Kayak fishing

[TreeDoc]

Ironic, Tater. This past week I have been researching the bajeesuz out of Kayak Fishing. I have some of the best Rock and Halibut fishing not 15 minutes from my front door. My buddy and I have spent 1 weekend day on the water in the
Offshore Boat nailing big rock fish for just about the entire summer and now I want to get in close for the halibut as well as some excercise.

Even though I live in a virtual kayak "mecca", Wilderness Systems doesn't have a dealer network that I am able to find out near me. I would like to try a Tarpon 140 but will probably buy a Prowler 13 or maybe a 15 by Ocean Kayak. We're going to a "Demo Day" on Saturday to try and maybe buy.

I'm not totally familiar with your 'yak but from what I've been reading, rudders will help in the manueverability of longer 'yaks and would likely help you with a shorter yak but tracking is inherent in the design of the hull. With these designated fishing models they seem to be designing stability and tracking into the hull where with the conventional yak's it has been one or the other. Those rudders are expensive too but it seems from what I have read that they really help the maneuvering of the big yaks (15'-17') more than anything.

Can't wait to get going with this. Already have my live bait well figured out and will have a compass, GPS, and fishfinder rigged for it as well. This sport is getting gobs of attention now!