Been following for a few years, and I must say in super stoked to see you on a kayak. I'm 100% a kayak angler, both for bass in my local lakes here in Central Florida,as well as inshore when I can get to coast. I have always loved your content, hope you do some more on the kayak even though I do hope you get another boat, but hoping you please mix it up with the yak as well.

I am a brazilian fan. I also have a Milha Náutica. Im using for 6 years and im loving it. Im glad that u r using a yak. Rafael its a Nice guy. I am watching him on KZread as Well. Next year im going to USA and i hope meet u guys. And im waiting for my yak to ride in there

Tip for big fish...keep a tiny claw anchor handy so if you start getting dragged into mangroves or docks just toss it out while fighting the fish🙂

@lnomolas3427

2 жыл бұрын

Or a 5lb vinyl coated dumbbell. 15 feet of line and just slip it over the side. Or go Gucci and get an 8 foot stick anchor..

@DCFloridasport

2 жыл бұрын

@@lnomolas3427 lol right! tiny claw for the win 9 bucks on amazon it weighs 12 ounces and noone will ask if youre working out

First video I've commented on in 5+ years... Best fisherman on KZread. Hope to see more kayak fishing videos. I just picked up a pedal kayak but it's almost too shallow to use here on the crystal coast of NC. Really appreciate your content, I've learned a lot from your vids

@comfortablynumb9342

2 жыл бұрын

Take it offshore for big fish

My first time Kayaking and this Kayak held strong. kzread.infoUgkx4k5UrhC3v_Y4hIEaXLGvHcN5a5aBmZNB The water got pretty rough as a speed boat zipped by me, and the Kayak withstood it (I expected to be capsized). The Ores are very easy to put together, the pump worked beautifully. the seats are a bit hard to sit in after a while (I recommend sitting on the floor). after reading the reviews I was very scared it'd get a hole in it, the material is very strong and durable. The Air valve may need a small Phillips head screwdriver to adjust, other than that, it's well worth the money!(update)I've gone Kayaking in 3 Lakes and 2 rivers totaling about 40 miles. the kayak had two holes and they patched easily and no other problems can't wait for kayaking season this year!

As a former kayak angler, leave a bit more line out when you’re about to bring the fish up to unhook. If you leave some more line out and lift the rod tip up it will bring the fish right against the yak. Then, depending on rod holder locations you can even put in in a holder while unhooking. Tight lines good sir.

Tip for the kayak, ya might want to keep a net handy 🤣… big fish are hard to land without it. Love to see you out on the water!!!

@josephfinnigan2180

2 жыл бұрын

yep nice big net with short handle works wonders

Dude! That is so awesome that you got sent a sweet pedal kayak that you can't even get in the US! You deserve it bro! Keep on grinding!

@Nate_Squared

2 жыл бұрын

For real!!

The timing of the truck backing up at 9:50 was perfect timing 😂

down and dirty with da fishes!!!! thats an awesome rig, props to Rafael for hooking you up! tight lines!

What an awesome dude to hook you up with that badass Yak !

Great to see you in a pedal kayak! I’ve had a Hobie Mirage Outback since 2006. Pedal drives do require some maintenance but not nearly as much as a boat. I think you’ll love it. Keep up the good work.

Love seeing you in a kayak! I’ve been following you for a long time now and I love the slight changes your making to the channel!

That's an awesome Kayak congratulations, I have been using mine for 7 years updating every year to the newest model today I have the Raptor their new release this year, and I love it so stable very fast and has so many accessories, it makes the difference on the water keep up the great content!!

Lawson: “Kick it in reverse” I automatically think: “Kick it reverse terry!”

You are the first You Tuber fisherman I started watching, the best there is!!!

Awesome Lawson, glad you have such supportive fans that they hooked you up with a kayak like that! Cool to see you fishing from a kayak it's a blast once you start getting more comfortable with it but you did great. Fun stuff man goodluck on future trips and be safe!

Love how no matter your situation you always do you best to make it work. As someone who doesn’t have a boat and fishes out of a kayak I really loved this video. Keep it up and I look forward to future content.

Lawson bback on a kayak?? I'm all here for it. You were cruising in that thing! Really enjoyed seeing how happy you were on it in the beginning haha

been following your channel for several years now, im super excited to see you on a Kayak! wish you much success!

Awesome! Kayak fishing is one of my favorite ways to fish the bays of south Texas. Good on you for trying one out 👍🏼

Good stuff. Its very nice to see the great part of humanity. A stranger sends you a kayak and you show real gratitude.

That Yak is legit. Props to the dude who hooked you and us up with content. Your first spot is my stomping ground. FYI, you can launch on the other side where you were trying to get.

Welcome to the yak club brother. It's a fun way to catch fish. Really cool to see them getting so popular among the fishing community, they certainly came along way. Tight lines 🤘

The best fishing video ever, up close and right there with you. Congrats ---------------

Haha! The reverse warning beep was classic. Nice touch! Good to see you back on the water🤙

This place is amazing it has a lot of fish, Congratulations your fishing was very good, you have fantastic fishing equipment.👍🎣🐟🐠🔝 Hugs and Happy Fishing!

