you've mounted the base please. Id like to do the same on my 525
10. comment for Offshore kayak fishing setup - My ultimate Stealth fishing kayak
Nice vid! Looks like an awesome rig. What's the farthest distance offshore you would take this?
The farthest I do is around 8kms out.
20. comment for Offshore kayak fishing setup - My ultimate Stealth fishing kayak
cheers, Rod.
Also, one of the key features of a surf ski, like the Stealths, are those foot straps because they are what give you something with which to hold onto the boot when things get rough in the surf. For example, when I take the Hobie through surf for landing, I have to pull my Mirage Drive, and I can only stay in place via gravity through my butt, which means I have very little ability to snap my hips and keep the boat under me when I lean into turns (bracing) on the wave faces.
Just wanted to ask you where abouts you picked up those tri-folding pop rivets?
Cheers,
James
Lucky you! Need one of those stores around here haha.
Will do, thanks for your help.
Cheers,
James
Wouldnt mind trying that on mine!
Got my stealth tonight and Im super pumped!!!
Will try find it somewhere near me!
Keep well legend
Its good for a bit of colour, but it wont hold up on any surface thats cops a lot of punishment, like dragging on the sand. So pick a good spot that is safe. Cheers Rod
30. comment for Offshore kayak fishing setup - My ultimate Stealth fishing kayak
Steve here from Bilinga Beach mate, really nice set up I saw your bracket you made up for your transducer mount clip on. I was thinking about drilling holes and mounting it permanently on the side of the hull next to the keel, leading up to the rudder.
Can you give me any advise on making one the same as yours?
Any pics of a close up would be appreciated.
Cheers Steve.
For your 'ducer, did you ever try just the suction cup mount? I messed around with all sorts of brackets & mountings before I just stayed with the good old suction cup for my Garmin. So little drag I can barely tell it's there, and rarely comes off.
Thanks for getting back to me with the info mate about the transducer mount , that helps me out alot. I will look out for you on the water, hopefully it won't be to long before Spaniards are spooling off the reel off Palmy.
Cheers Stevo
Just wondering, did you ever think about getting a pedal yak like a hobie?
Also, how does your fish finder go with being flush mounted? Doesn't all the water screw it up and get smashed around a bit?
Would love to get over the South Africa one day, almost got there last year to go to the Milli comp but ended up going to Hawaii instead last minute. Hopefully another time...the fish are over sized over there that for sure!
is what you can do on a instalation of the sounder .
is that the probe outside not too slowed kayaking ?
thank you
50. comment for Offshore kayak fishing setup - My ultimate Stealth fishing kayak
Those snapper were getting some pretty stupid bumps for that size too!