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View Poll Results: What Color is your (Primary) Yak? | |||
Red | 8 | 10.96% | |
Orange | 6 | 8.22% | |
Yellow | 9 | 12.33% | |
Dark Green | 5 | 6.85% | |
Neon Green | 3 | 4.11% | |
Blue | 10 | 13.70% | |
Sand | 21 | 28.77% | |
White | 2 | 2.74% | |
Black (do these exist?) | 0 | 0% | |
Other | 9 | 12.33% | |
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06-21-2011, 01:46 PM | #1 |
Here fishy fishy fishy...
Join Date: May 2011
Location: San Diego, CA
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What Color is your (Primary) Yak?
Thought it might be fun. Maybe a quick description of how you ended up with that color. I have a blue one, I thought the brighter neon colors (and white) would cause a lot of peripheral glare, and I didn't want to take a chance that Tax Men really were attracted to reds. |
06-21-2011, 02:32 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 218
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Never paid much attention to color with regards to what sharks see. Even though my primary is orange, of the 6 kayaks I use for fishing, 2 of them are red.
The theory that red attracts sharks is BS (according to the laws of physics). Red wavelength cannot penetrate water for more than 15 feet. At a depth or distance of 15 feet or more underwater, anything red simply appears black or gray in color. A red kayak looks the same as a black or gray kayak to the sharks. |
06-21-2011, 03:31 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Normal Hts
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for no other reason than safety, the brighter the better! Yellow and orange is really visible. Green's and blue's are harder to spot.
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06-21-2011, 05:23 PM | #4 | |
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06-21-2011, 06:27 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Nor Cal...30 min from Bodega/Tomales Bay, 1hr from Clear Lake, 2+ hr to Berryessa & the Delta
Posts: 729
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Mine is gray. I was drawn to the more neutral color. I agree for safety however I would have prefered a Mango (Malibu color) but my first priority was a larger yak.
Next year, I hope to get either an Outback or X-Factor (unless I find one for sale sooner really cheap). FFY |
06-21-2011, 09:49 PM | #6 |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,384
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Whichever color the best deal comes in.
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06-22-2011, 08:13 AM | #7 |
Ron Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: National City
Posts: 9
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I just bought a Neon Green kayak! Haven't caught any fish. Has anyone ever caught fish off a kayak that is this color??
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06-22-2011, 08:41 AM | #8 |
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: South OC
Posts: 1,606
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Mango is good
Easy to be spotted. I figured safety first and stayed away from the cool colors that blend with the ocean (sand, green, blue).
100 times more likely to. . . I was hoping it would finish like this. . . 100 times more likely to hook-up with a great catch on a yak over those cattle boats. |
06-22-2011, 08:43 AM | #9 |
Junior
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Point Loma
Posts: 4
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The neon green was 200 bucks cheaper than the sand color I wanted... I thought it would be easier to spot diving too.
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06-22-2011, 08:51 AM | #10 |
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: SD
Posts: 216
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Olive...
I really liked the neutral color. I fly a lil orange flag on the tip of a unused pole to increase visibility. lil seal pups love it ... had one damn near jump into my lap the other day .... |
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