First, Merry Christmas to all! second, since I have learned so much from this site and you guys are a wealth of knowledge, I would love to hear your inputs, I have some Christmas cash and my chrome/kayak change jar is overflowing and I am on the hunt for a kayak. My first choice after talking with Dave at Time Out would be a sot native tandem, but it would probably take me until next Christmas to save up for that. I have seen a kayak/canoe at Dicks, I believe it is a Mad River Adventure and that will hold two, and since I would like to get the family involved I would prefer a tandem, but I am open to a solo. My range now is up to 600 dollars. I know that everyone has an opinion and there are different needs so I am just trying to narrow my search down. Thanks in advance.
would you consider used?send jbucc2002 a pm she had 2 a couple of weeks ago for sale.both tandem.tell her i told you.she has some rods listed in the classifieds.use that to contact her.
Keep an eye on Craiglist. Good kayaks come up all the time. So do bad ones, so ask for some opinions before you spend your savings.
I’ve owned a couple of tandems and don’t plan on getting another one.
never could get the kids that excited about going fishing with me.
They don’t paddle that well as solos
If I spend most of my time fishing/ paddling solo, might as well paddle something built for the job.
I like speed and ease of paddling more than initial stability. Initial stability is a boat that doesn’t feel “tippy” when you first get on it.
So I’ll take a longer skinnier kayak over a long wide one and way over a short wide one.
Downside of longer yaks is they don’t turn as easily as a short boat. Upside is they track GREAT. Since a lot of my fishing involves fairly long paddles over big water, this fits my style. If you launch directly into a skinny twisting creek with tons of fish, well you don’t need the tracking.
My favorite boats in the current fleet at my haouse are a Dagger Edisto and a Wilderness Systems Freedom. Both are 15 feet long. The Edisto is a narrow touring yak, the Freedom is a really fast sit on top. If I could find either of these used I’d buy them again.
Other’s I really like are
Sit on tops
Tarpon 140 or 160
The Ride or a Ride 135
Native Manta Ray
Ocean Kayak - just about anything
Mainstram Kingfish - a good inexpensive fishing platform
Maibu X factor
Sit ins
W/S Pamlico 12 or 14 - large cocpit
Native Sting Ray
Yaks I don’t like
Anything by Victory
Anything shorter than 10 feet
My opinions only. My apologies to the Victory owners on the board… nothing personal.
There is nothing - absolutely nothing- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Kenneth Grahame
I bought all 3 of my yaks off craigslist. All ocean kayaks and I love them all. My fishing platform is the scupper pro. It is around 15 feet, fast, tracks well and has quite a bit of space
1996 Sunbird Spirit 170 - 112 Johnson
15’ Ocean Kayak Scupper Pro
I also looking for a good, used kayak. Prefer an SOT, min 12'. Maybe one that's already setup for fishing if possible. Let me know if any of you gentlemen have one or know someone that'd like to get rid of theirs. I'm 6' 200lbs. Thank you...
Just wanted to say Thanks to Bill Pebbs I am officially a kayak owner and looking forward to my first fishing trip. Now I just need to replace all of my fishing gear that made its way out of my garage somehow. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you guys out on the water.
Just wanted to say Thanks to Bill Pebbs I am officially a kayak owner and looking forward to my first fishing trip. Now I just need to replace all of my fishing gear that made its way out of my garage somehow. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you guys out on the water.
Dave
fish first then see where you will want things placed.
Hey BillPebbs you didn;t get rid of the ride didja? Ya know we got som eSERIOUS fishin to catch up on when I get back I have a buddy here with me who is gonna be looking pretty hard for a yak when we get back… he is checkingout WS and Native boats but I am sure Tommy will have 30-40 boats in his garage he could probably hook him up with though I am seriousy looking at trying to weasel a Ride 135 or a native 14.5 when I get back… 6 months here and I feel I deserve another boat HA HA! good thing my Wife doesn’t read these threads
I have a buddy here with me who is gonna be looking pretty hard for a yak when we get back… he is checkingout WS and Native boats but I am sure Tommy will have 30-40 boats in his garage he could probably hook him up with though 
HA HA! good thing my Wife doesn’t read these threads 
