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[captnblood34]

Originally Posted by Bojangles909

My transducer was attached to my hull but unfortunately it got too hot and is now unattached. Anyone know how to remedy this problem?

Attached to the hull and got to hot... You keep it stored outside I suppose? Easy fix, scrape off that hardened crap and spend $1.98 at Lowes for some plumbers putty for an in hull mount. I've got a few pictures on this thread from a year or so ago. Easy and semi permanent. Good luck

[jorluivil]

I've always been a fan of keeping things in order on my kayak; gaff on my right side, paddle on the left, game clip on my right next to the bait tank, phone in the right bottom pouch of my pfd........etc. For whatever reason, one of the things that I was never able to find a home for where my pliers. Well, this past weekend I got a gift from the coolest Vato West of the Mississippi and since I had time on my hands I took a page off Tony's book and decided to mount the pliers on my gaff side.

Here's my newest innovation.....so to speak

Thanks Kobra!!!!

[StinkyMatt]

Holy crap George!

Zip ties?


Wow!




Where did you buy em at?

[yak-fishing-socal]

^lol

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[kobra]

Good idea. Looks like a handy location.

[CKallday71]

Zip Ties are the perfect thing for Kayak attachments. Light weight, strong as bear snot, salt water proof.

Just remember to change them out about every six months or so due to the fact that the sun will eventually break down the plastic and make it brittle.

Duct Tape and Zip Ties can effectively fix 90% of what's broken in the world. We should use a bunch in Congress.

[Baja Belk]

This is my first post here (I think...........I know I signed up like a year ago). I've had the yak for a year (first one in line at the Spring OEX blem sale in Compton!! Super sketchy night of no sleep!!!), and it's time to trick it out.

I have the Raymarine Dragonfly mounted on my Striper center console. Purchased a second cradle and transducer kit for the yak so I can move the unit back and forth for cost-effectiveness. Decided to sacrifice the cupholder for a low center of gravity and clean fit. I hate clutter, and I hate crap sticking up awkwardly from a kayak like an ABS plumbing pipe explosion. Not my jam.

Here's what I did last week:

Testing out clearances and mounting location.



It appears my transducer may fit the curvature of the hull channels JUST right...or at least close enough.




Aaaaaaaahhhh!!! Hacksaw to a $100 CHIRP transducer!!!!



Like a glove!!




Mounting the baseplate for the cradle was a giant pain. I don't even want to relive that misery with a recap.







Fully mounted: nice tight tolerances...



Ran the wires up through the aft foot well scupper, into the console, wrapped the excess around the inside mold of the cupholder (will be mounting an inverted PVC drain cap to keep the wires in place, and back out through the top of the console with clamshell wire clamps. Nice and clean.










Secured the transducer with a liberal amount of 5200. It's not going anywhere. The front leading edge is not completely recessed or flush, but it's pretty darn close. As long as I'm careful around rocks, I think it's going to work out just fine.







Finished product!


Next up is some finishing touches to clean up the wires, and the installation of the battery box and wiring.

- Belk out

[Baja Belk]

Originally Posted by socal.beach.bum

This might be a stupid question with an obvious answer, but why not run the transducer wire up one of the scupper holes instead of drilling another hole in your new yak?

I did run the wire up through a scupper hole. The only need to drill holes was to get the 30' of excess wire tidied up inside the hull, and also to plug into the battery. No access to inside the hull without drilling holes.

[socal.beach.bum]

Originally Posted by Baja Belk

I did run the wire up through a scupper hole. The only need to drill holes was to get the 30' of excess wire tidied up inside the hull, and also to plug into the battery. No access to inside the hull without drilling holes.

Yeah I saw that afterwards...so I deleted my dumb question...

[alanw]

Originally Posted by Baja Belk

Decided to sacrifice the cupholder for a low center of gravity and clean fit. I hate clutter, and I hate crap sticking up awkwardly from a kayak like an ABS plumbing pipe explosion. Not my jam.

Way to ruin a perfectly good trashcan/cupholder!

[WildernessWanker]

Nice mod, but I'd miss the cupholder more than I'd enjoy the FF mount. Crazy the things you'll throw in your cupholder when you're fishing, including but not limited to a beer!

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[wiredantz]

Everyone knows that the space right behind the seat was made for a plano box, so here is my version.

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Attached rod holders:


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Attached bungee rivets( Thanks Greg)

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Put some 3200 glue and bolted it in.

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Attached Scotty Go pro mounts from various parts:

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[wiredantz]

After,I got my KayakSailor, which I have so much fun in by the way. I was in need of some outriggers. I got contacted by one of my buddies and he told me he had a spare.

This friend made a solid steel support beam that is so heavy it can be used to kill someone with one blow, so I decided to stay away from using his reinforced steel beam for now.

I needed to come up with an idea on how to make them not interfere with my paddle stroke.

For now, I decided on some 3/4 PVC. I will put them to test this weekend.


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cut to size:


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Fits good:

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Feels pretty strong..... lets see how it holds up!

[jorluivil]

So.....here's my latest innovation/build. I put it together but Tony is the one that deserves most if not all of the credit.

[yak-fishing-socal]

What is it

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[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by yak-fishing-socal

What is it

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Its a bait tank, now I always have live bait




















just kidding

its a wash down system

[yak-fishing-socal]

Lol that's what I thought I was thinking about using a industrial size insecticide sprayer

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[yak-fishing-socal]

you know just for the reels really

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[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by yak-fishing-socal

you know just for the reels really

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If you buy that sprayer make sure you also buy one of these bilge pumps

[alanw]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

So.....here's my latest innovation/build. I put it together but Tony is the one that deserves most if not all of the credit.

This ain't a legit innovation without cable-ties.