@comfortablynumb9342

2 жыл бұрын

Saludos desde Carolina del Norte

Great work as always dude !!!

So glad to see you back out there man. Awesome to see there’s still people out there willing to help others too, that guy who offered you the kayak is dynamite man lol loved the video and excited to see more of the kayak content brother. You look like you’re having more fun on it too so cheers to that bro!

Glad to see you in a peddle drive kayak! I fish from a kayak and love it! Hope to see more kayak fishing content!

New addition to the land skiff merch? Lmao, that's freaking dope dude let's goooo, props to the dude who gave you a pedal kayak those things aren't cheap, looking forward to more yak adventures!

So happy for you. That’s cool of that dude to give you that yak.

Really good video Lawson!

watching you operate this thing made my life way better

Siiiick!!! What a come up! Can’t wait to see more content

2 mile pedal definitely = listen to episode of This Past Weekend, hah. Thanks for the vid man, that looked fun.

Awesome to see you step into the world kayak fishing. A world of its own. Would love to see you apply your skill to yakking. Should be an awesome outcome.

“Put it in reverse ter!” Lol cool video man love the new yak

Great stuff as usual 👏

Great video. Glad to see you on a kayak!

Bridge to Engine room: Full speed astern! Very enjoyable video and about time to get real to budget angling .

The Hobie drive is way more ergonomic! Those soft plastic rudders don't track well. Thing about kayak fishing is putting in close to where you want to fish. It takes up a bunch of fishing time peddling miles to reach "your spot". Also consider using it to get you to a flat and staking it off (anchor) to wade the area. Best of luck to you Lawson! Tight lines bro!

Nice day of fishing. I kayak fish all the time, and use my old town 106 with or 13 foot predator. I highly recommend old town if you are planing to continue to yak fish. You did very well for your first time.

Great job in your new kayak! Looking forward to more. Don't forget your PFD.

Where have you been on KZread Lawson? I hope all is well with you and your family. Just missing your fishing videos and doing my best to try and learn as much as possible about how to fish for, gear to use, and have a better chance at hooking and landing inland canal saltwater fish such as Snook, Redfish, Tarpon, Sheepshead, etc. I don’t have walls or any mangrove trees here in New Port Richey, FL. Just banks, other trees, and a mostly sandy bottom covered in algae to work with. Hope you’re back soon!

@JesseG085

2 жыл бұрын

I miss him too. 😢

It’s cool to see a badass fisherman on a pedal kayak, feels more relatable to the working class fisherman

Hyped for kayak fishing vids!

Yet another badass fishing video by the dawg himself

kayak looks sweet buddy 👍👍👍..you did great 👍👍👍....

It's about time you got a sponsor to give you one, so you won't be stuck with garbage boat, get yourself a little trolling motor for it they make em for kayaks

The lighting was awesome on that first Snook

If u still have ur trolling motor from ur boat you can diy bow mount it, putting the battery in the back to offset the weight.

@benjaminpearson9272

2 жыл бұрын

Florida will make u register & pay if u put any motor on it.

2 small tips I can give ya on the kayaks is turn your rudder slow. If the kayak has a good rudder system you shouldn't need to turn it very much to turn easily. Second is it seems your pedals or seat needs to be adjusted closer together. When you pedal, you typically Don't want your knees to be fully extended on every peddle. You'll get more speed and use less energy with smaller strides. Ive been on hobbies for my whole peddle drive career and I've learned some of the little details makes a big difference for fishing all day lol. Welcome to the kayak angling life! See ya! ❤

I haven't watched it yet ad's. Lol but I'm telling you man ITS SO DAMN FUN. I hope you really enjoy it man. It's awesome for me. They are all in their own class. Boat land kayak. WELCOME TO KAYAK SLAYING

Got to love those pedal kayaks! What a great hook up with that Brazilian company! So do they ever plan to bring their kayaks to a US market?

@pescadordosertao4134

2 жыл бұрын

Their kayaks are of lower quality. Very thin walls, terrible quality control, several cases of hull fracturing, rudder size and control system problems. None of their kayaks would be homologated on US.

@pescadordosertao4134

2 жыл бұрын

@@corogondo a.k.a the alemão. Sells low quality and insecure kayaks here on Brazil to fund himself fishing with Hobie ones.

Lawson has the be one of the most accurate casters when casting at mangroves

Good job lawson!!!

Awesome my dawg! Put some foam golf balls or get some scupper plugs to stay dry. I haven’t used my pedal drive in a while but this makes me won’t to take it out.

Good job in a new fishing vessel!

Welcome to the club Lawson. BTW, the yak should track straight.... if the rudder isn't bent then like you said, it's a "me problem" LOL.

Haha that’s awesome bro! When I first started filming content I was in a kayak and it’s definitely a different experience but cool in its own ways

Pretty cool of that guy to give you the kayak. Looks legit!

psyched for the yak content man! take the foot well scuppers out so it drains. i can feel it, you gonna be adding an electric motor to that beast soon!

God bless you Lawson love your content 🤙

Congrats my friend! I am an avid angler and have been wanting a pedal drive kayak soooo baaad. Unfortunately they are quite expensive and can’t afford one. Maybe one day.

