Scrambler XT Kayak.......rigged

[Jaffa]

Given my total catch this week you have no worries m8 3 shore trips for a total of two small flounder!

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

Beats my catch rate at the moment mate.........god I hated saying that

[Jaffa]

Enjoy your armchair and laugh even more. Matt (arturcodsbody) and I are going to try and catch a Bass this week I suspect flounders may crop up again, and again!

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

Bass fishing eh ????.......Ive got more chance of finding a hatch to fit the Scrambler

 

Good luck to you both , hope you get a couple........well perhaps one......a.

[Jaffa]

I think if we even get a glimpse of something silver we can claim to be a Bass we will be chuffed!

 

Any hints or tips? I'm guessing we have to leave our 5/0 hooks, pulley rigs, and enormous baits behind (not going to be easy) and be "subtle"?? whatever that is.....

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

Hints and tips......of course mate, my pleasure , love to help.

 

STAY HOME WITH A CURRY.

[Jaffa]

Aye, that will get you fish

 

Keep it up and your beat before you start. BTW when do you intend actually fishing?!

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

To be honest I havnt been out on the beach for about 3 months now.

Once upon a time I wouldnt miss the weekends , rain , wind , frost , didnt matter Id be there.

But having taken up lure and light fishing + the Kayaks I cant be ar88ed with it now.

Been spoilt I guess

 

Having said that , no doubt we will give it a go soon.

This time of the year is normaly slack anyway.

Id rather be here anoying you

 

By the way that offer still stands for May if your up for it , stay over for a couple of days.

Get the coach down , got a spare Yak and all the tackle here already

[Simon Everett]

Yakity - et al- the OK Kayaks are nicely designed but it would seem as though they are turned out as fast as the plastic can dry. Did you read my post about the rod holder fastners on the Prowler 13?

The fastners on the forward end are bonded into the moulding - the captive threads are, so bolts, machine screws go home as they should.

The rod holders on the stern are held in by fastners with captive threads (nuts or threaded tube, can't tell which)that are simply Sikaflexed into place.

I went to put covers over the rod holders and the fastners won't go back home - the threads have pushed out the bottom. NOT GOOD.

 

Yakity, sorry to hear about your hatch troubles. I have read the posts, but everyone else is a bit quickewr with their replies than me - besides it was the BASS AGM yesterday, so late by the time I got home.

 

A thought. Could you make an inner cover for the hatch rim? I wondered about a cover made from similar stuff to dry bags - poly-whatsit covered canvas, or neoprene. But instead of being elasticated use a draw string to pull it up tight. If you used one of the spring loaded draw string togles you could draw it up tight and it would stay put - with the draw string cockpit side it would be away from the force of water over the bow. Then strap your plastic lid ontop of that as a wave deflector rather than as the main watertight cover. - Just thought of this as a salvaging your work idea. !??!! Just for whT IT IS WORTH oh damn, I pushed a wrong button there!

You will have to have a look to see how it would fit on your moulded rim.

Cheers,

Simon.

PS I've decided to fit a large self tapper to replace the "lost" machine scew. It is only the one, so will be sound as a pound with the other two holding the rod holder to the hull.

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

Hi Simon,

 

Thanks for your idea with a view to fixing the Hatch problem, its a good idea

Will wait now to hear from Simon at Bournemouth.

I wouldnt like to try and botch somthing like the hatch covers.

These need to be A1 and working properly.

 

As I said before , if I do try to get over the problem by adapting and ammending , if I loose the yak through a flooding due to the failier of my efforts,Id be a very sick bunny indeed.

 

Re your rod holders , do you mean the flushmounts??

 

YY.