@andreveilleux8640 the bigger aluminum rudders allow for zero flexing in strong currents like the plastic rudders, sharper turns which help out a ton on the PDL 120s our kayaks are kind of slugs so it's great to get any help we can in the steering department. And they also don't lift up in the water like the factory rudders, obviously because they're heavier. Is it a necessity? No, but then again, neither is a trolling motor, kayak crates, or fish finders, yet we all have them. I guess it all comes down to if someone is in need of more steering performance, for us specifically, it was a must-have upgrade, especially with running downriggers, but that doesn't mean that someone without a downrigger could also benefit from upgrading the rudder. Plus, it's always fun to customize the kayaks! 😂 Thanks for watching!

@ChrisZwolinski thank you! It seemed a bit excessive at first, but we absolutely love our trailer! And it sure beats storing the kayaks in the garage! Thanks for watching!

Thank ya!

@anthonyhenry2143 we're happy to be back! As long as people want to see us, we'll be here! Thanks for watching!

@@nillybodilly5560 😂😂😂

@jonlewis7140 Thanks so much! Currently, we do not run any red/green navigation lights. We just try our best not to be out on the water or at least in the boat traffic areas with low visibility. We do have some flashing white led lights on our radios, and we'll be installing a solar led light onto our flag poles this year. We were just talking about an ocean kayak fishing safety video, and will be filming soon! But some immediate safety tips that we always consider is wind speed, and currents when ocean fishing, as well as having a plan, letting someone know what that plan is, and sticking to that plan no matter how good the fishing is. But we'll go over everything we do to stay as safe as possible on the water in the video. Thanks for watching!

@kckayakfishing great info, thanks! Looking forward to seeing it!!

@jonlewis7140 no problem!

@EnglishAngling awesome! Thanks for the suggestion! Our biggest issue was rust and corrosion happening on the usb cable going to our go pros. It didn't see to matter how expensive of a cable it still seemed to happen. Probably from where we decided to install the usb port, we take a decent amount of water over the bow, and the port would get sprayed quite a bit. Possibly looking into switching the location to maybe under the seat, we'll definitely look into the Noqua usb c adapters though! Thanks for watching!

@@michaelsparks2531 thank you! We can do a kayak launching video for sure! Showing the steps we take while using our trailer, as well as in the back of the truck! Thanks for watching!

@TheBiggestWillis thank you! Glad you found the updated video, we try and do one every year showing the setups. Thanks for watching!

@rudyjimenez8120 we have a couple species of sharks in our waters, none that we're really that worried about. But there have been a few Great White sightings, which is a bit nerve-racking!😂😂 Hopefully, they just got lost and aren't moving in permanently! Thanks for watching!

Love the channel im always looking forward to new videos take care and be safe.​@@kckayakfishing

@rudyjimenez8120 thank you! Appreciate your support! 🫶

Love the channel im always looking forward to new videos take care and be safe.​@@kckayakfishing

@halftime174 thank you! You are 100% correct, less is more when it comes to kayak fishing, we are fortunate to have a cargo trailer that we use to store and transport the kayaks, so everything pretty much stays in place and we just throw them in after a day of fishing and go. But it's true, if you pack a lot of gear, one way or another, it's all going to have to come back with you, and that can be exhausting! But we always say it's a labor of love! We don't have livewells, but I'm pretty sure Hobie makes a "plug and play" livewell, but being Hobie, it's guaranteed to be pricey! Maybe a KZbin search of DIY livewells for kayaks could be helpful, sorry to not be much help, we haven't gone down the livewell rabbit hole yet! 😆 Thanks for watching!

@@LadybugAdventures it was getting a bit ridiculous how much gear we would bring in our crates for a day of fishing. Less is definitely more! Thanks for watching!

@SawyersAdventures_607 we turn them on at the beginning of the trip separately from the GoPros. And after that we leave them on all day. They don't turn on automatically with the GoPros. Thanks for watching!

@SawyersAdventures_607 much appreciated, we're glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

@@kckayakfishing I’m really considering getting the old town 120 PDL this spring and setting it up over next winter so thanks for some good ideas

@SawyersAdventures_607 no problem at all! It's a fantastic kayak, you'll love it! We'll probably have them forever, the only kayak we've ever come close to upgrading to is the Jackson Knarr. But that won't be for a long long time.

@livenhfree no problem at all! You're going to love the PDL 120! The carts can fit in the back or the kayak behind the seat, but they are pretty heavy. We pretty much always take them back to our truck or trailer. If parking is a long way from the water, we bring a bike lock and chain the carts to a tree. Our old Pelican carts were much smaller and lighter, so we used to attach them to the back of our Kayak Crates, but since we don't use crates anymore, we find leaving the new carts behind works best. Thanks for watching!

