Needs some advice and tips -- Inflatible Kayak

I haven't posted anything about a new purchase that I made a month or two ago. I tied up with work and trying to take care of our largest event of the year so it went to the back burner. LOL

Anyway, a couple of months ago after talking with my best friend and reading this forum a lot, I broke down and bought an inflatable kayak off of Craigslist. It is an Intex Challenger 2, as far as brand and model. I couldn't pass up on the price though. I was looking for my buddy and stumbled across it for $35.00. At that price I had to jump on it. I asked my buddy if he wanted it, and he told me to go ahead and pick it up for myself.

Anyway, I have never really played on a Kayak, though I have always wanted to.

I am trying to figure out if there is a way I can put a pole holder or two on this little yak of mine. It is about 13 feet long if memory serves me correct. It is a 2 seater, but the front seat can be removed. I was thinking about putting an ice chest in there with the pole holders and FF mounted to it. I am not sure how to take care of the transponder but that is one of the things I am asking you guys about. LOL

Anyway, here is a picture of it. Any ideas on anything with it would be great guys and gals.

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Thank you folks,

Bobo

I would not think that holes and inflatable would go very well together. I would be thinking along the lines of attaching things in some fashion w/o drilling or poking holes. Look at the float tubes and "toons" that are popular with fly fishers, they use Velcro straps and the appropriate glues to attach accessories to their inflatables

Like jimp says velcro is your friend. Might want to mount a cutting board/plywood across, near your knees, and add rod holder to that. Velcro the board to the sides. Just be sure to have plenty of room to get in and out (especially if something happen and you flip the kayak).

One word of caution, Intex material is unsupported (ie just outer shell, no inner fabric material), so it is pretty thin. Think more like a really nice pool toy rather than whitewater raft. Also being unsupported, the floor will sag, leaving the lowest spot at your rear end (and all the water).

Be cautious about abrasion, either from rubbing the bottom or during transport, as it will cause many pin holes very easily.

Check Ram Mounts web site. They have bondable bases for inflatables. Might be able to build off of that....

-danny