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ReelHookers · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:05 am Post subject: Pedal Boat

As a crazy idea, I having been toying with making a pedal boat into a fishing machine! lol I only want to attempt this because I don't trust my girlfriend on a kayak, so this is the next best thing and I think it will be fun. Besides rod holders I'm open to all ideas. What would a fishing pedal machine be with out the input from corpus fishing?? Rod holders are a must, a trolling motor just in case, and a canopy. I would like to have a place to store my tackle.

Jetty Bandit · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:44 am Post subject:

I think what you're looking for is called a Hobie Pro Angler

Cool

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BrandonFox · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:56 pm Post subject:

I rigged one out when I was in middle school. Did the job on small lakes, not sure about the bay though. They catch wind like a mother and are loud and slow. Any chop will make tracking tough too... but it floats and if you have one, use it!
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FishLady · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:00 pm Post subject:

Also consider the salt water on the mechanisim that moves the plastic flippers as you peddle it. Those peddle boats are made for freshwater lakes.
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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

^ my same experience with a peddle boat.

First we tried those cheap pelican boats and it tracked reeeealllly bad! It was very slow. Chop let water into the seat and caught a ton of wind.

Eventually I made my own little peddle boat and it was just as terrible.
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jeff89 · Horse Mullet Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Posts: 183

Good lord those things are slow. I feel like it'd be some kind of sick torture to put someone in the bay with one, any decent distance from land.
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ratherbefishing · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:14 pm Post subject:

Keep the horror stories coming. This is humorous....
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piermom · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:05 am Post subject:

Just get a kayak, it's safer and she will think your awesome for not throwing her into the drink Wink

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Baffinboy · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:51 am Post subject:

Yeah I would toss this idea in the nearest trash receptacle
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Baffinboy · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:52 am Post subject:

Yeah I would toss this idea in the nearest trash receptacle
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Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1118

We rescue a lot of people on those things. They take off downwind and cannot get back to their dock. Shocked

deputydawg · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:32 am Post subject:

ReelHookers · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:30 pm Post subject:

LMAO these are all great, and I trust everyone's input, so yeah that idea will be thrown overboard. Sorry hun, you're going to adjust to a kayak!