Help finding a fishing kayak

[Haris122]

Don't own any canoes, but if you're willing to settle for a not-so-fishing-only kayak, I think the sit-in ones are actually pretty light, and I'd say relatively easy to load. I have, a 9.5 foot Perception Swifty and it's plenty light, and you can reach inside the hull, basically having the seating area resting on your shoulder while holding the outside rim with the other hand, and from there on it's pretty easy to get it on the roof.

I recently got a Field and Stream Shadow Caster, which is a real, sit on top fishing kayak, and in the water I like it, but I have to say it is a real pain in the butt to load and offload from the roof. That thing is about a 100 lbs, but what's worse is that there's very few good leverage points. It's really wide, long, and being a sit on top, just really doesn't provide anywhere near the leverage to rest it for a second before proceeding to putting it on the roof.

Downside to the sit-in non-fishing ones however is that there's limited room both for you and you're equipment, and after a while, having to continue keeping your legs stretched out, just adds to the discomfort. But if you were to only have 1 or maybe 2 rods, and just a little bit of tackle with you, and not plan on being on the water all day, that kind could be made to work pretty good after installing a rod holder or two. Best of all would be that they're much cheaper too.

[ramman123]

A great basic fishing sit in kayak is a Malibu Sierra 10 it weighs 48#

Malibu's Sit on tops are very well worth the Money spent as well

 

 

[Moswimb8slinger]

Outfitting a small jet ski trailer to carry your canoe can prevent having to load it on top of your 4runner. Some of the kayak fisherman who either have larger kayaks (100 plus pounds) or don't want to remove all the accessories, have small trailers to tow them around with.

[Pat Magee]

On 9/13/2016 at 10:15 AM, ramman123 said:

A great basic fishing sit in kayak is a Malibu Sierra 10 it weighs 48#

Malibu's Sit on tops are very well worth the Money spent as well

 

 

I had a Mini-x for a couple seasons.  Most uncomfortable seat I have ever been in! They were light and easy to carry solo but geez did that thing make my @ss fall asleep! 

[Gavin]

Did you find one yet? