What questions did you have? If it helps, I posted a utube video that covered the accessories I installed on mine, back in 2020.

I am trying to figure out the transducer mounting, making a cart for storage, the floor padding install, livewell kit or find own parts etc. Hate to drill holes in hull and regret it!

@@zacharyj123 A lot of those things I covered my idea or reason for it based on years of fishing on different kayaks I've had and rigged. The transducer mount some guys use a Hobie H Rail mount that swings up out of the way. I just don't like spending the high cost of many Hobie accsessories and use a small enough transducer that I have it tuck in under the rear Grab rail of the Solo Skiff, keeps it out of the way. Like when cutting anything for a project measure several times so as to only cut or drill once. Tight Lines!

Here's the link to the video of Solo Skiff rigging and loading and unloading system. Now the winch is upgraded to a 12v UTV 2500lbs Bad Land remote control winch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZvdgYeGrrJ8h6ssi=OM_cuTtvswe0sUBt

Water is looking good, saw a lot of very nice clean and blue water just outside 70'. Tight Lines!

Thank You Dwight. Yes I used to use them and swim plastics a lot when fishing from Kayaks for years. Like many things us humans tend to like shinny new toys, the fish don't give a damn.Tight Lines!

By the way I don't know what you were running over, but you had some great marks on the screen.

@SDFishGuessWhoMeAgain fishing on kayaks for years I learned about maintenance and reels that hold up better in reallly close to and sometimes submerged saltwater environment. I still have several Daiwa Sealine Reels that are still awesome today and are not too expensive. Tight Lines!

@@SDFishGuessWhoMeAgain that sounds like a great day fishing and being rewarded for the effort. Tight Lines!

@DwightPerkins-i7t Bird Rock is a bit south and about the Southern LJ MLPA is. I very often will troll between there and just north of the point. That covers a lot of water and it's easier to follow contours and fish different depths. Yeah the Kelp was so thick that it was like a carpet floating on the surface of the water.

@@markr9312 I remember a narrow street in LJ that went down to a barrier that you could step over and fish a small Sandy area between some rocks. We took alot of corbina and perch from there in the 60s.

I seem to have picked the wrong day, the web cam showed it cleared early and was nice and sunny both Tuesday and Thursday. Tight Lines!

@DwightPerkins-i7t by the wind sailors seem to have many different shapes, I have seen many varieties at certain times of the year all are part translucent and blueish.

@@markr9312 I'm waiting patiently for your next video. I know Mikey is supposed to be doing one too.😆

No, but in some area they are requiring a Boaters Card. Always best to check local and State Regulations.

@@markr9312 oh noice. Im in San Diego as well.

@@antraxkiller6210 No special license, just know the Coast Guard boating regulations.

@@markr9312 Cool. I have been thinking of getting a solo skiff too and ive wondered if i may need a license or that boaters card you mentioned. thnx.

@@antraxkiller6210 Not Yet! My friend Mikey, (SD Fish & Sips) Is the San Diego Solo Skiff Dealer. You can reach him by email at [email protected]

Yes, I did upgrade the hand winch using the same bracket but now it's a Badlands 2500lb UTV 12v winch I plug in to a portable battery, I used to use for a Fish Finder. When you get Old, you need to work smarter Not Harder.

@swamphog77 No the hull is sealed and water just roll over and through. Water does not get inside, unless the seat hatch was open and upside-down. It still would not sink, due to the inside being lined with spray foam as a layer that offers strength and floatation. The open lid, is the Livewell for bait

@DwightPerkins-i7t That's why I keep going, time and time again. They say " The tug is the drug" I beleive it, because after the first 30+ lb'r on a Kayak, I was hooked on LJ Homeguard Yellowtail. The rest is by-catch and sometimes some also go home with me. I get a huge rush feeling their power, hearing the drag screaming and sometimes it pulling even harder you almost loose the grip on the rod. There's only one other I trying for on rhe Solo Skiff and they might be getting close enough soon, Tuna.

