Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge - Great White Shark Attack Paddle vs Pedal Numbers

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Originally Posted by GregAndrew (Post 208657)

I would wager that there were and still are magnitude differences in the numbers. Even in local SoCal markets, where Hobie does very well, they do not represent half of the kayaks or hours on the water. LJ might be the only notable exception to this, but only if you only consider fishing kayaks and not rentals. And the further you go back toward the inception of the Mirage drive, the larger the difference is going to be.

I've done all my kayak fishing in SD, so I have no meaningful impression of whether the share of Hobie Mirage yaks here is representative of other parts of the state. But here in SD, I would buy that 42% of open ocean kayak fishing hours are on Hobie Mirage kayaks

And I agree that the share of the kayak fleet that is Hobie Mirage driven has increased over time from zero before 2007. In which case the question is whether the share averaged over the past seven years was near 42%, rather than the share today, which we agree is higher than the 7 year average.

how bout a comparison of attacks vrs. size of kayak?
seems to me smaller sized yaks get hit more often than larger 14'+ sized.
well it would make me feel better if so anyway.

had my first hammer head encounter yesterday
pulled my yellow onboard just in time
hammer was within 2 feet of it when I noticed

was just dunkin to keep it fresh

bastard followed me almost to the kelp
before it veered off

somewhere north of LJ

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