Engines? What engines? I AM the motive power!
I haven't fallen out of it, yet. I will admit that I've only taken it out on blue-bird days, with maybe 1" high waves. I've only had to deal with a boat wake once, and that wasn't very high, either.
I haven't caught anything big enough to tow me, yet. I have had a shellcracker about 1 1/2 lbs. pull the bow around 30 degrees to starboard, but that was it. I've caught a couple small channel cats, but they didn't pull me around. Now, a largemouth bass, big striper, big bluecat, big flathead, big gar, those are another story. That's actually another why I carry the drift sock. In a pinch, I can clip it to the anchor trolley (the pulleys and bungees that you can barely see on the side of the kayak) and dump it overboard. It will act as a parachute, and provide even more drag against the fish.
This thing is STEALTHY! One time, I was paddling slowly, quietly, into a really shallow area (about 1 1/2 - 2 foot deep) that had some trees stuck into the mud. I stopped paddling, and just glided. I had the paddle resting across the thwarts (gunnels/gunwhales?), just above my thighs. Suddenly, there was a HUGE swirl and splash under the paddle blade on the left side, just inches from my yak. My blade had just passed within inches of "something" that was resting just under the surface. I never saw the critter. It could easily have been a big bass, gar, or turtle.
I'm going to be making a 360 degree masthead light to stick into either the rod holder at the back of the crate, or make a special attachment inside the crate for it. I already have the light, a cheap, $5 LED lattern that I got from Wally World. I also have a headlamp, with either 5 LED's, 10 LED's, or 5 UV LED's. Since my boat is under 16', that's all I'm required to carry at night. My numbers are reflective, and I've got some reflective tape on the angled rod holders now. I'll probably put some reflective tape on the pole for the masthead light as well.
That said, I don't really go out at night. At least, I haven't yet. I also tend to stick to smaller bodies of water, or backwaters, to avoid the powerboats. I don't want to get run over.
I'll try to post another few pics as I get them. Probably one of the finished yak w/ light, and one or two of me actually fishing.