@@kckayakfishing Thank you. Great idea!

@@livenhfree no problem!

I have a malone hd traverse cart and i pop the wheels off and put it in rear as well. Fits even with a small milk crate.

@LadybugAdventures that's a great option for a cart as well!

@Dripzvx hello

@mikeandroi2698 fully rigged with cameras, batteries, and everything else needed for a day on the water we're sitting right around 160lbs give or take a pound or two. Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

@livenhfree no problem at all! But I'm not sure I'm picking up what you're putting down. Here's a link to another rudder install video that might explain it better, but let us know of you're still having issues! Thanks for watching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmKmiZadebanhKssi=7eWlCbQfJBQ3Dn5C

@ Thank you. I'll check it out. BTW, if that wasn't a burn on your hand, your plastic surgeon is a butcher. (JK.) I am jealous of where you guys live. No salmon up here in NH, but the Striped Bass and Bluefish are great.

@livenhfree lol I got the "in training" doctor to stitch it up. Trust me, you aren't the only person to comment on how brutal it looks for how clean of a cut it was! 😂😂😂

Kind of a long story but basically I was building a rod rack for our trailer and ended up slicing through my hand and artery. Not my finest moment! 😂 and yes Crystal is definitely a catch! Thanks for watching!

@@Proxtor we used the medium 7.5 degree Vlock wedge

@livenhfree The scupper mount holds the transducer for our Garmin Striker fish finders. The nice thing about that mount is it keeps the transducer tucked up tight to the underside of the hull, lessening the chance of damaging it when beaching/launching the kayaks. It goes through the scupper hole directly in front of the PDL drive, the top plate of the scupper mount does have some decent sized holes in it, allowing any water to still pass through the scupper hole. Thanks for watching!

@@kckayakfishing Actually, one more question. On that Garmin... does it come with maps? I'll be fishing mostly salt inshore (rivers/inlets) and I really don't want to get lost on a new body of water. ;-)

@livenhfree the Garmin Striker 4 Plus doesn't have maps built in, or a card that you can buy, but it does record the bottom as you pass over it, so you create your own maps, it also has tracking ability so a little dotted line follows your path which you could use to find your way back, we've had to use that a couple times after getting lost in the fog 😂 But to have actual maps available for new areas we use the Navionics app on our phones, it's a paid subscription but well worth it for us.

@@kckayakfishing Thank you!

@@livenhfree no problem! 🙌

@livenhfree our guess on the brass inserts would be anything to cut costs and keep the profit margins up! There's no screw or bolt on the PDL 120 that needs to be torqued right down, these kayaks have a ton of movement in them when expanding and contracting with the warmer/colder weather. Just keep them snug, and that's good enough! 👍

​@@kckayakfishing Of course. I'm still buying that 'yak, tho!

@@livenhfree you're going to love it! 🙌

@livenhfree you're going to love the PDL 120, it's an amazing kayak! One of the best things about owning an Old Town kayak is the never-ending after market parts that keep coming out for them! We've added some more goodies to ours this year, 2025 Kayak setup video coming soon! Thanks for watching!

@livenhfree the rudder deployment handle sometimes needs to be adjusted after installing a new rudder just to make sure it has full range of motion when raising and lowering the rudder. Unfortunately, we don't have a video yet up yet on how to make the adjustments but here's a link to a video explaining how to do it, Nick always does a fantastic job with his how to videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKqvnJh3a96CqdEsi=zhxVAI2igmn4spC6 We replaced the rudder steering handle to the Navarre Handle, since we replaced the stock rudder pin with a bolt that we can tighten, we didn't need then factory handle with the adjustable tension knob, the original handle only tightens the steering from the handle and not the actual rudder itself, so replacing seemed like a great idea, the new handles feel much more solid and come in a couple different height sizes. Probably not a necessity to upgrade, but we've become sort of addicted to upgrading and customizing our kayaks! Thanks for watching!

@@kckayakfishing Ohh, right. Deployment handle. Steering handle. Two different things. Duh! :-} Thanks again!

@@livenhfree no problem at all! Cheers!

@livenhfree lol! Sorry, nervous habit! Thanks for watching!

@@kckayakfishing Yeah, I get it. Love your channel. Vid quality is excellent.

@@livenhfree thank you! Much appreciated!

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@Amf4493 much appreciated! Thanks for your support, and thanks for watching!

@jays3438 in theory, I guess they could be. The part where the handle mounts to the reel looks identical, but I haven't seen Piscifun selling just the handles on their website, so they might be tough to find. Not sure of any aftermarket options like Gomexus but they might have something. We'll look into it and let you know for sure though. Thanks for watching!

