Very cool I think I am going to buy one. I had a Heritage 13' but it was so unstable. I love the way you have it set up! My neighbor bought one we live in Florida right on the Manatee river. He is almost 250 and he loves it
About 3 weeks ago I purchased the Tioga at Tractor Supply for 299. ( $50 off sale regularly 350) and added an additional storage bucket for around $20 and Love it.
Thanks for your Tahoma videos. I agree that thes are good, budget friendly fishing kayaks. I bought the Tahoma because it came in a cool purple and pink. Added 2 flush mount rod holders, used tee track for gear tracks, an anchor trolley and pad eyes for attaching rod leashes whatever else. Didn’t do a stadium seat since I like being lower in the kayak. My milk crate has a lid made from a second crate so the contents can be secured. Has a 3” lip so I can set a tackle box on top. I hear a lot of negative talk about Lifetime kayaks but it got me out on the water and turned out to be a great fishing kayak for me.
I just got the spitfire 10 and it's my first yak, really stable I've been doing the little ocmulgee river and ocmulgee river right near my house and it has don't great, I have always came home dry..if you contact lifetime they will send you a free bucket for your dry storage bulk head.
That’s so cool! I just bought the spitfire 10 today used off fb marketplace and the well bucket is missing I was going to buy something on Amazon but you just saved me $12-$20 bucks thanks
This is an old video, but I just bought one for 250.00 at Wal-Mart. It works great. I Had another it was completely unstable. This is fine. Haven't done anything to it yet but plan on working on it. One thing I do like about mine is its not that ugly lime green it's red
great video! I just picked up a tioga angler 100 yesterday tractor supply has them on sale for 269. total w tax was 292, I have been putting off getting one but couldn't pass on the price.
I bought one too but it looks weird. Thr doesn't blind well and it looks like 2 pieces are plastic were welded together instead of a 1 piece mold. How about yours?
@@tonylee7545 I don't know I'll have to look and check it out. What I did find after getting home was the person who unpacked it ran a razor knife down the one side about 3 ft. To far of a drive to take it back and they probably all had it.
Thanks man! I simply drilled holes in the frame of the seat and screwed long wood screws through the frame into the wood mount. Hope this helps! Here’s my vid doing a more in-depth look at the seat build. ruclips.net/video/gpjO9ZenVX0/видео.html
@@bluecollaroutdoors5556 I was wondering about the screws that have the wing nuts on them. Isn't the other side of that screw inside the plastic wall of the kayak?
@@dougknoll5585 oh ok those are just 3 inch screws that have a washer and a rubber gasket(bike inner tube pieces) and it is just ran up through the hull in the boat and through the wood pieces and on top I just have a washer and then wing nut. I went with a wing nut just so I can tighten it up if needed. I didn’t want to tighten them to tight and risk splitting the plastic, so far so good. Just about any stainless steel screws will work.
This one is from fishing online it their brand board but I wouldn’t recommend it. The plastic is very brittle and I broke it a while back. Get an aluminum one.
Yea, it is held on by the bungee the kayak came with, you could always add some pad eyes and extra bungees if needed but it has worked like this for years so I haven’t changed it. Hope this helps!
Right on John, wetting a hook around here right now turns into icing the hook. Hopefully we have a few warmer days here soon where I can get some videos in.
Phone mount wouldn’t stick to the kayak? I HEARD DAT! LOL! Trust me, absolutely NOTHING wants to stick to HDPE (high density polyethylene). Actually I did have success with one thing sticking. I had a couple of kayaks with some recessed areas up on the dash. They were sit in style kayaks. I got some of the thin peel and stick foam EVA pads, about 1/16 thick, and I cut them to lay inside the recessed trays. They stuck and stayed on for two years and were still there when I sold them, just like new. Maybe they stuck because I put them on back when I didn’t yet know they weren’t supposed to. LOL!
Yea man it would stick for a little while and then I would barely bump it with something and it would fall off, so the new mount should be more solid for the long term. Yea I’ll have to check out the thinner sticky strips in the future.
Very cool I think I am going to buy one. I had a Heritage 13' but it was so unstable. I love the way you have it set up! My neighbor bought one we live in Florida right on the Manatee river. He is almost 250 and he loves it
About 3 weeks ago I purchased the Tioga at Tractor Supply for 299. ( $50 off sale regularly 350) and added an additional storage bucket for around $20 and Love it.
