Squidder_K:
Now that there is a jet ski powered kayak, I think the days of roof racks are now complete. Lol! Seriously just by a jet ski and go off shore. IMHO tournament fishing is killing this sport, and I think this may be the year we look and say "we jumped the shark tank" when that model came out. Used to be we built or adopted things to work on kayaks. Now we need a yak for every application out there. As for weight my 18 foot Stealth is a ballet dancer next to a Hobie anything.
Squidder_K:
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https://stealthkayaks.com/
But I'd love to see a domestic option!
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I think Swell makes both a 14 and a 16 foot models. Dan, from Headwaters Kayak near Sacramento, tested the Swell 14, Eddyline Caribbean 14, Wilderness Tarpon 14, and the Stellar S-14S . Now, because I paddle a Stealth, I am biased towards the Stellar 14; it just looks like a rocket on the water. The negative on Stellar--not one iota of anything fishing-wise on it. First, you would have to find a dealer, then order it, you would spend a lot of money to get it, then modify for your likes and there goes your 34 pounds of weight. But the swell got good overall marks.
bogueYaker:
--- Quote from: Squidder_K on August 06, 2025, 02:24:58 PM --- --- Quote from: bogueYaker on February 11, 2025, 05:23:49 AM --- --- Quote from: [WR] on February 10, 2025, 07:44:42 PM ---we need to bring back the 14-17 ft. offshore SOT....
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https://stealthkayaks.com/
But I'd love to see a domestic option!
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I think Swell makes both a 14 and a 16 foot models. Dan, from Headwaters Kayak near Sacramento, tested the Swell 14, Eddyline Caribbean 14, Wilderness Tarpon 14, and the Stellar S-14S . Now, because I paddle a Stealth, I am biased towards the Stellar 14; it just looks like a rocket on the water. The negative on Stellar--not one iota of anything fishing-wise on it. First, you would have to find a dealer, then order it, you would spend a lot of money to get it, then modify for your likes and there goes your 34 pounds of weight. But the swell got good overall marks.
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I bought the Swell Scupper 14 -- I don't use it. It's 10lbs over the advertised weight (mine is 74lbs, was advertised as 64lbs when I bought it) and lacks the center hatch present on my Stealth Fisha 500. So in my books it's less fishable and more ungainly than the Stealth.
Swell could do a cool thing and I wish them the best but I do regret spending ~1500 on my Scupper 14.