health concerns and picking a kayak

[icelogger]

Originally Posted by Chief Gunner

Stretch out every day, push ups, sit ups, crunches and try leg lifts to strenghten your core. Paddling is great but if you got a bad shoulder or arm/s peddling might be something worth looking into.

I do my routine when I get up and swimming in my pool in the afternoon when I get home from work helps allot. I have some issues with a knee, my back, my hips and ankles after 20+ years of pounding Steel Decks in the worlds Finest Conoe club but I hate to take any meds for any of it. I loved paddling in my Tarpon but honestly allot of my knee, hip and ankle pain has gone away since I got my PA.

My kick is to take my Vitimins & try eat healthy when possible. I found that the more active I am from day to day the less those aches and pains bother me.

Fishing, Beer and my Woman help a Hellava lott too

Do it !! Get on the water because aside from everything else I mentioned the connection to Nature, Mother Earth and the Absolute Beauty of this World will fill your Soul with a Calmness and Clarity that will make any aches and pains you feel seem meaningless to the point where you don't feel them anymore (until the next day LOL)

X2 on Gunners post.

If you will be using a vehicle with a roof rack, there is a great video on youtube how to load a hobie pro angler, or any kayak, onto a roof rack. The link to the video is somewhere on this forum. Maybe the member who posted the vid can chime in.

Kayak fishing is a healthy investment and very rewarding.

Good luck.

[Sdspeed]

Well as usual you were ahead of me. I was wondering how to transport any kayak since my Toyota only has a 6'6" bed. Still a concern.

I do believe that this sport can be a very healthy choice, perhaps frustrating at times but I think the pros outweigh the cons. plus new friends are always the icing on the cake.
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[oneyedeer]

Originally Posted by Sdspeed

Well as usual you were ahead of me. I was wondering how to transport any kayak since my Toyota only has a 6'6" bed. Still a concern.

I do believe that this sport can be a very healthy choice, perhaps frustrating at times but I think the pros outweigh the cons. plus new friends are always the icing on the cake.
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Get a bed extender buddy of mine transport his pa12 out of his lil suv...should be even easier in your truck....save your back and shoulders. Lots of people overlook a good seat..imo the gts expedtion is the second best seat on the market the 1st is a lil pricey you gotta buy a pro angler

[Sdspeed]

Originally Posted by icelogger

X2 on Gunners post.

If you will be using a vehicle with a roof rack, there is a great video on youtube how to load a hobie pro angler, or any kayak, onto a roof rack. The link to the video is somewhere on this forum. Maybe the member who posted the vid can chime in.

Kayak fishing is a healthy investment and very rewarding.

Good luck.

Checked out bed extenders like you mentioned. Looks like an inexpensive way to save my back.

On another note I've been watching various video of people pedaling the Hobies, looks rather uncomfortable and hard on the lower back and hips. Anybody have low back or lower extremities troubles that have experience with the pedal type yaks?