@@markr9312 I follow Adam on Die Hard fishing and he's been towed by some big fish and I figure he'll get one in that yellow yak before long. I look forward to seeing you get a tunie because I'll be living it with you for sure. Keep em coming 👍👍

@DwightPerkins-i7t A lot of fun, if you target them on lighter gear.

@@markr9312 One time in 1972 on a charter boat my friend knocked my rod over and broke it. I ended up having to fish with an ultralight rod some guy had with 8 lb test line. a The captain stopped on a sandbar about ten miles out on the way back in and I caught several sand bass over 4 pounds with it. Talk about brutal work getting them to the top. I'll never forget that ❤

@@DwightPerkins-i7t Back in 2013 when I started Kayak fishing and fishing La Jolla on the Kayak, I remember reading stories on BWE of La Jolla Kayak Fishing legends having competitions catching La Jolla Yellowtail using Barbie Rods spooled with braid.🤣😂

Thanks. Yeah it allows me to turn either 360 degrees , so I can choose the angle I want the rod to be depending on speed or lure pressure and be able to troll two and keep then apart. On this video I was trolling two when the Yellowtail hit the Nomad DTX 100, on the other side I was trolling a Shimano Coltsniper annd after the hit and line peeling, I slowed the Solo Skiff a little and started a slow turn while winding in the coltsniper as fast as I could. Then I proceeded to fight the Yellow and invite it home.

@@markr9312 I added your name in a comment I made on SDFS 38lb. Yellow tail solo skiff.

Yes, SDFS, Mikey is my friend I've know I'm since we both were kayak fishing back in 2013.

Thanks, I had to cut off the volume to the clip when I gaffed the balloon, due to the explicit comments.😁

@@markr9312 yeah I could hear the muffled words Lol

@@eduardoherrera3783 Gracias.

It is a huge upgrade with many benefits of a boat, with out the huge expense. I used to own boats years ago, so I know how much they cost to run and own. I surf launch at La Jolla Sores 97% of the time, even sometimes in 4' surf, outside where get it gets much choppier at times, it is super stable and dry, unless moving at speed in the chop. Here's a unedited video I took while holding my GoPro. I slowed down to video because holding the GoPro kept me from being able to hold myself firmly and go faster. The GoPro just never really show how high the chop was, high wind just came up and it got nasty fast. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpTLd4t3e9Boo68si=U7MsmalrZ_hYoq3A

@@markr9312 lol.. That's looks like when I'm on a party boat heading offshore in the fall.. Anyway. I mostly fish in the NYC's Bay. This will give me longer range to explore all the areas outside the bay in the harbor which I can't really do on foot power. In general, it will not be that choppy compared to what you have there. But good to know it can handle it. There are tons of boats around in case I will flip, so, not 2 worry about that . The next thing is how to haul it since it is 150 lbs. Don't want to get a trailer. Maybe need to get a slip in the marina for the convivence.

@MrReelsa I've landed several over 45 lbs California Yellowtail and with it's ability to let me chase Dorados and Tuna 20+ miles offshore while getting 25 mpg I couldn't ask for more from the Solo Skiff. I carry it in the bed of my truck and used a hitch extender to help support the bow end. On my channel I have a video about how I rigged it, cause everyone was always asking. I upgraded from a hand boat trailer winch to a badlands 12v 2500 lb atv winch, with remote. No more heavy lifting.

Ha ha ha. It's 400 lbs. In the 11+ yrs I've been fishing La Jolla almost weekly first on Kayaks and since July 2020 on the Solo Skiff. I've seen or hooked many Sharks. Threshers, Macos, Leopard, etc. Last year was the first time I have seen one, even though through the years I've been close to friends that said, there's a Great White. I was drifting a Greenback Mac about 1/2 mile off the La Jolla Point in 100' water. While looking down at something on the deck, I hear a loud splash and whoosh. As I look up, 25' in front of my Solo Skiff is a large foamy circle and I swear I could see that famous shot of a Great White's open mouth full of teeth sliding back underwater and disappearing. I spotted another disturbance a few hundred yards away and went quickly to the area to see, but it was gone. I always shake my head when going. out or in when launching at the Shores and passing all those swimmers between the La Jolla Cove and the. Shores. Tight Lines!