I just got one yesterday 199 on sale from 350 and then another 20% off for some scratches
@@trevorfoy6307it’s for 200 rn about to get it
Thanks for your Tahoma videos. I agree that thes are good, budget friendly fishing kayaks. I bought the Tahoma because it came in a cool purple and pink. Added 2 flush mount rod holders, used tee track for gear tracks, an anchor trolley and pad eyes for attaching rod leashes whatever else. Didn’t do a stadium seat since I like being lower in the kayak. My milk crate has a lid made from a second crate so the contents can be secured. Has a 3” lip so I can set a tackle box on top. I hear a lot of negative talk about Lifetime kayaks but it got me out on the water and turned out to be a great fishing kayak for me.
I just got the spitfire 10 and it's my first yak, really stable I've been doing the little ocmulgee river and ocmulgee river right near my house and it has don't great, I have always came home dry..if you contact lifetime they will send you a free bucket for your dry storage bulk head.
Yo that is some clutch info. Should I contact them via email?
@Grumpy Gills Fishing I did it by email myself and it worked.
@@whatsnext8696 awesome thank you.
That’s so cool! I just bought the spitfire 10 today used off fb marketplace and the well bucket is missing I was going to buy something on Amazon but you just saved me $12-$20 bucks thanks
how did you put the screws for the seat through the bottom?
just got the spitfire model, ill get a video goin on it
This is an old video, but I just bought one for 250.00 at Wal-Mart. It works great. I Had another it was completely unstable. This is fine. Haven't done anything to it yet but plan on working on it. One thing I do like about mine is its not that ugly lime green it's red
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Any recommendations for the containers in the dry storage?
great video! I just picked up a tioga angler 100 yesterday tractor supply has them on sale for 269. total w tax was 292, I have been putting off getting one but couldn't pass on the price.
I bought one too but it looks weird. Thr doesn't blind well and it looks like 2 pieces are plastic were welded together instead of a 1 piece mold. How about yours?
@@tonylee7545 I don't know I'll have to look and check it out. What I did find after getting home was the person who unpacked it ran a razor knife down the one side about 3 ft. To far of a drive to take it back and they probably all had it.
Nice video. How did you get the screws in from the bottom to mount the Ozark Trail seat?
Thanks man! I simply drilled holes in the frame of the seat and screwed long wood screws through the frame into the wood mount. Hope this helps! Here’s my vid doing a more in-depth look at the seat build. ruclips.net/video/gpjO9ZenVX0/видео.html
@@bluecollaroutdoors5556 I was wondering about the screws that have the wing nuts on them. Isn't the other side of that screw inside the plastic wall of the kayak?
@@dougknoll5585 oh ok those are just 3 inch screws that have a washer and a rubber gasket(bike inner tube pieces) and it is just ran up through the hull in the boat and through the wood pieces and on top I just have a washer and then wing nut. I went with a wing nut just so I can tighten it up if needed. I didn’t want to tighten them to tight and risk splitting the plastic, so far so good. Just about any stainless steel screws will work.
I got a lifetime sportfisher i set up for fishing. Mainly because of the weight capacity. Now i got a sundolphin American12
Nice, yea man I love my American 12 as well, it really depends on if I’m in a kayak or Jon boat mood lol.
Hey man, what type of catch board is that? Measuring tape doesn’t work very well.
This one is from fishing online it their brand board but I wouldn’t recommend it. The plastic is very brittle and I broke it a while back. Get an aluminum one.
Great video
What model dude
Is the crate held on by bungees only?
Yea, it is held on by the bungee the kayak came with, you could always add some pad eyes and extra bungees if needed but it has worked like this for years so I haven’t changed it. Hope this helps!
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Cool little rig buddy. Stay safe and wet a hook ❤️🌲🌲🌲❤️
Right on John, wetting a hook around here right now turns into icing the hook. Hopefully we have a few warmer days here soon where I can get some videos in.
Some of those other high dollar kayaks go well beyond 100 pounds.
Is this tioga?
Correct, these are now called the Tioga. This one is actually a Tahoma they were renamed in 2021 I believe.
Phone mount wouldn’t stick to the kayak? I HEARD DAT! LOL! Trust me, absolutely NOTHING wants to stick to HDPE (high density polyethylene).
Actually I did have success with one thing sticking. I had a couple of kayaks with some recessed areas up on the dash. They were sit in style kayaks. I got some of the thin peel and stick foam EVA pads, about 1/16 thick, and I cut them to lay inside the recessed trays. They stuck and stayed on for two years and were still there when I sold them, just like new. Maybe they stuck because I put them on back when I didn’t yet know they weren’t supposed to. LOL!
Yea man it would stick for a little while and then I would barely bump it with something and it would fall off, so the new mount should be more solid for the long term. Yea I’ll have to check out the thinner sticky strips in the future.
Never kayak fished. I’d probably be swimming with the 🐠 😁