I finally broke down and bought one for myself. Cashed in about $150 in Choice Motels stay points and got a gift card for Gandermountain with them. I put the giftcard towards a Pelican Castaway 116DLX fishing kayak. I still have to get it legal. Also gotta get a PFD and a whistle too.

Trout season opened today, which I'll use this on the Clarion river and some of the bigger tributaries. Bass season opens about the second week of June, once that happens I can be found on Kyle Lake going after panfish, crappie, channel cats and bass.

Very cool!

I'll be honest, I thought this was going to be about the animal... Like moving well beyond sheep and goats.

Jason wrote:

I'll be honest, I thought this was going to be about the animal... Like moving well beyond sheep and goats.

Me too. I was going to ask why you didn't go with an alpaca. They are a lot nicer than yaks .... but then maybe you liked it rou .... never mind


Enjoy your yak fishing

Ok, I'm confused a bit here. Not just in the way BB & linder were, cause I was there at first too...

I'm not much of a fisherman (only kind I find fun is the deep sea kind), and have never owned a "Yak" (either the boat kind or the animal kind). However.... How do you fish out of that thing? Where does all the gear, fish, and most importantly BEER go?

BeerCheeze wrote:

Ok, I'm confused a bit here. Not just in the way BB & linder were, cause I was there at first too... I'm not much of a fisherman (only kind I find fun is the deep sea kind), and have never owned a "Yak" (either the boat kind or the animal kind). However.... How do you fish out of that thing? Where does all the gear, fish, and most importantly BEER go?

The fantail of the yak has a round notch for a 5gal bucket to put your catch. You just pull the bungee cord back and place your bucket. Right behind the seat rest are two pole holders, and on the console right in front there is a mount for another pole holder. Most folks add an anchor rig with a trolley to run the spar point to the bow - which I'll add here soon. The use of a hand net for pulling in fish make life easier, less likely to flip it over. The front hatch can hole a small sleeping bag/blanket and/or food. I mostly fly fish, so I only need a small fly box. When I bait fish with a casting rod, I only take what I need - spare hooks, bobbers, can of worms/salmon eggs/grubs/etc. Plenty of room..

The weight capacity of mine is 325-350lbs. ..so I can float all I'll need to fish and camp overnight with. Food, blanket, frying pan, water, bucket, poles, gear, net, paddle, pistol, etc..

Fishing - just like you would from a canoe, motorboat, or any other boat.. Find a spot and cast.. Except with the yaks you can get into places other boats cant get to.

Beer - illegal to have alcohol on a boat in PA.

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id rather have a 34' offshore myself
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w00t!! I won a pack of (4) new york strip steaks at the turkey shoot today.

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JimBowy wrote:

id rather have a 34' offshore myself

Yeah - great - and I'd like a 100 foot yacht while we're at it. Just to sell, not to keep.

And to let my outdoors noob show... How do you get steaks out of shooting at turkeys?

Jason wrote:

JimBowy wrote: id rather have a 34' offshore myself Yeah - great - and I'd like a 100 foot yacht while we're at it. Just to sell, not to keep. And to let my outdoors noob show... How do you get steaks out of shooting at turkeys?

You dont shoot real turkeys, but rather turkey paper targets. 25 yards, each person shoots at their designated target 1 time with a shotgun. Person closest to the cross on the front wins, if there is a tie - then they flip the page over and the person closest to the hand marked X wins.

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Here in PA there isn't many places to use any power boat. Most inland lakes and rivers are small/shallow or have HP restrictions. Lake Erie is just about the only place you can use anything bigger than 25ft and/or 25HP. Most are limited to 10HP around my area with exception to a few private lakes.