I dive and fish off my viking angler elite - you will need to upgrade the seat to a more comfortable one. its wide enough and is very sturdy to get in and out of - its perfect in my opinion, only semi issue i have with it in comparrison to other yaks is it's a bit slow moving through the water. but apart from that all good. if your looking at buying brand new it will be around $1000-1500 depending what add ons you get. there are plenty of rod holders and plenty of room to take dive gear - spearguns - etc etc.
cool craymounts hope you enjoy it.
I know someone in welly selling a scupperpro tw with sounder, anchor and a few other bits for 8 hundy if anyone interested.
I dive off the reload now and find it no different gearing up on and diving off than any other I have used or owned like 4.7 ultra ,4.5 elite ,scupper ,few cobras etc you will soon get used to the layout of any yak you get. the sit in eco bezhig 540 i once owned I used the paddle with paddle float for stability at rest and to aid getting back on as well. its all on the net how its done for sit ins. while anchored up and I just sat on the outside of it to gear up I clocked some ks up on that beast and it would cruise nicely loaded with me at 100 keg then you have dive belt pauas mussels... .
so just take into consideration your weight and what the yak can handle b4 you get one.I had a catch 390 moons ago and dam thing was a pig to paddle with my dive gear and my own weight and it was sitting down in the water more than its probably designed for.
any yak will perform a little diff while paddling though depends how fit you are and your weight, and gear weight and weight distribution on it and length of yak and shape bla bla,plus you might paddle quick as to your spot ks away with the so called fastest yak around but can you get it home when your rooted from diving all day with all that weight.
couple pics with speargun and stuff.
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