Bob, not so much with well curved kayaks. More so with canoes. I haven't fished chop with the Perception yet. Still, my Native has a very rigid hull while the Perception is a bit thinner.

Calhoun,

I landed a 33" blue catfish on the Native a summer or two ago. That was fun!

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