@bigbc5293 we were boat shopping a few years ago before stumbling across Kayak Fishing. After doing some more research, we fell more and more in love with the idea of Salt Water Kayak Fishing. It's a more up close and personal way of fishing, gets the adrenaline flowing, and we saved the 50 grand we were looking at spending on a boat! 😆😆 But yes, it absolutely, 100% is a sh*t show most of the time, that's part of what makes it so damn fun! 🙌 Thanks for watching!

@Fishingandcheffing much appreciated!

@Fishingandcheffing much appreciated!

@elijahpeace1832 have you ever grabbed a Copper Rockfish?

@@rickysstream2760 I'd probably stab myself if I tried to use my knife! 😆😆😆

@@havoc467 🤣🤣

@@danmyrivd6220 😂😂 🙌

@fredriklindqvist322 thanks! With those nets landing, any decent fish was an absolute pain! We've since upgraded to bigger and deeper nets, making our job much easier! Thanks for watching!

It's a never-ending battle for us against corrosion from the Salt Water, we try to grease everything we can at least twice a season, along with rinsing our kayaks after every trip, but it still seems like a losing battle sometimes 😂 Thanks for watching!

When u say grease everything,do u also grease the internals for the PDL along with all the external moving parts ?

@danholzmedia no problem! The Navarre rudder replacement is definitely the lightest due to the less material used, we've used their rudders along with many others and have zero quality complaints, Nick puts out amazing stuff for our kayaks, the only issue with the Navarre rudder is while it does stop the flexing compared to the plastic rudder, it does nothing to actually improve the steering performance, which in all fairness it wasn't designed for that. The boonedox rudders I've heard are quite heavy, not 100% sure if the PYA rudder is lighter, but it definitely feels like it, the biggest thing with any bigger rudders to watch out for is raising and lowering while holding onto the steering knob, this will offer the least resistance, our biggest concern when adding a heavier rudder was the lift/lower handle itself possibly breaking so we try to grab it not from the furthest point, but closer in towards the base, lessening the torque on the plastic handle. All in all, it's a small price to pay for the steering performance, and we've purposely tried to break something on our kayaks with the new rudders, unsuccessfully. Everything has held up great over the last year with zero issues. The PYA rudder will definitely help with the tracking issues and that squirrely feeling. We use our kayaks in some pretty intense swells and waves, and with the new rudders, we still haven't felt like we're out of control when a wave hits behind us. We highly recommend the PYA P3 Pinnacle for all sportsman model kayaks, but whichever rudder you decide to go with, just make sure you're prepared to play around a bit with the steering cables and possibly add a bolt to the rudder and lose the stock pin. Bigger rudders have a bigger surface area, so they grab a ton more water, so tightening the cables and bolt will help eliminate that "loose" feeling when you first install it. Any other questions, feel free to ask! Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!

@@kckayakfishing - This info is super-helpful. And yes, I've ordered a bunch of gear from Nick for my 132 (including a rudder bolt) - the products he makes are amazing upgrades. But it looks like I'm going with PYA for the rudder. Thanks again for the wisdom and advice!

@danholzmedia anytime! Trying to get an exact weight on the P3 Pinnacle rudder for you when we get it we'll let you know! Cheers!

@@kckayakfishing oh wow, thanks!

​@danholzmedia sorry for the delay, we have a weight on the P3 Pinnacle Rudder, 1.22 lbs. Hope that helps, cheers!

@user-nn8rz3bm7w absolutely! We're thinking it's easily the top upgrade we've done to our kayaks! Glad you're enjoying it and thanks for watching!

😂 wow, well, they're definitely not painted on, but if that's what stops you from watching our videos, it's not really a big loss to us! You don't have to finish the video, we get paid either way 😉

@kckayakfishing try painting them on evenly and equally before posting a video.

@jasonsparks4601 It must be a pretty sad life you have, Friday night/ Saturday morning scanning youtube videos looking at eyebrows, and ways to try and make people feel bad, my guess would be you're single, no one that really enjoys hanging around you which is why you're alone on a Friday night, trying to make females feel like shit on the internet because they won't give you any attention in the real world. Or you are a gay makeup artist, and your criticism of my uneven eyebrows comes from a place of love, in that case I'd take any tips you're willing to give me, because they aren't painted on that's the shape of them and I don't know what to do please help!

Lmao Jason shut up and get a life

@BCFishingJournal thanks Jesse! This rudder helps tremendously for Salmon trolling, hardly any course changes and no need to over compensate with the steering to go in a straight line. You're going to love it! Thanks for watching!

@LadybugAdventures 😂😂 honestly I could use it on him daily! Sometimes, it does get hard to listen to our southern neighbors complain about prices! 🤣 Thanks for your comment, and thanks for watching! 🫶

@@killerp00dle 😂😂😂 don't give him any ideas!!! Thanks for watching!