Welcome to my Ted talk lol. I don’t get to talk fishing much day to day, and the ice has arrived here in CT, so here’s my thoughts on my new Native Slayer LTE
I’m calling this my Throw and Go Tourney Rig. The LTE weighs in at 65lb (85lb with the drive and seat). This will be exclusively car topped. No holes drilled so everything is “modular”. I can be on the water in under 15min and I hope to compete with the full blown battleship tourney rigs with a trailer for 12-14ft / 150lb+ yaks, 10-12 rods, 2 motors, 2 graphs, live scope, etc. In comparison, my set up is relatively minimalist. I can also leave the motor and graph at home for fun fishing.
After my first year and first tournament season with the Perception Outlaw (I have a previous post of the build for any one curious), I have upgraded to the Native LTE.
It was a tough to decide on the LTE (also considering P127, PWR, TitanX 10.5, Nucanoe, and Cresent), but knowing I’m 50/50 fun fishing / tournament fishing (mostly highland and lowland reservoirs in both cases), and my main couple of fun fishing lakes requiring to cart a kayak down a pretty bumpy and long walking trail to get to a launch area. I also stand and fish the majority of the time.
I had the opportunity to buy this LTE used (actually from Wendell Fishing for anyone who follows his stuff on YouTube- super cool and nice guy). Got it for a good price, but I absolutely love this kayak. It is super nimble and agile (the rudder turns this on a dime, seriously impressive), lightweight and easy load on car top (I car top exclusively), can peddle up to 5mph (not sustainably) and can cruise at 2.5-3mph with little to no effort.
It is also very stable. Coming from the Outlaw- known for being incredibly stable with the tri-hull design (I could legit dance on that thing). That thing was a barge, and the LTE’s agility is very welcome. Stability wise, it’s an inch less wide than the Outlaw (34 vs 35 inches), but it’s only ever so slightly less stable (maybe 5% less stable). I am 30 years old, 5’7 and 190 with good stability to give context. The main difference is the LTE has an initial “tippy-ness” to it that the Outlaw doesn’t have, but after the first day with it, you’re completely used to it (the secondary stability kicks in after the first inch of tip, and then becomes very stable- hopefully that makes sense).
I’m excited for next tournament season with this. I didn’t want to go down the road of getting a trailer for a full blown battleship tourney rig. Nothing against that route at all, but for me I enjoy the simplicity of kayak fishing, and I want to be able to car top and be able to cart it down trails, rough launch, etc. and having the modular setup so I can decide when to fully rig it, or leave stuff at home for fun fishing. This is also me justifying all of this to my self so I don’t go and spend another outrageous amount of money on this hobby lol.
Happy to answer any questions anyone has on the LTE or Outlaw. Tight lines everyone!
Build notes:
2025 Native LTE
Minn Kota Endura 40lb (extension tiller w/ U-Joint)
Tiller for speed control (motor locked in straight position and I use the rudder to steer)
LiTime 12v 100ah LiFePo4
Newport Battery Box
YakAttack Visi light pole for rear (not pictured)
13×16 BlackPak w/ 6 rod holders
2 built-in rear facing rod holds + 1 forward facing rod holder
YakAttack Leaderboard
Onyx auto-inflate PFD
2 Plano Speed Bags for soft plastics- under seat storage
YakAttack Cupholder
YakAttack TrackPak
HumminBird Helix 7 w/ Mega SI
YakAttack CellBlok w SwitchBlade
2 Nocqua 10ah batteries
YakAttack RotoGrip for phone mount
Rogue phone teather
YakAttack RotoGrip for net (on peddle drive)
Landing Net
Guardian Angle red/green micro light
Posted by MacP95
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Looks awesome.
I primarily fish from a 14 year old cheapo Ascend fishing kayak so this is looks like a Ferrari in comparison .