My yak arrived today, Just finished installing the fish finder, was a little fiddly but all good now (don't drop the little nut mounting the battery bracket in-hull and would go much smoother)...

Keen as beans to get out for my first paddle, so if anyone is heading out over long weekend and don't mind a newb tagging along... Hit me up 

Nice PB bro ;)

Ill give em a call I think, viking yaks have pre-mounted threads in a lot of locations for starports and running rigs, ect... I'm just after the screws and saddles. Don't want to go drilling a bunch of holes when I don't need to...

as above try coastal fasteners Abel smith street they have a huge range of screws/nuts/bolts etc

xtreamz wrote: jaypeegee wrote: Ozz. If you have the inserts already then I believe you need m5 ss screws to fit them. If Burnsco don't have them then try coastal fasteners or one of their competitors Are you the same Ozz I met with Scuzzy, Moke fishing a couple or three years ago>? Hey Jeremy! Wondered if you existed still. Heard in the grape vine a while abck you were getting a yak, you all sorted and into the action yet? Will have to catch up. Oh and it is the same Ozz. Caught up with him last fri night when I was surfcasting and talked about all the old people like yourself who use to be on the sufcasting forum, and heard some storied about Jordans red cod trophy

Looked around a few shops for the screws and saddles, and resorted to ordering them off the Viking website lol... 

If weather gets better and people planning to get out for a paddle I'll pop into the shop you mentioned and get the running rig on so I can at least get out for a fish...

Oh and if anyone is interested FCO is currently having a going out of business sale, 40-80% off everything... Had some good ice boxes and what not for cheap, yaks down from 1500 to like 700 and the likes... Can't beat 40% off for terminal tackle either, think most the reels have gone, cabinet was looking pretty bare haha...

Easter was quiet here - this was brunch for me and Bruce the cat on Monday..

Popped my yak cherry this arvo, was heaps of fun  Got out for a couple hrs off Kau bay, nothing spectacular in the fish department, few small tics and a few yakkas. I didn't take any burly due to only really going for a test run kinda thing so wasn't expecting much in the fish department.

Keen to get out with some other people and check my paddling efficiency as I have nothing to compare it to, I recon I did pretty well for a first paddle anyways (only took about 2mins from Kau Point to Point Haslwell).

nodrog wrote: hi pukerua bay a nice place to be this arvo

Yep Puk Bay delivered today on the snaps. Marathon filleting session.

Hi Ozz...

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