Nailed it! Those are all the same reasons I bought the Native Propel Kayak. I demoed both the Native and Hobie Mirage Drive. I found that the Native was better suited for lakes and rivers, and does great on the coast, where the Hobie is great on lakes but better suited on coastal flats. I will next buy a Hobie to have the best of both inland and coastal kayak fishing with a Native and Hobie.
Right on man! Hobie is a fishing machine! Just didn't give me the fishing experience I wanted! We definitely go thru the rigor trying to decide between the two!
I'm definitely looking into a Slayer Propel 10 or 13 in the near future. My Wildy Ride 115x is fantastic but some of the local guys have the pedal drives and they are on a whole other level.
It opens up a whole new arena. I cover water like a bandit. I've crossed Kentucky lake in my slayer, and pedaled 2hrs just to get to a location in a tournament. Matter of fact I'm hitting a place this weekend for a tourney that is 3miles away from the nearest launch but holds the fish! Most paddlers won't even attempt that. Those wildy yaks are solid. I liked the atak...but I'm a slayer thru and thru! The new fx propel is a speed demon! The sp 10 is a bit slower than the slayer propel 13.
That's exactly why I'm intrigued by the Propels. Those took off at my last tournament and I couldn't catch up. Even if I was digging as hard as I could the paddle back wouldn't be fun at all. I'm going to check out the FX. I like the SP 10 because I get in some skinny waters on the nearby rivers but the SP 13 would be ideal for the reservoirs and lakes.
+Willie Dee I actually disengaged the rudder on the fx propel and it paddled great.....I just bought a fx 12 for rivers and I love it. The seat position in the fx propel is really nice. It is higher up so standing is much easier than anything else I've tried on the market
Im on the same boat and id say if your mainly offshore hobie. Inshore bridges lakes native because of the reverse and the pedaling i think is less tiring.
The other thing that I'm looking at is small rivers in the Ozarks. I can still use the Hobie to peddle through, whereas i don't think that I can use the native. I could be wrong though. If I had a dealer around, I would take them both out on the water... Unfortunately, the only thing that I can get my hands on is a Hobie Outback... Not a pro angler.
Im between a slayer 10 or 13 i plan on snook fishing by bridges or flats and some freshwater the size of the 10 interests me for portability but i hear bad things about the tracking. What do you think just get a 13?
So long as you aren't dragging long distances I'd say yes to the 13 over the 10. The 10 is slower. And the 13 will be more stable while the 10 more responsive to turning.
I am trying to decide on a pedal kayaks and hope to demo some in the fall. Do u find it hard to manage the weight and and the fact that u have to use a cart to load and unload?
Well when you get into this class of kayak weight just comes with the territory . I don't find it hard dealing with the weight, but I load it in the bed of my truck. Heck I can even push it off and load it at a ramp. Also I use the boonedox landing gear. I did a video on that check it out. Thanks for watching hope this helped!
I bought a Native Propel 10 and I love it. It is light weight, fits in the bed of my pick up truck and is great for hands free fishing in hard to get to places. I tore up the bass and blue gill with it this past summer. My aluminum boat with outboard motor sat all summer and didn't get used once.
Nailed it! Those are all the same reasons I bought the Native Propel Kayak. I demoed both the Native and Hobie Mirage Drive. I found that the Native was better suited for lakes and rivers, and does great on the coast, where the Hobie is great on lakes but better suited on coastal flats. I will next buy a Hobie to have the best of both inland and coastal kayak fishing with a Native and Hobie.
Right on man! Hobie is a fishing machine! Just didn't give me the fishing experience I wanted! We definitely go thru the rigor trying to decide between the two!
I'm definitely looking into a Slayer Propel 10 or 13 in the near future. My Wildy Ride 115x is fantastic but some of the local guys have the pedal drives and they are on a whole other level.
It opens up a whole new arena. I cover water like a bandit. I've crossed Kentucky lake in my slayer, and pedaled 2hrs just to get to a location in a tournament. Matter of fact I'm hitting a place this weekend for a tourney that is 3miles away from the nearest launch but holds the fish! Most paddlers won't even attempt that. Those wildy yaks are solid. I liked the atak...but I'm a slayer thru and thru! The new fx propel is a speed demon! The sp 10 is a bit slower than the slayer propel 13.
That's exactly why I'm intrigued by the Propels. Those took off at my last tournament and I couldn't catch up. Even if I was digging as hard as I could the paddle back wouldn't be fun at all. I'm going to check out the FX. I like the SP 10 because I get in some skinny waters on the nearby rivers but the SP 13 would be ideal for the reservoirs and lakes.
+Willie Dee I actually disengaged the rudder on the fx propel and it paddled great.....I just bought a fx 12 for rivers and I love it. The seat position in the fx propel is really nice. It is higher up so standing is much easier than anything else I've tried on the market
What! Can't wait for a review/fishing vid on/from FX 12. Nice Vid Lou.
Hey mate dou u think slaer 10 god for the ocain
man... I'm really having a hard time deciding between this and a Hobie. they're both great kayaks.
Im on the same boat and id say if your mainly offshore hobie. Inshore bridges lakes native because of the reverse and the pedaling i think is less tiring.
The other thing that I'm looking at is small rivers in the Ozarks. I can still use the Hobie to peddle through, whereas i don't think that I can use the native. I could be wrong though. If I had a dealer around, I would take them both out on the water... Unfortunately, the only thing that I can get my hands on is a Hobie Outback... Not a pro angler.
Im between a slayer 10 or 13 i plan on snook fishing by bridges or flats and some freshwater the size of the 10 interests me for portability but i hear bad things about the tracking. What do you think just get a 13?
So long as you aren't dragging long distances I'd say yes to the 13 over the 10. The 10 is slower. And the 13 will be more stable while the 10 more responsive to turning.
Thanks for the advice. Does the kayak cart you like use hook on to the track system?
No it is drilled into the hull.
I am trying to decide on a pedal kayaks and hope to demo some in the fall. Do u find it hard to manage the weight and and the fact that u have to use a cart to load and unload?
Well when you get into this class of kayak weight just comes with the territory . I don't find it hard dealing with the weight, but I load it in the bed of my truck. Heck I can even push it off and load it at a ramp. Also I use the boonedox landing gear. I did a video on that check it out. Thanks for watching hope this helped!
+BeyondTheBounds how much does the prop on the propel drive actually draft?
I bought a Native Propel 10 and I love it. It is light weight, fits in the bed of my pick up truck and is great for hands free fishing in hard to get to places. I tore up the bass and blue gill with it this past summer. My aluminum boat with outboard motor sat all summer and didn't get used once.
Really nice man I enjoyed a lot ;)
Cheers!