Perception Pescador Pilot 12 Kayak

As far as pedal yaks go they're about the cheapest. Academy has them for $300 off retail at the moment but that's still $1500. They had another deal going when I bought mine if you used gift cards to purchase an item you would get 10% back. They set me up to buy 2 gift cards covering the total and then used the cards to pay for the yak. So in a way I paid $1350 for it. I need another gun safe so I'll use that money back towards it.

I’m pretty sure that’s the yak Tony just got. (Opotchli sp?)

Haven’t heard him say a bad thing about it yet. It’s looks sweet for sure. Just don’t get the fancy c-tug cart to take it off road lol.

Finally got to take the maiden voyage yesterday. However, I forgot my camera and wasn't about to take my cell with me so no video. I failed to even take a pic of it in the water next to the bank. I was on private and the water was calm. I think the worst part was picking the hottest day of the year during the hottest part of the day to test it. Pretty sure I dropped a few pounds yesterday. The yak rides good. My biggest complaint is the angle of the seat. It's set for pedaling and you lean far back to accommodate that. I need to raise the back of the seat to find a happy medium for pedaling and fishing in more of an upright position. On calm water the pedal drive moves the yak fairly quick; more than what I was expecting. So other than a seat adjustment I also need to wire it with lights for those early morning or late evening fishing times (going to put some of those fancy led's on as well) and I need to make a platform for the yak to sit on while transporting in the truck. The rudder sticks out behind the yak and digs into my tool box on the truck. When I strap it down it really starts to dig in. So my plan is to make a platform out of pvc and set the yak on top of that so the rudder will clear the top of the tool box. I'm probably going to make my own cart too. My boss built his own (using pvc and tires he found at Harbor Freight) for under $50. I'm still undecided on whether or not I'm going to put a fish finder on. The last thing is my 7 foot paddle isn't long enough. Probably need an 8 ft minimum.

Here's one I forgot to post last year. I finally rigged up the lights on my kayak last spring. It may not be the prettiest wiring job but it works. I did use wire loom to tidy up most of it.

The final addition (thanks to the stimmy we got last year) came in the form of a Garmin Striker 4 fish finder. I really only wanted it to see how deep the water is when I'm out.

You look set up man!