GOt a Native Ultimate 12. Can't wait to use it. IT came with front and rear covers too!
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GOt a Native Ultimate 12. Can't wait to use it. IT came with front and rear covers too!
Awesome, We expect a report soon. I keep eyeing that beauty myself.
BBW;
That's NOT FAIR! Even tho', I love my 'Toon, I've also been looking at this very same craft! Did you get "go crazy yellow", or the "Lamborghini Red"?
It first, got my attention, due to its weight and stable looking layout. How much leg room, do you feel it has? I'm 6' 2", at 216 pounds and it LOOKS like it has more than enough room to easily fish from!? But, I've only seen pictures, not the actual boat, "up close and personal" so to speak.
Did you get the anchor pulley system with it?
Like, Panfisher, can't wait to hear about your first "on water" trial with it!
Way ta go Wulff; enjoy it in good health and tons of fish. I second or third the report as soon as possible...c'mon Spring.
flybinder: I've pulled along side of three different fellows who were in the Ultimate to get info on it. They were all "adult" size and one was at least your stats. No problem he says; comfy as expexted. None had tried standing at that point.
I'm really tempted to get rid of the boat, trailer, motor, battery.....registrations increasing each year....see where I'm headed....?
Say Wulff; now that you have the Mercedes-Benz watercraft, ya still gonna use the $29 Streamline?
Regards, Jim
Thanks for the input, Jim!
This particular boat is looking better and better, all the time!?!
I have the Native Ulitmate 14.5. I can't say enough about the boat. It is the best paddling fishing kayak that I've experienced.
And a surprising thing about it is that I drifts very s-l-o-w-l-y. I took a guy the Everglades a month ago. He fished out of my Heritage Redfish 12 and drifted twice as fast as me. I got to spend more time fishing!
The leg room is really good. The craft is very stable. I have mine rigged with an anchor trolley system, which works very well.
Great, great boat. You'll love it.
I got the green(uh, excuse me......OLIVE) one. I hadn't seen one until I saw it. I think it is the best color.
YOu guys are making antsy to get out!
Too funny. Pics to come
Dear Steve,
You said you have the Ultimate 14.5, do you fish out of it solo?
I am considering that boat because I'm just a little too large for the 12 footer.
How easy is the boat to handle out of the water? I want something I can just put in the bed of a full sized pick-up and I'm thinking the Ultimate might work for that?
Regards,
Tim Murphy
I have a friend that has the 14ft native and he loves it...he is about 6'2 and 240lb and he has no problems at all...he uses a pushpole for 90% of the day and just throws it on top of his truck like everybody else...another feature is it floats really well even after he got swamped by rude boaters
Avalon, I'm 6'1" and 220 and the 12 footer seems like plenty of boat. Don't know if I'd want to try to throw 2 more feet of boat up on my vehicle.
Dear bigbadwulff,
I'm 4 inches and 100 plus pounds bigger and badder than you so I need all the boat I can manage just to keep me afloat! ;-)
I'd like to get something besides my big boat because I usually fish alone and the big boat is sort of awful as a one man craft because it's so high sided it's riding around on a sailboard. With 2 or more people in it, it is great but I just spin in circles when I'm by myself! :-(
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Sounds like a 14 is in order. "Just how big a boy are 'ya".