Old Town Sportsman 120 PDL Review

My Review of the Old Town Sportsman (Topwater) 120 PDL.

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[BERTRANDO]

Great video! I think this is my next rig!

[Sanctified_Leather]

Great Stuff, I don't think that the price and warranty on this Old Town can be beat. Hands down the best bang for your buck out there on the market. Thanks Blue Summit 😎👍

[franktirado]

Can’t wait to get mine. Thanks for the review

[liprippinwithmo]

I just received mine.. can't wait to get it on the water. I ordered yakpower lights, and batteries and garmin 7 fish finder like yours.. can't wait to see how you got all of the wiring done

[richardcavin]

Great honest review. Can a trolling motor be installed in place of the pedal drive? I'm 69 and a very avid cyclist but like the idea of having that option. Plus I'd be using this kayak in salt water bays (mainly) but would like the option of using in the surf to bait drop in deeper water. Thanks

[dicedpeazz]

Awesome review. Simple but answered all of my questions.

[theer]

My boat would more accurately be called the Old Town/Navarre Sportsman 120 PDL. Great boat made much better by Nick at Navarre!

[volcharger]

Great video man.. thank you. This one you reviewed wasn’t in awhile back so I put my money in the Big water 132 and haven’t picked it up yet, BUT, The 120 PDL came in and I have the option of getting it instead. Been tearing myself apart trying to figure out which one I want now. However, the 120 I think is still winning, the other one is made a little different and is also awesome. Just trying to figure it out. Guess there’s worse problems to have

[iliketurtles]

Brave man, wearing sunglasses while fishing and no sunglasses strap :)

[troymiller]

Just purchased this kayak hope I like it .

[DetroitFishigan]

I have a one, and the biggest thing they didn't do was add tracks on the back, so you have to add them yourself, and if you do that then bye bye lifetime warranty 😬😬. If i had to do it all over again, i would go with Hobie or Jackson kayaks for the drive system. Those are much better drive systems Imo 🙂.

[thehonfleur]

So the after market rudder bolt was worth the purchase?

[mackjenkins]

Man this was a good review of the PDL. I have been looking for a pedal drive kayak for a while now. I like the PDL because it doesn't have the straps that go across the pedals. I am a chubby fat dude & i have big very very extremely wide feet sz15 6 wide with very chubby fat wide toes that are equally straight across making my foot very very wide at 6 1/2 inches wide from my big toe to my lil toe. I have a question? Do you know how wide the pedals are & is it pretty comfortable to kayak barefooted 👣? I have to kayak barefooted 👣because of me having very wide feet. You answered one of my questions about pedals barefooted 👣 with the pedal being on your arch on your foot. When I demo a kayak I had that same problem with my feet bottom out when I would pedals with my balls of my foot. The problems that you can have with kayaking with big feet. You have a size 12 with this problem just imagine having a size 15 with extremely wide feet with chubby fat wide toes that are equally straight across. I will admit I had some embarrassing moments with these feet. Appreciate if you could let me know this information. Try to see if I can pick me up one for Christmas. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I hope it was a safe one.

[coreyjohansen]

What did you think about the risers? And what size would you suggest?

[providedjoker]

Awesome review! I ordered the Sportsman 106 PDL in April…. and I’m still waiting for it 🤬 I just watched your video on the Sportsman 106 Minn Kota…I was torn between that n the 106 PDL. Just curious…..which do you like better…120 PDL or the 106 Minn Kota?….🤔

[mre]

Great video. I just have to point out one thing that made me giggle. At ~6:10 you say that you have to pedal with the arch of your feet. Yet, throughout the video, whenever you are peddling the balls of your feet are on the pedals except at ~6:10. Not sure why but I found that to be rather funny.

[MrPrimetime]

Do you prefer this or the wilderness recon 120 hd?

[basshunterusa]

I noticed you switched from Hobie to Old Town, do you prefer the pedal drive over the mirage?

[yosuecaridad]

Did you raised the back of the seat without raising the front? Why? Is it better this way?

[josebarcenas]

I’m 6”0 300lbs, buying my first kayak would the sportsman 120 pdl be ok ?