2 cents from the peanut gallery...
 

Paddling is much better exercise for your upper body and is cheaper to get started kayak fishing. If you decide to sell a paddle kayak and buy a Hobie/peddle kayak - I don't think you will go back and buy another paddle kayak unless you lose a foot or you get you sponsored by a paddle kayak company. Your legs are much bigger muscles that are sitting doing nothing and save your arms for fighting fish. - just saying. A PA 14 is like a small mothership and I do not plan to trade or go to a paddle kayak...I have seen guys go from PA14 to the newer PA12 and they are happy. All kayaks have advantages and disadvantages that is why there and many different makes and models...

I'm using a Hobie Adventure and it does paddle well, but I rarely paddle it. Why would you except for exersize or your drive took a shit. It's hard to go back to paddleing after the pedle experience. I fish in the bay around docks and moorings and my hobie, 16' long with no reverse, is a poor choice so I use a padle yak. But for day in day out use the mirage drive can't be beat. It's evolution. I started fishing off a long board, then from a paddle board, then got a little canoe paddle for the paddleboard, the a real actual kayak(cobra FnD),then 2 more paddle yaks, and now a hobie. Caught fish on all of them. Wonder what will come out next. Mike

Been there done that...that's why I am on a Hobie...

a friend told me of an experience he had had with a guy who only used a pedal hobie, but then borrowed a paddle kayak to fish one day... the guy had never developed a paddle stroke since he never had to, and had a very tough time in the wind... so much so that he flipped... now, the question arose, if your pedals break on the water, are you able to paddle back safely...? just a thought...:o

Interesting set of perspectives on this subject. In 15 years of kayaking, mostly all surf kayaking , diving or fishing I've never pedaled a Hobie.
I love the control you get with a paddle in your hands. Either bracing against a wave, or turning with a sweep stroke. It just seems natural to me.
Been seeing more sails pop up on kayaks lately, as an avid sailor, I came up with this design for a roller furling main and head sail. Tested it for the first time this last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnqtY...ature=youtu.be

When does Hobie's patent run out? I like the idea of pedaling but am not that fond of their yaks. A Trident or Extreme pedaler would be great.