I'm going to say that because of the color it might repel sharks. I would certainly consider it over a black or red skiff. 🐴

@kevinpreston4158 Yeah the last time I lost significant amount of gear was 10 yrs ago, rolled a Malibu X13 off the La Jolla point in a extremely windy and rough surf day. There was only one other kayak out that day. Lost a tackle box full of irons & lures as well as all the live bait in my live well. Since then I leash every thing on deck. After landing and the other kayaker landing, it turned out that the other Kayaker was Kevin Nakada's ( Sea Samurai) girlfriend (a member of the Hobie Kayak Fishing Team) way more experienced than me. She says "man it was dicey out there". It's all part of paying Fishing Dues.

This is my 2016 Malibu X Factor. I started Kayak fishing in 2013 on an earlier model that did not have the Live Well tank that this year has, but I always loved the load capacity and most of all it's super stability. So when I had a chance to buy and rigg this one at a discount, I drove 200 miles to get it. Tight Lines!

Thanks, tight Lines!

Thanks. I run my Lowrance 7TI with a DSI (Downscale, Sonar) transducer and for the settings, I set the sensitivity on Auto, the Colorline is at 77% and use 83 Hz, because on the mediun chirp setting the screen gets a snow affect when going at speed otherwise. Hope that helps. I tried many other settings over the years, but what you see on the display is what I like in the display differentiating density by the color shades.

Will try and see how it looks on my machine! Thank you!

Thank You!

Yah I think I saw you making through the MLPA. I though you were going faster than just pedals, do you have a Bixby motor on it?

@@markr9312 no motor, ALL LEGS 🤣 that was my first time going out there. The currents were ripping after you left, I couldn’t stay on the fish I did see on the sonar.

@davidjimenez7777 maybe because you were going with the outgoing tide.

@@markr9312 that’s probably it, I saw you mentioned you had a bit of drive, I stay in San Bernardino. Do you live close to me? Maybe we could coordinate something.

@@davidjimenez7777 No I live in east San Diego county in the mountains.

The two that were used mainly on this video are Shimano Terez the one with the gold Avet Sx Raptor MC 2 spd is 8', the one with the blue Avet MXJ 5.8 MC is 7'.

Are they both one piece rods?

Yes

Not in the last few weeks. I've been keeping an eye on the fishing counts and the surf and wind forecast and was not excited enough, to put up with the May grey June gloom. Likely Wednesday or Thursday.

Good luck 🍀 I see a big fat yellowtail in your future!

@@El_Sueno_ Thank you. Tight Lines!

Hopefully you can get out with me on the El Sueno soon! A little more comfortable vessel than the solo skiff!

@@El_Sueno_ Definitely a lot more deck space and confort. Thanks.

No, Mikey was not the Local dealer back in 2020. OEX San Diego used to be local dealer back then. I've know Mikey, since black in 2013-2014 both of us fishing out of paddle Kayaks and chancing LJ Yellowtail even back then.

@@markr9312 😎🌞 🐟

Thanks Dan. I saw on Mikeys last premier chat, that you were the one that took his picture with his LJ Yellowtail. It was like. 3-4 lbs bigger than mine. I liked Mikey using a little bass fisherman's trick, with a little arm extension. It, like mine had big shoulder, but at least mine had very little in it's digestion system. It seemed odd with all the bait around.

Thank you. Yes I got blessed with not just a Yellowtail, but a LJ Homeguard Yellowtail.😃

Thank you.

That's my motivation in posting, to get others to want to get out and enjoy the beautiful fishery in Southern California.Tight Lines!

Keep trying, the time will come. Tight Lines!

All the hard work put in searching, is worth it when you get the chance to have that connection with a trophy fish like a LJ Yellowtail. Tight Lines!