Wow camo and brush came out really good 👍 inspirational to say the least just subbed👏

Nice tutorial, thank you for the video!

Thanku

Does he do charters for two? If so, how much approximately?

Thank you mr. Pete is just stumbled across this on you tube. What a great video you know your lake sir. Ive been guiding on flathead lake for 11 years now and grew up here on the water. Just got done with a have day trip now watching fishing vids lol. Very interesting how you use leaded line when fishing a flatfish on the down rigger. My best lure today was an m2 rnw on the down rigger aka lucky. Lucky caught one of our old luckys off the bottom today! Any how its a shame what they are doing to flathead with mack days and indian gill nets. Sad.

I love fishing that lake. Miss having my own boat to go fish it though.

Isn't it a shame that they are netting and just destroying what are trophy lake trout lakes.. the indians are doing the same damn thing on flathead and the big mommas that were everywhere are just not there in the numbers anymore... I used to be able to fly fish for them in the shallows in the spring and fall which is my main method of fishing for macks and in general although i do jig once in awhile and its very difficult to even do that anymore as the big fish just aren't there as much as they used to be....

What is better for leg room with the drive? I’m 6’3” and all legs . In another video a person was talking about the compass having more leg room from seat to drive.

I travel with my hobie upside down on a pair of truck bed racks. I am wondering how easy it is to take on and off in order to travel. I see the wires are manageable and can be stored safely but how easily can the mount and fish finder be taken on and off? Thanks, Matt

There is NO REASON to mount it below the plastic. We often install them INSIDE a 2” thick fiberglass hull with no degradation. That 1/8” of plastic will do nothing (except protect it!). The only thing that affects these transducers is air. You do not want air between the water and transducer, that screws up the signal. Even bubbles screw it up, the signal bounces off air and gives you false readings. Thats why you loose the signal temporarily when you go over where a big boat just ran by, the air mixed into the water from exhaust, wake, hull, prop… all screw the pooch on your sounder until you get back to clear water.

Really nice seminar, thanks for sharing.

Very informative. Thank you. I am a kayak fisherman on the Great lakes fishing for very large king salmon. Everything in your video makes sense. However, there is no way in God's green earth that I would be stacking to go after King's salmon. Those lines would get tangled like nobody's business.

Love this beach, i catch a lot of lady fish here

Great little seminar! Don't forget to deduct any expenses occured from that 1099 on your 1040 C. That can be everything from your fishing lures to your boat loan😁

Great seminar Pete! Could you tell me what is the pound test for the leader between the dodger and the spin n glow mini squid?

Awesome seminar! Thank you!

Thanks so much for this!

Thats what im talkin' about!

Does the downrigger weight make the outback tippy at all as in leans over to one side. How is it with swells or choppy water?

i never see kayak guys use these in south florida. seems like they would be great to troll over the deeper reefs.

do they come with hardware to mount to the track?

can u always see the ball on your depth finder so you know what depth u are at?

Thanks. I went with brocraft

I don't know anything about trout, but for striper fishing and for bass fishing, if you stop quickly and then restart, it can help trigger a bit, especially if they're coming up on it and then all of a sudden it stops/slows and it hits them in the face, they just bite it... stripers/bass. Good luck. Did you ever make a video on how you made your underwater gopro rig? I'm looking for it now.

Can you eat these or are they contaminated?

Great review enjoyed that.The outback has much more going for it but you get what you pay for.Thanks for sharing Happy new year from UK.

Hey I’m just trying to decide on what hobie to go and tossing up the compass and the outback. I had liked the idea of car topping and was just wondering if the outback felt a lot heavier than the compass moving around or is it not too bad? Just since you’ve had both I was interested to get an opinion. Also how’s the standing stability compare? Cheers

how did you attach the dowrigger to your kayak

Great video on GoPro Cheers. I fish all the time and I capture some great footage of my catches

Great footage. Hopefully I'll be able to watch my lures too soon. Building a camera housing as we speak. 👍👍

Yup, the lure action, the speed, changing directions, fish being active/hungry or not, fish being there or not, atmospheric pressure, water temp, visibility etc... all these have to align right and we have a strike, or else we have a nice day on the water washing lures 😅. Thank you for the video. I am in the process of making one of those housings. Used the same ABS reducer to house the camera, however i am not using the housing as the weight. I have a chain through the body of the housing, one end connects to the downrigger weight clip, the other has a clip that connects to the weight. That way I can change weights as needed and the body of the housing therefore is shorter.

How did you switch out the Mount on the Scotty Downrigger?

great job.gave me plenty of ideas.

You needed your rangefinder when you were sneaking up on him?

Good video. I am switching to all 80-100# braided line for my kayak rigger setup. I have been running a downrigger from both a kayak and canoe for many years, recently becoming concerned about the danger of getting the ball hung up on the bottom in rough conditions, or in the event of flipping, getting tangled in that cable. I might lose a ball or two but it's a small price to pay.

Shop vac and soap suds also work well on breathable waders. For repairs I favor E6000 adhesive over Aquaseal. It's thinner, easier to apply, sets quicker, and doesn't go bad in the tube once it's been opened.

Thanks for the tips on the downriggers. 25+ years ago I installed one on my single seat Bucks Bag pontoon and it really opened the high altitude mountain reservoir fishing. I just installed a Brocraft on my Hobie Compass today but now I fish Lake Michigan for Salmon as opposed to Kokanee and Lake Trout in the 90's in Colorado. One thing I noticed using the hand cranked downriggers was the strikes I'd get raising and lowering the ball. I've never really seen anyone talk about it on youtube, but varying that depth while trolling got me just as many strikes as zig-zagging! Thanks for the info!

Niceee

Nice video 🎉

Hi pete. Nice to see there still are some lakers in the lake. I remmerber those tricks you tought me 15 years ago.

The reason why you want at least an 1/8” inch from the transducer to the protective plate is to allow water flow under it, that’s according to the Hobie outback owner manual.

What scope are you using?

I love my 2023 Hobie compass in the orange camo. I've been an Oldtown guy. But I fell in love with that boat, when I could touch it and see it in person. The only thing I'm not a fan of is. The rudder. I sold my 1st j2 Bixpy to my buddy, he's happy lol. And I purchased the new J2 PP 768 Bixpy, with twice the power, but I have to purchase the power pole adapter for the Hobie, because of the rudder. I also did my hatches, just as you did. The seat is also my other complaint. But now with these boats, you can change anything. I actually have a small pool noodle, in my seat, it'll resolve that bar issue. But I can walk all over her bow to stern, she's fast, love the fin drive. I'm 5ft 7 158 lbs so it's a perfect, and stable, boat. With all my add-ons, electronics, lights, just love the kayak. 😎 🎣 🛶

How do store the shrimp to keep them alive?

Excellent video. Please i need the link or name the nose plate protector for transducer. Thanks

Thanks for sharing, I just got the same kayak and plan to install the same fish finder.

And one last thing do not over tighten to the kayak that will crack plastic

I would try putting marine grease in knuckle and I think the backing plate is supposed to be on the inside of the kayak not on outside and hobie says never let sit except on correct rack and boondox says never store kayak on wheels and never drive with wheels hooked to kayak they need to be removed

Thank you for sharing. I’ve tried using my downrigger on the SF coast for salmon. Let’s just say I had a mess on my hands. Thanks for showing the basics. I think I’ll have it down next time I go out!

Nice fish! Thank you for sharing. That shark was awesome!