Smalliebigs Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Has anyone ever seen one of these on a river???I think this thing would be funny on a river. Stoneroller this ones for you. the music is kind of gay but I couldn't help but laugh at this. a few flush mounts and rod holders and your crusing up the river.just kidding obviously.....March madness is back baby.....i'm in a basketball trance until Sunday night.
awhuber Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Has anyone ever seen one of these on a river???I think this thing would be funny on a river. Stoneroller this ones for you. the music is kind of gay but I couldn't help but laugh at this. a few flush mounts and rod holders and your crusing up the river.just kidding obviously.....March madness is back baby.....i'm in a basketball trance until Sunday night. A friend of mine made one of these using a weedeater motor. He used it a few times on the courtios. He could take it up stream and then float back. One fatal flaw in his design was nowhere to keep the beer! This would not be legal on Jacks Fork or Current rivers.
troutfiend1985 Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 A friend of mine made one of these using a weedeater motor. He used it a few times on the courtios. He could take it up stream and then float back. One fatal flaw in his design was nowhere to keep the beer! This would not be legal on Jacks Fork or Current rivers. that thing is awesome!! I need one, and I have a weed eater. The problem is the kayak part, no bueno. “The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people” J. Brandeis
Al Agnew Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 There are at least two or three of these designs commercially available. From everything I've read about them, they are all NOISY (more so that a jet outboard of comparable horsepower) the craft is too heavy to carry or cartop--needs a trailer and a launch ramp--and the engine compartment takes up a lot of room, leaving little for your gear. To me they are about as desirable on the river as a jet ski, which is to say that if it wasn't illegal to do so, I'd probably shoot them with a high powered rifle as they buzzed past me the second or third time (the boat, not the operator, of course--it would be imminently satisfying to watch the smoke erupt and hear the engine die).
awhuber Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 There are at least two or three of these designs commercially available. From everything I've read about them, they are all NOISY (more so that a jet outboard of comparable horsepower) the craft is too heavy to carry or cartop--needs a trailer and a launch ramp--and the engine compartment takes up a lot of room, leaving little for your gear. To me they are about as desirable on the river as a jet ski, which is to say that if it wasn't illegal to do so, I'd probably shoot them with a high powered rifle as they buzzed past me the second or third time (the boat, not the operator, of course--it would be imminently satisfying to watch the smoke erupt and hear the engine die). The one my buddy had was so loud even the drunk floaters hated it.
flytyer57 Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Won't have to worry about being stuck up a creek without a paddle. But seriously, that is just outright blasphemy. There's a fine line between fishing and sitting there looking stupid.
Stoneroller Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 mine's coming with a 5.56mm minigun on the front, just in case... Fish On Kayak Adventures, LLC. Supreme Commander 'The Dude' of Kayak fishing www.fishonkayakadventures.com fishonkayakadventures@yahoo.com
jdmidwest Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I was always interested in a Mokai when I first saw them, I just never had the extra $3500 burning a hole in my pocket. Their product was marketed more to fisherman. The DVD they sent showed a fly fisherman idling the boat in a fast run while he fished in place. Their marketing was less obnoxious than a jetski yak. Mokai "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
woodman Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 You suck a rock or even a twig up the impeller and done.(yes a twig) it stoped a yamah 1200r down their on the Little Niangua Mikes Green Mills Campground... http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/scrawford_photos/
Al Agnew Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I was always interested in a Mokai when I first saw them, I just never had the extra $3500 burning a hole in my pocket. Their product was marketed more to fisherman. The DVD they sent showed a fly fisherman idling the boat in a fast run while he fished in place. Their marketing was less obnoxious than a jetski yak. Mokai The Mokai was one of those I was talking about. You probably can run the thing at a fast idle while fishing, but I can't imagine wanting to do that, because even at idle the things are noisy. It would drive me nuts. And while it sounds nice to have a small boat like that which you can use like a jetboat to go upstream, you still have to be able to fish effectively once you get upstream. The things don't paddle well, and you'd have to do some modifications and add even more weight in order to use a trolling motor. Mainly though, I live in constant fear that somebody will come up with a craft that can run the streams that are too small for normal jetboat use. It will be the death knell of peace and quiet in the Ozarks.
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