New Kayak

Just recently purchased a Nucanoe, its a hybrid between a canoe and a Kayak and I have been slowly building it, I cant wait to try it out in the ocean and lakes. currently I have added a swivel seat, custom short shaft electric motor and some rod holders. I have taken it out once and found it to be very stable and paddles really well.

I am confident it will do well in lakes but I am REALLY excited about getting out in the ocean and fishing for salmon, hali and other bottom fish and also dropping some crab traps.

I will post a few pics and would like any input as to whether or not she is ocean worthy. I has a 42 inch beam, is 10ft long and only weighs 59lbs.

I find this to be an excellent website and have allready found a lot of good information.

let me know what you guys think of my new boat.

Nice!  I went with a SOT kayak.  Considered the NuCanoe but ultimately decided I wanted a regular yak for myself, but they sure look nice.

FYI, if you want to enter in the AOTY you'd have to take the motor off for any trips you wanted to have the fish you catch count in the tournament.

Me, too. I was looking at Nucanoes, pontoon boats, and kayaks about a year ago and went with a kayak. A seat like that would be nice, though ( for old guys). Those are supposed to be very stable, too. Keep us posted on your fishing adventures.

Thanks for the positive feedback on the Nucanoe, I do a lot of fishing in the cariboo area (highway 24)' but I am looking for somewhere on the island to take my tent trailer and boat and do some ocean fishing, anyone know where I could purchase a down rigger??

anyone know where I could purchase a down rigger??

Don't know  much about the yak but here are some DR's..

http://www.scottypaddlesports.com/kayak-fishing-equipment-accessories/downriggers/default.html

Don't know much about the Nucanoe other than it's newand needs blood. Look into the Scotty Depthmaster 1050 or 1060. Differnce being 2' retrievewith one crank on the 1060
vs. 1' on the 1050. will handle a 6lb ball and an 8lb might be pushing it(at least in a yak). Not sure on your rig.

Check craigslist for the DRs they have some decent ines for under $100 sometimes.

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Nice Nucanoe! What's the weight capacity on that?

I picked up my Strongarm 1080 for my Revo on eBay for about $100 bucks. There are some Scottys and Cannons out on Craigslist that you can pick up too. I'm just getting it set up now for the Spring (unless, of course, I go with just a cannonball and slider to begin with).

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Welcome to the forum.

As for the "ocean-worthyness" of the NuCanoe, the Nucanoe has no scupper holes to drain water which could be a really pain when the hull is filled by the waves breaking over the hull. The water that is taken on makes the boat more unstable. In addition a 42" hull could be a real challenge to paddle against strong winds.

The NuCanoe seems better suited to calmer bodies of water like bays instead of the open ocean IMHO.

Micah, you might want to go back to the NuCanoe website and look at one again..........

Micah, you might want to go back to the NuCanoe website and look at one again..........

Ok so the beam at water line its 32-36", still not seeing any scuppers.

I like the idea of picking up a down rigger off CL but doesn't it have to be a mini down rigger?

As far as open ocean, I don't plan on going too far out or in rough conditions, and I will carry a small bailing bucket in lieu of not having scuppers.

I suppose it could be a mini downrigger (Laketroller or some such) but I don't like the idea of only getting 1 ft. per turn as opposed to 2 ft. per turn on the 1080. It doesn't look too big in the back of my 'yak. I might get a smaller Laketroller for shallower depths (to 100 ft. or so).

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here ya go... at the stern, where we would look for a tank well;

http://www.nucanoe.com/frontier/

True. The NuCanoe looks fine. Take a look at some old posts from the Wa state forum back in May under Memorial Day Fishfest. You'll see Pisco Sicko(the hardest fishin' fool I've fished with so far in NWKA"that's a high compliment") in his home built Wherry. He did just fine and it handled some tough conditions one day on the Strait. Suggestion: start off fishing with a partner, have the proper immersion gear,
pfd,VHF radio and go for it weather permitting. As far as the downrigger, look at the
Scotty 1060 Depthmaster. Little lighter than the 1080 Strongarm but with a 6lb ball you dont need the larger diameter boom. and it does have 2' retrieve per crank. Not quite sure on your rig where to mount one but you'll figure it out.