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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

FINALLY! I got a chance to take out my new Jackson Cuda...Big thanks to the crew over at YakShack in Portland!

Took me a while to get the timing down to loading and unloading and i still need work with it but this yak is AWESOME!

Compared to my T-100..

Fast, easy to paddle and maintain a speed

cut my 15 minute paddle to about a 8 min

Going against wind isnt bad as all takes a bit to get going but once to you its easy to maintain

its a VERY dry ride

the scuppers are loud once going but once you get your yak moving it stops or use scupper plugs

It is SOOO easy to stand on this yak i can do handstands on this thing...

storage is awesome but im not use to it so im having a hard time figuring out how to organize

The seat..AWESOME! in my T-100 no matter how dry i stayed i always had a wet butt at end of day...no wet butt with this seat its just awesome and comfy!!

any questions just ask!

anyways now the report!

Wednesday the 21st..

First day out on the yak..still no rigging so no anchor or anything just drifting and getting a feel for the kayak...

Found my way into a old summer spot and started standing looking for reds...but i found something else..

school of drum Wink

tried sightcasting from the yak but winds started moving me...managed 4 or 5 until i had to beach up and have some fun wading to them had about 20 in about 1 1/2 hours...

was nice getting the first fish in the yak..

Thursday...22

Took off to meet with Team Oso Oscar and Robbymott from TKF

Got to the water in the AM and Found Robby

he zoomed off to find trout in the surf-n-go (that thing is awesome)

me and oscar drifted around in the cudas trying to find trout and reds but it was a no go ended up going back to find some drum

tried one spot and it was SLOW so we decided to go back to another spot beach up and just hang out and enjoy the day

that plan was interrupted however with drum...

Left with our limits, Robby had his own adventure ..wheres the report amigo? hehe

Saturday 24th

was set up to head out with amigos but plans fell through so im heading out alone

met with EZ-E and Scotty (was scotty right?) from TKF..cool guys they were taking off to try there luck at another launch waiting on there report hehe

Launched and it wasnt glass as predicted even though there was no wind...i knew what that meant..east wind =/ it was gunna be one of those days..

trolled about 4 miles..nada

drifted back about a hundred yards shallow then paddle back to drift deep and repeated all the way back...one bump and only seen one red (i think)

winds picked up a bit and had to paddle out to try and help a guy that flipped his kayak, luckily he was tall enough to be out the water and walk it back

i threw out for drum and started hitting them but not enough to get the 4 i needed for kayak wars...changed a lot of places jumped a lot of sand bars picking up one or two from different areas...finally the winds made it choppy pretty good and i stayed in the usual spot picked up what i needed and headed home

ran ito yakattack and stangman (good seeing yall out there)

they went to where i was fishing...a few hours later i get a pic text from them with a sick trout and a redfish...*sigh* should have stayed =/ lmao

waiting for that report as well !

anyways it was a good weekend of great weather and i lOVE my Jackson Cuda
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SharkBait · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject:

I like the pic from the bank Cool

good stuff
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ironmanstan · Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:22 pm Post subject:

Fish tacos anyone?
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watthapho · Finger Mullet Joined: 11 Feb 2012 Posts: 19

that is sweet man. i gotta look into one of those.

YakAttack · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:37 pm Post subject:

I just now had time to get my report up. Love the new yak man.....I really want to get one sometime in the near future.
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CROAKERSOAKER · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 491

Teach Oscar well so he can educate me. Glad he is not using wire leaders anymore. Lol

LoneOak · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:10 am Post subject:

Regarding you new Yak--have you left the seat down low or in its higher position. Have seen the companies video and it looks fantastic.

Good luck fishing.
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ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

and afollowup question, do you find you might need a little longer paddle if you are in the high position? THat is one of my concerns. Otherwise the thing looks like a tank.

AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

When paddling long distances i paddle low seat....and for quick point A to Point B i leave in the high seat...sits a lot higher then you might think but it doesnt mess with stabillity as much as you would think...

From the high position the 240 is just below perfect i would like a longer paddle ....the entire blade wil go under the water but when i get lazy i find a little of the blade out the water
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blackened302 · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:16 pm Post subject:

great report, man. glad to see the new yak is working out.