It can handle ocean waves and cover distances with plenty of speed, despite being large enough for stand-up stability. The New Predator PDL Fishing Kayakįor kayak fishermen in the Northeast who plan to fish inshore waters for striped bass, bluefish, albies, fluke, and sea bass, the Predator PDL is the top choice in the Old Town kayak lineup. Thanks to shared technology with trolling-motor-experts Minn-Kota (Old Town and Minn-Kota share a parent company) the PDL Drive is durable, easy to operate, and provides impressive thrust in both forward and reverse. I’ve fished the Predator PDL a bunch of times over the past few years and what has always struck me is how efficiently the pedal drive can move the Predator hull or hold it in current. It’s been 3 years since the Predator PDL joined the lineup with a pedal-drive system that sets up instantly and goes from forward to reverse as quickly as you reverse your pedaling motion. It’s been 6 years since the Old Town debuted the Predator 13 and established the reputation of the Predator kayak line: fishing-first platforms built for stability and loaded with storage and space for customization. I have no idea what I could have clipped on that might have convinced them to strike, but I’ve been thinking it over all day, along with thinking about going back tonight. I guess it could have started off a little better.įor the next hour, I pedaled along the edge of the flat, standing and sight-casting to big striped bass that cruised just under the surface and showed little interest in anything and everything I threw at them. I was watching my bait through polarized glasses as a big striper, at least 36 inches long, appeared behind it and, with one quick beat of its tail…turned and disappeared.

Pulse quickening, I rose to my feet, grabbed my rod from the holder on my right and pitched a soft-plastic bait out in the direction where I assumed the spooked fish might have headed.

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