All I Want For Christmas...

[Danielle]

For a little fun...

Share your ultimate Wishlist, you could accidentally print it out and stick on the fridge for WAGS and HABS to see! Or bribe a child with a freddo to show mum haha.

Here's mine 

[The Mad Hughesy]

id hunt around gumtree for soft roof racks. i just sold mine for $50

i know they can be very pricey brand new

that kayak shade shelter looks cool

[Danielle]

I definitely am looking for 2nd hand for all of the above lol! I have seen heaps on gumtree and marketplace for $50 (you were probably one of them!!) 

[Binder]

I've got a set of soft roof racks in my shed Danielle, dont know what condition they are in after sitting there for years. They only got used a few times when new about 5 or 6 years ago.

I'll have a look and if they are any good I'll give them to Ray to get to you.

[Danielle]

Ooooooooohhhhh ahhhhhhh!!!

Scored 2 X kayak vest pfd's for $25 (package deal only) so am stoked about that... Need to pick up from Scarborough though lol

[Danielle]

Decided a fish finder is rather important, would have prevented me running aground as well as running straight into a submerged Rock grrr!

[ellicat]

A seat on the 2018 PNG trip.

[Luvit]

12 hours ago, Danielle said:

Decided a fish finder is rather important, would have prevented me running aground as well as running straight into a submerged Rock grrr!

A sounder is help but not essential in my opinion. If there is a rock in front that you don't see because the transducer is normally placed at the rear of the yak, you will still hit the rock before the sounder knows what is going on. It would help if the bottom was rising, then you could action to avoid running aground.

Depends where you are going to be using it mainly. I use a my yak mainly in fresh water and skinny creeks. Carrying a battery and mounting a transducer in the yak is to much of a pain for me. The skinny creeks not have much depth and because you are casting at the structure along the bank not really a need for the sounder.

Personally I would get use to the yak and then see where it will mostly be used. Then decide if the added expense and work is worth the benefits of fitting a sounder.

[Danielle]

Thanks Wayne, well explained! 

[Luvit]

The easier it is to use, the more you will use it. 

[Danielle]

12 hours ago, Luvit said:

The easier it is to use, the more you will use it. 

That's the part that spoke to me because already I'm struggling with lifting it onto the car and taking off. Has fallen EVERY TIME.