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Got an invite to go "kackin" yerstidy

My relationship with my new yak started off great. My first cast with a saltwater bait yielded this little redfish.

Woods walker
Bought my Old Towme Discovery 119 camo some years ago on sale at Dicks for 499.
Glad I got it before they revealed themselves.
Don't know why, but on a lark, I bought a kayak paddle when I got the canoe.
Like using it so well, that I use it when I am in my 15" aluminum canoe.
Seems to be more power and control than a canoe paddle

Sit in that seat in your canoe on dry land for a few minutes and see if there would be anything you would change.
I came up with a plan after my first trial float, and come to find out a lot of the Old Towne's owners came up with close to the same modification.
See them on youtube.

Was able to try different sit-on and sit-in kayaks owned by friends and decided a sit-on was not for me. At 6'1" 215 lbs the most important features for me is a long cockpit for ease of getting in and out and reasonable weight. I settled on a Perception American Islander. It is a 11 footer with a 51" cockpit length. Most of my fishing is done locally when I get time in my busy life. Throw it in the back of the pickup and I can be on the water within minutes.

Pretty cool concept from Point 65 North:

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...odular-trimaran-fishing-kayak?ref=8s119g

I would also suggest you get a kayak with an elevated separate seat. Not just a padded seat that sits down on the surface of the kayak. Huge difference in comfort when floating or fishing for several hours. The seat is almost as important as the boat. A nice boat with an uncomfortable seat will be a source of frustration as long as you own the boat.

The Nucanoe Frontier 12 is really interesting to me.

I favor a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 140. I am large, and need a bigger kayak. I have all but stopped fishing from the yak though, limited mobility makes it almost impossible to reach behind me to get things.