Classic Kayak Pimping

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Over the coarse of this week we will show you a basic 1 step upgrade to your basic kayak



This weekend a customer asked about some equipment and prices etc as we are a kayak angling shop we told the nice gentlemen what he wanted to know
The cost of the equipment was talked about ,Its uses were also talked about , The customer was pretty sure on the type of equipment he wanted to make his kayak a real angling kayak

The boat in question was a Ocean Kayak Trident 13, a great kayak that offers a sea worthy kayak and most of the luxury , A good alround fishing kayak that has many followers

you can buy one here " but that,s not what this is about "

www.kayakfishingshack.co.uk/store/special-offers/ocean-kayak-trident-13-angler/234/


FITTING

Yes fitting or pimping is what this is about!
The customer was asking about fitting

We talked prices and talked fitting etc
And agreed the best way forward would be a stainless Trolley and the anchor gear , A Fishfinder with downnside image And a battery plus charger
This is a classic step toward the best fishing kayak

The Kayak Fishing Shack would do the fitting of the gear

Over this week we will show you how !

The kayak was collected and the money for work and gear paid Day 1





Day 2 The electronics were ordered and the kayak would be started



Quick Release Anchor Set Up

The stainless trolley comes complete to go on ,It has the option of screws or nuts an bolts depending on access
It comes with clips or bungee so you can chose the way you want it on



these were the left over options from what we used








this is the anchor system






screw or bolt the pad eyes front and back









find a nice place for the cleat





the ring of anchor





its beat to have it running with the lines of the kayak





the QR anchor system





set normal






set for hauling in






QR fastened





pull this and bye bye anchor





It floats real well on grass but you must attach the buoy or you will loose the lot


over the next few days as the electronics arrive we will fit the battery and fishfinder etc

there are many ways too anchor and fit the gear these are just some we use we love to know how you do yours too

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FISHFINDERS ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG



So fishfinder , echosounders , whatever you wanna call the digi settop box on your yak what one ?


Price comes before anything else for most !

We are fitting an Ocean Kayak Trident 13 , This kayak would suit a hummingbird great ,,,,BUT transducers !!!!!!
The customer would like down side image please

Here is the problem for you to use the scupper transducer , You need a pricey unit or an in hull fit
the transducer work hard and some dont fire though hulls great so if you have scupper fitting use it


The customer has selected a Lowrance Elite 4x DSI fishfinder , this has a tiny transducer and down side image for less than £200

though the scupper transducer

you could buy one of these at about £50





NOT IN A TRIDENT 13 !!

this unit is great it will go from 2" to 9" but a trident is much less than this !
and why do ya wanna block a scupper hole up any way


Today we will show you how we get round this problem for free and still use your scupper hole to near max effect

stay tuned for how we do this


news flash

The customer has been in touch with another few mods he would like fitting to the Trident 13 more coming soon

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The Fishfinder Fitting



This is the boxed gear





What ya get in the boxes





the scupper







poke the wire up here





the transducer is here now





This is a bit of Fatyak but you could use chopping board





with a grown ups help cut it ,,with snips









sand paper it to make it nice










pop it in here make it a good fit






ya gunna need rape aids ,,i mean tie wraps





tie wrap around the transducer and snip off the extra





use a tape measure to see its equal at the sides and check the flip top lip works












mark where the wires need to go








the wire go,s though





install the marine gland












this is not the regular way but works great





measure





Screw it good ,not to hard or you may rupture her






thats nice











some boats a miles long so ya gonna have some spar wire ,,tie wrap this to a scupper moulding








NEXT TIME THE BATTERY AND WIRES

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Power It Up


use a fuse just in case !


you will need the right connectors





these fit our battery nice






crimp them well





make them connect and place your battery in its housing









now power it up





it should come on if it dose not check you have charge in the battery ,,if it still dose not work something is broken

you should hear a clicking like a cricket chirping ,,,if you dont check your not on demo mode
the clicking is from the transducer ,,this is a pluse that it sends to the water
a good battery will give a good click ,,,all good fishfinder transducers with good power should click some louder than others
if it dose not, its not working well


you can see how effective the scupper still is with this method ,,some people use a bar across not plastic but it all works the same







EXTRA STUFF PLEASE


A flag to be seen please





a starport behind the seat ,,,we could go at the back ,,but the way this kayak is going that space may be needed for a torqueedo or something








be safe be seen





with a fishfinder , anchor gear , flag and power this kayak is nearly ready to go home





the most important details will be installed next time stay tuned as the Trident gets finished and sent home

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The Last Job



The last thing to do was put the Kayak Fishing Shack sticker on the kayak

with this done the kayak can be taken back to its owner






We hope you have enjoyed the bits done to this kayak and hope it gives you some ideas for your own


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