Hammerhead Whale Shark opinion - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

moaty · 12-16-2023, 07:15 PM

I'm looking at the Whale Shark for west coast fishing. Who uses this Yak in the ocean? Can you do a review please?

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JohnMckroidJr · 12-19-2023, 07:23 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOOH0uIv2G4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqvG4jdoaOY

Looks like you get what you pay for.

monstahfish · 12-28-2023, 03:06 PM

These are just alibaba kayaks. If you order enough, they will put whatever name you want on them and ship you a container full out of China. Good luck getting parts or service. I'd also say that companies like this take sales away from innovators as they just build crappy versions of the originals. If you don't buy from the innovators, they lose incentive to invest in new ideas and the whole industry goes stale. I think we're all seeing a bit of that right now. If you care about a quality product and American innovation, get a Hobie, Old Town, Vibe, Native, Jackson, Wilderness systems. Point is there's plenty of options that don't undercut the US economy and give you a better product and if the price of these new is too high, get a used one. The market is probably fairly saturated and I'd bet there's a bunch of people who got new kayaks for Christmas and are unloading their old one's right now.

12-16-2023, 07:15 PM	#1
moaty Junior Join Date: Nov 2023 Posts: 5	Hammerhead Whale Shark opinion I'm looking at the Whale Shark for west coast fishing. Who uses this Yak in the ocean? Can you do a review please? M

12-19-2023, 07:23 PM	#2
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,933	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOOH0uIv2G4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqvG4jdoaOY Looks like you get what you pay for.

12-28-2023, 03:06 PM	#3
monstahfish Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 419	These are just alibaba kayaks. If you order enough, they will put whatever name you want on them and ship you a container full out of China. Good luck getting parts or service. I'd also say that companies like this take sales away from innovators as they just build crappy versions of the originals. If you don't buy from the innovators, they lose incentive to invest in new ideas and the whole industry goes stale. I think we're all seeing a bit of that right now. If you care about a quality product and American innovation, get a Hobie, Old Town, Vibe, Native, Jackson, Wilderness systems. Point is there's plenty of options that don't undercut the US economy and give you a better product and if the price of these new is too high, get a used one. The market is probably fairly saturated and I'd bet there's a bunch of people who got new kayaks for Christmas and are unloading their old one's right now.