C-Tug + Wheeleez Wheels = BLISS!

The Mullet Miller C-Tug Axle Conversion kit for Wheeleez wheels!

The Video Explains it all!!

Mullet Miller has invented the offspring between the best two carts for rolling heavy fishing kayaks over sand dirt and grass and created the Mullet Cart! The spawn of the C-Tug and The Wheeleez cart has just become the best overall kayak cart ever!

Out of all of the carts I have ever used this is by far the best over all. The C-Tug is a great invention in kayak carts one by how its saddles nest the hull and with its rubber grips make the cart non skid. Two the ability to disassemble the entire cart into 6 pieces is incredible being the cart can fit into most kayak hatches. The Wheeleez well its in the name. Easy to pull with the low PSI style balloon tires it floats over soft sand instead of digging in like higher psi tires or solid plastic rubber tires.  Combine the two and you have the best kayak cart known to any kayak angler.

This past weekend on a sandy beach I left my strap at home. Loaded the Jackson Big Rig on the MMC and pulled the yak over the sand with no problems strapless!! The Big Rig weighs 98 lbs with the seat and no gear. With the gear and the Torqeedo the total weight probably around 150 lbs. The Cart is easy to break down into 6 parts as its two pins for the Wheeleez tires and the standard C-Tug dis-assembly the cart can pretty much fit in any kayak hatch. The wheels can take a lot of weight but im not sure if it can take fully loaded Hobie Pro Angler weight. The Weeeleez website states payload capacity at 165 lbs. Not sure if that’s for their cart frame of for the wheels. Also stay away from sharp objects with these wheels like broken clam shells or glass.

At this point in time the conversion kits are only available from The Kayak Fishing Store.

Cost is:

C-Tug Cart $159.00 US

Wheeleez 30 cm Beach Wheels $74.99 US

Mullet Miller Axel Conversion $55.00 US

In my previous Torqeedo install article I left off that there was some small issues with the performance due to the limit of the manufacturers motor shaft length.  In the install manual it states the boom shaft that attaches to the ball on the kayak is to be completely level. Well this is found to be false. Pitching the boom down towards the water is the fix.

A support brace was custom made by a certified Torqeedo installer which mounts from the factory rudder mount threaded insert location. On the stern of the Big Rig you will notice the two brass threaded inserts molded into the hull. The rubber brace was removed from the kayak position and mounted to the custom bracket to brace the boom closer to the motor and allow the pitch.

The longer shaft allows the motor to use the small pitch and gain about 4 inches deeper into the water which was necessary to fix the cavitation issue. The gain on speed is minimal from the testing i have done but has not been tested in the control venue at Round Valley Res where the first test was initiated.

Lessons learned. If I was to  install this motor on another Jackson Big Rig I would mount the ball on the flat area about 6″ towards the stern. This would have allowed me to angle the boom down more. For me this was the first time following the installation book was wrong. The setup however did work just not well enough for my liking.

The Torqeedo motor system on the Big Rig is awesome! I do recommend it highly. This was my fix. Hopefully your install will be smoother by following my posts on The Plastic Hull.net.

Good Luck!

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Weather predictions are rarely correct in the marine environment. From my experience they are typically close or way off. This past Saturday was the well off experience. Weather predictions for the area were winds light and variable seas 1-3 inches. I knew something wasn’t right prior to leaving the house around 5:00 am. It was already breezy. A quick text to Capt. Jim and the typical Capt Jim response “It’ll lay down”.

Met Jim at the drop in and well it was really windy but hell we went out anyway. About 100 yards from shore begun to understand how rough it was. Paddled past a boat with two old times aboard. They just looked and i could tell they were thinking to themselves we were crazy. I asked one of them if they had seen any bunker around. The guy just nodded that he did not.

The waves were immense at 3-4 foot but manageable as paddling into them was better than going sideways. Two miles later reaching the area of the Raritan Reach channel planned to fish. Attempted to fish but it was just to rough too fast of a drift and really felt unsafe. The options arose. Beach on Staten Island and wait a little while to see if the wind was going to lay down. Or high tale it back to the launch to go fish the bay side of Sandy Hook. It took about 5 minutes and we were turned around bow to land. Back to  the drop in. The ride in with the large waves and following sea was uneasy but an easy paddle back.

Once loaded up it was about a 40 min drive roughly 30 miles driving distance to the tip of Sandy Hook. The location is Fort Hancock which was an army fort built to defend the waterways and ports to New York City active from 1859 then decommissioned in 1974. It is now a national park and is part of the Gateway National Park System. There are many other things to do in the park that involve the outdoors.

So it was much calmer since the land blocks the wind and waves that were full force at the previous location. We dropped in and begun to fish. There were a few other kayak anglers there of whom I knew one of them. They stated the fishing wasn’t really good and the incoming tide was against the wind there.

It seemed to be a slow pick but there are big fish in the area. I ended up loosing one because it wouldn’t fit in my net. A few more short fish for the day the largest landed by myself being a 15.5 incher. Jim had a decent one over 19″. The drift was fast and i couldn’t hold bottom with a 3 oz Spro. Jim was using what looked like minimal a 4 oz huge buck tail. It wasn’t long after that 3:30 Pm rolled around and called it a day.

Once on shore and walking your yaks through a wedding setup a park ranger came by and checked our catch and asked us a few questions. She was actually pleasant to communicate with.

This concluded the fishing trip. It was a nice ride home although I was exhausted. Im looking forward to getting out on the water again asap.

Check back for more fishing journal entries in the future!