I just kayak fished for the first time and hated it--BUT I didn't have a pedal drive. gotta try that next!

All my fishing is out of a kayak . My suggestion for you would be to get a good net that handle any size fish you will catch. I've lost a lot of fish at the edge of kayak trying to grab a lip

Its definitely hard to stat straight while pedaling but you will get used to the rudder and be able to fine tune it as you go

Love the new content

Pedal kayak = guaranteed cardio

I've fished out of pedal kayaks for a few years now, the biggest thing to keep going straight is very minor adjustments. They turn a looooooot faster than you expect them

Bought my boat from Rafael, great guy and amazing fisherman. Enjoy the new rig

I remember the video when you said you were going sponsor free and how you’d like to do some bass fishing again. I’m glad to see you still doing it, I’ll sign on to Patreon brother All I ask is you continue to do what you love because I wish I could go back in time and do a few things differently :/

Glad you joined the peddle nation!! :)

just the content we need! get a anchor pole!

Lovin the kayak video. One on one with fish and yourself. I have two Hobies and love them. More kayak videos please.

Great video

Lawson: Reverse...REVERSE!!! Random back up siren: meep...meep...meep

You know it Love ur channel n videos Stay safe out there Peace and love

I think kayak fishing will for sure make you a better fisherman. It will also help you get to some really cool places.

Take those scupper plugs out. I almost sunk mine with them in. Great video.

Love the yak vid

Kayak fishing… wooohooooo! Great video. Some kayak specs would have been great also!

Welcome to yak fishing friend. Personally, I believe I can be stealthy and get closer to the fish on my Hobie Revo. Got to know your limits when it comes to the W. Stay safe...

peddle Kayaks are goated. one day I will have one

Sweet Deal! And it works... and gettin' a workout while yer at it. LOL -- I don't mind watching others put the work in. And a hell of a way to break it in for the maiden voyage! Be Safe

Cool video!

Bring an umbrella for return trip as a small sail w/ the wind.

Great content as always bro...miss your twitch streams

Great video! Steering straight will depend on your kayak length then the length and size of your rudder. Even a 10ft kayak can track really well with the right rudder.

@pescadordosertao4134

2 жыл бұрын

And that's a problem this Brazilian company is known for. Low quality rudder system. Weak control wires, rudder of smaller size for the yaks...

@robm9181

2 жыл бұрын

@@pescadordosertao4134 I think for Lawson though, getting a free kayak outside of its market to begin with, he can spend a bit to make it into the platform he wants it to be. And, since it's not available in the US market, he's not advertising a potentially inferior product to the majority of his subscribers.

@pescadordosertao4134

2 жыл бұрын

@@robm9181 and he isn't. But this Kayak is worse than anything else in US market. To make it clear. You have the best regulations for kayaking. If confronted with them, no product from this Brazilian brand would be approved to use in US market. Could you imagine a 12-feet yak weighting only 32kg? MN brand do it by using dangerously thin hulls.

@SSHitMan

2 жыл бұрын

@@pescadordosertao4134 My Hobie Compass 12' weighs only 68 lbs.

@pescadordosertao4134

2 жыл бұрын

@@SSHitMan but Hobie uses high quality polyethylene resin, wiyh targeted molding, tu put more material in areas needing more resistance. The Brazilian company has a 12' yak weighting only 32kg. A decent hull can't be achieved in such manner.

Awesome video Lawson and welcome to the dark side lol.

Hey man I live in that area. There is a closer boat ramp you can use that will get you into a ton of canals and back cuts

@seannichols9263

2 жыл бұрын

I’d be happy to share

Well I’ll be damned! You caught some fish besides jack! Nice vid

Broooooo well done man! I’d say you did pretty damn good as a fresh kayak angler and I’m not talking about catching fish (you know how to do that well enough)but while standing, casting and setting hook. Good stuff man! If you ever come to JAX area, know you have someone to call and kayak fish these areas. Oh 1 more thing…you might get some hate for not wearing a PFD…shake it off but I would recommend wearing one. Never know! Stay safe and keep sharing👍🏼

Don’t forget about a PFD! That’s a ticket waiting to happen. I prefer the Fanny pack version from Hobie, just don’t get a water activated inflatable. Love your work! Miss the podcast too!

Dude two miles is def some work on the pedal yak I kno your legs were pumped! I installed a trolling motor on mine to get from launch to the spot then use my pedal drive to navigate around the fishing spot. Also get an anchor! Would love to see you fish really shallow with the yak nice job bro

finally a good video keep it salty you be happier

I was wondering if you had a video on your baitcaster setup. I normally fish for bass and when I vacation on the coast I would like to use them. I was really curious about your fishing line choice. Thanks

LAWDOG!!! we need some more videos …. That is all.

Lawson, please put some foam on those rods. They sell them for cheap with Velcro straps. You can take it off while you’re using it, but trust me, if you flip it that’s a lot of money in the water. Lost a Curado DC, Chronarch G, and Stradic FL on nice rods that way in a ripping current. Make sure you have a PFD handy and also not a bad idea to practice (in a pool) recovering the kayak after flipping.