It had been too windy to fish offshore for the last few weeks and I wanted to get some exercise on the water. Decided to take the Bixpy motor off my Trident Ultra and put it on the oldie but goodie Scupper Pro. The only mod I had to make was to cut the bottom of the Scupper Pro’s rudder blade to mount the motor.

The wind on the Windward side was 12 – 17mph and the swell was over 5ft so I stayed in the shallows and tested the motor against the wind and chop, and did some damashi fishing around the “papas” or reef tops.

It’s been a few years since I’ve been in the Scupper and forgot how cramped the cockpit is and how much the long, light bow bounces in chop, but the motor made paddling through the strong wind a breeze. It’s so easy to mount the Bixpy on anything that floats (raft, board, kayak, etc) and such good insurance that you can safely get in when conditions turn nasty.

Here’s a 1:45 video illustrating the benefit of the motor. Instead of testing top speed, I just showed how the motor assisted without aid of paddling, and with paddling in rough conditions.

Please contact me if you have any questions about the Bixpy product line. Mahalo!