for how much pedal power kayaks casa better be some significant pros versus cons right i've done
the research on both pedal power kayaks and paddle power kayaks so i'm going to run through what i
found and you can decide for yourself if the hype is worth the cash all right so i'm going to be
hopping back and forth pro con pro con and by the end of the video i want you to tell me where you
landed worth the money not worth the money i want you to let me know in the comments below
alright let's get things started let's start off on a positive note non-stop
fishing one of the reasons i love my pedal power kayak over my paddle power kayak
is because i have hands free fishing which allows me to have non-stop fishing i've gone paddle power
kayaking before 30 of the time i feel like i'm just battling the wind trying to position myself
into the spot where i actually want to fish so with a pedal power kayak i'm actually able to move
hands free and if i do need to move directions it's just a flick of the rotor control at the
end of the day i'm out here to catch fish and if i'm paddling 20 to 30 of the time that's 20 to 30
of the time my lure is not in the water let's move on to a con the elephant in the room on this thing
is the price because this guy right here they all include some type of pedal powered system
and you also have rudder and steering expansions so a lot of times that right there will cost
just about an extra 1 000 and to be honest with you that's a deal breaker for some of you and i
understand that no big deal at the end of the day i believe that you can catch a fish riding a pool
noodle in fact if you ever caught a fish riding pool noodle please let me know in the comments
below heck that could be its own youtube channel all right i'm getting off track here
khan they're expensive all right let's move into another pro which is really important to me is
that you could fish higher wins and what this means you can be out in the water in scenarios
that be very difficult if you're a paddle-powered fisherman i was actually out last saturday and i
checked the wind report and it was 12 to 15 mile per hour winds which is at the top of my limit if
i was in a paddle powered yak it would have taken me forever i would have never made the decision
to go all the way across the lake and i would have never caught these pre-spawn water ponies
for me hands-free fishing and being able to fish in higher winds are huge advantages for my fishing
game move on to the next con more maintenance issues guys everything you see here is the moving
part which can break i've seen propellers break i've seen lower assemblies and upper assemblies
and you completely replace a lot of times these things squeak a lot of times the gears
are crunching and so a lot of issues with the motor and also a lot of times these will break
will snap your rudder systems this right here a lot of times you'll have issues with a steering
assembly and you'll need to replace these these are not cheap i feel like everything with a kayak
is like four times as expensive as it needs to be a lot of times guys have issues with their
steering here so i'll have to completely replace these mo money mo problems and the reality is i
like to diy a lot of my things on my kayak but some things you just can't diy and it's gonna
cost you i'm hitting with the next pro more power another reason anglers believe that pedal-powered
acts are worth the money is you simply have more power one the yak is now powered by the
strongest muscle in your body your legs over your arms and because you're able to move from
something to nothing much quicker and the ability to move quick is helpful in three
different ways one of the things i do whenever i hook set a bass i'll start backpedaling my yak
right away which help me decrease any slack line and keep that fast spinning my lure another thing
i often get myself in trouble in is whenever i'm changing on a lure tying a knot a lot of
times the wind will blow my yak into a trees i'll get too close and i'll realize at the last second
and need that power to get out of that scenario quickly and sometimes whenever i'm kayaking i'll
see a stump at the last second and i will need some quick power to pivot to get around that
so i don't end up hitting it here's a con no one told me this look you can actually see right now
um time spent cleaning the prop but i'm not talking about line that gets caught
under there oh look at that fishing line what you have to do sometimes i'm talking about when this
is underneath the boat and when that propeller is underwater it's going to get caught up on a ton
of vegetation i fish up here in canton ohio you may better know it as the caribbean of the midwest
but a lot of times i i like fishing just one lake and uh it's great here in the spring but give it
a month or two and it's gonna be full of weeds which makes using a paddle power kayak a little
more difficult it only takes a few seconds to do it but it's annoying when you gotta do it like 30
times a day thinking this thing is a weed magnet now i'm assuming if you're watching this video you
are thinking about buying a kayak and one of the things that i didn't take into consideration
when buying my fishing kayak is whether or not i wanted to start trolling now i've trolled before
just a goofing around it was never an actual strategy for me but trolling for fish can be a
ton of fun especially if you need a little break and that's why i purchased these guys right here
the yak attack pro omega rod holders for your kayak these things are really easy to use
basically a lock and load you can put them at a variety of different angles and once you lock them
in as you can see here you pull up they do not come out and they're super sturdy all you gotta do
is simply throw your rod in there and boom you are good to go and what i do if i'm coming short up on
bass for whatever reason i need to break i throw some crankbaits on there and start trolling around
you'd be surprised what you picked up pick up perch i picked up around 12 crappie yesterday
you pick up largemouth bass i've even picked up some catfish so a great way to fish especially if
you get tired of fishing maybe five hours straight all right here's a con for you um no surprise here
that this thing is much heavier than that thing my native slayer propel 10 weighs around 65 pounds
bare when you add all this extra stuff which is a ton of weight it gets really heavy really fast and
the thing is awkward weight so if it's one thing if you're just leaving in the water at your pond
it's another thing you have to pick this thing up put it on the back of your trailer and move
it from pond to pond to pond so something to think about here's a pro for you this thing will free up
some serious energy especially if you have a long fishing trip planned i know i have a trip planned
four days 12 hours a day coming up here just in a few weeks i know you're jealous right
you might be thinking how do you get away for four days you have kids well my amazing wife
is graciously allowing me to do that i really hope she's watching this video another con is
sometimes you can get your line caught in the prop i'm not just talking about like other people's
lines who can't seem to throw the in the trash and decide to throw in the bottom of the lake
i'm talking about when you're actually fishing and a fish dives below your boat and then could
potentially get caught in your prop to be honest it doesn't happen very often and the better you
are with handling a fish it shouldn't happen at all but if you're new it could happen to you so
something to think about here's a pro this thing's faster here's a fun fact the average
paddle kayaker will kayak at around two miles an hour and the average mile per hour that you'll
get on a pedal power kayak is three to four miles an hour and you can always burst for
faster speeds but that's what you're going to get sustained we all have our favorite spots
i have one nearby that it takes me in my pedal power kayak 15 minutes to get there
just to start fishing now if i were to have a paddle power kaya it could take me around
25 to 30 minutes so that alone allows me to have my allure in the water 15 more minutes every time
i go fishing because i have a petal power kayak all right guys be getting value please take a
crack at that like button let's move into the next con but it might be too surprising but these
things are not great for shallow water or rivers you end up snapping off one of your prop blades
if you try to take a run down a shallow river that's where these things come into play
which are really nice because it doesn't really matter because you don't have this hanging out
the bottom of your boat and here's a pro because you're twice as quick it's gonna allow you to do
a couple things number one it's gonna allow you to on larger bodies of water investigate places that
you never would have because they've always been too far away from your loading and another reason
the pedal power kayak is nice because sometimes the wind will spin up later in the day and you
might be pretty far away from your loading which allows if you have a little extra power it's gonna
allow you a much easier ride back home all right the moment of truth are pedal powered kayaks worth
the cash please let me know in the comments below if you love this video you're gonna love
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