There is a bit of a story behind my acquisition of the kayak, sufficient to say I had a $250 cheapie from BCF that was purchased for exercise but was totally inadequate for fishing. Through a bit of negotiation I was supplied with the OK Scrambler. So, if I had more funds and was buying a dedicated fishing machine this would not be my first choice. However, if you are after something that is fishable, cheaper, easy to paddle, useable in the waves on a rough day for a bit of fun, pimpable and a basic machine that seems very stable, then you couldn't go far wrong.

It has been out in everything and handled it well. It seems to paddle at the same speed as most paddle yaks and perhaps a bit faster than the pedal yaks (that could be due to my incredible upper body strength though).

Criticisms: it is very wet to sit in unless you fill in the scuppers, having succefully done that I carry a big sponge to keep it dry. There is no internal access to the hull for mounting extras (pimping) so I had to make do. The carrying capacity is rated at only 125kg, I have been out on it with my dive gear and a bag of scallops and we survived, but if you are planning on the ABT, then with a full livewell it would go close to maximum. Having said that, I did compete and it did float (easily) with the live well full of water and bubbles (not too many fish).

So onto some photos; from the shop to the current version, keeping in mind I have not drilled one hole in it and have mounted the anchor trolly, esky (livewell), rod holders, depth sounder & transducer.

I'm amazed you have been able to mount all the extras without one hole being drilled. It certainly seems to handle everything you've thrown at it so far and you never lag behind when we're out for a fish. Nice work mate!

Nice work Pete,

The no holes drilled bit still amazes me as well.
I might have to drill one when your not looking one day!!..

You have been out in a fair variety of conditions and the beast holds out well.

Only thing I would say is at 125kg rating that would only be me and about 2 beers!!.
But I think that rating is probably fairly under rated.

Thanks for the write up Pete, about time, I thought you would tag it onto the end of your first post...


Widsa

Pimped to the max and no holes!! Well done. Great write up too Pete. And yeah she certainly goes quicker than an Outback. I remember you flying past on the last day at Marlo. Pretty impressive!

Donkey wrote:I remember you flying past on the last day at Marlo

I think that was to get back early to avoid the embarassment of having an empty livewell.

Donkey wrote:Pimped to the max and no holes!! Well done. Great write up too Pete. And yeah she certainly goes quicker than an Outback. I remember you flying past on the last day at Marlo. Pretty impressive!

You need more weetbix Donkey.
I reckon you have done a great job Pete, to fit all that without drilling a hole, i think a great lesson for any newbies, is to temporarily mount everything first, (even if its in the shed ) pretend to paddle,etc. Grab a texta and have a bit of a play with all the stuff, rod holders, sounder etc, than mark everthing, that way when you do drill the DREADED first hole, you can be assured that everything will be exactly where its going to be the most effective and out of the way.
Bilby.