Should Pedal drive kayaks be allowed?

[clayton86]

I don't see pedals as that big of an advantage. For the advantage of being hands free to fish while on the move you have more disadvantages of the weeds and structures that's gonna slow you down or break your drive. We have a few pedal guys in the NYKBF series mentioned and they don't always win most the time they don't with the exception of Greg Blanchard but that guy can flat out fish. I however will be moving to pedals this season going from the ATAK to the radar 135. 

 

Im still on the fence about motors though NYKBF doesn't allow them but I allow them in WNYKBF since it's only 4 events and there's a few guys with them. I see it as a unfair advantage and at the same time don't mind I feel you still gotta know what your doing wen it comes to preparing and executing on tournament day.

 

maybe as the sport grows and more people have motor drives they can split and have own category in events. However with torquedo sponsoring KBF I don't see motors ever being banned from it. 

[Hawkeye21]

3 hours ago, clayton86 said:

I don't see pedals as that big of an advantage. For the advantage of being hands free to fish while on the move you have more disadvantages of the weeds and structures that's gonna slow you down or break your drive. We have a few pedal guys in the NYKBF series mentioned and they don't always win most the time they don't with the exception of Greg Blanchard but that guy can flat out fish. I however will be moving to pedals this season going from the ATAK to the radar 135. 

 

Im still on the fence about motors though NYKBF doesn't allow them but I allow them in WNYKBF since it's only 4 events and there's a few guys with them. I see it as a unfair advantage and at the same time don't mind I feel you still gotta know what your doing wen it comes to preparing and executing on tournament day.

 

maybe as the sport grows and more people have motor drives they can split and have own category in events. However with torquedo sponsoring KBF I don't see motors ever being banned from it. 

I've been watching some of Greg's YouTube videos lately.  He's really good and seems like a pretty cool guy.  I really enjoy his videos.

[clayton86]

6 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I've been watching some of Greg's YouTube videos lately.  He's really good and seems like a pretty cool guy.  I really enjoy his videos.

Yeah he is him and I have gone back and forth in a few tournaments trading the lead only to have him edge me out on the last day by half an inch. I think he was the only one to catch a limit both days of our state championship also on Oneida lake. 

[starbuck]

I don't think it matters ... I've seen many 70,000 dollar plus bass boats that go almost 70 mph get ***** handed to them over and over again by 50-115 hp engine slow old boats in tourneys.

 

so I see no difference in the kayak question albeit I don't do kayaks 

[JoePhish]

Pedal will help you hold position better, especially in the wind and in water too deep to anchor. Also leaves your hands free to do other things while covering water. So, from a time management standpoint it's an advantage.  Then there's the ability to troll.

 

I'm waiting for Jackson's offerings to hit the market before I decide which one I want.

 

To answer the tourney question; human power only.

[Hawkeye21]

On 3/11/2017 at 5:21 PM, clayton86 said:

Yeah he is him and I have gone back and forth in a few tournaments trading the lead only to have him edge me out on the last day by half an inch. I think he was the only one to catch a limit both days of our state championship also on Oneida lake. 

 

I see he moved down to Texas now.

[strvmmer]

Pedal drives certainly offer an advantage in speed and distance, but I don't  think they should be banned from kayak fishing tournaments. Your legs are significantly stronger which allows you to maintain higher speeds for longer distances. With that being said if I had a place to store a hobie pro angler and trailer...

 

Now trolling motors, torqueedos etc should all be banned.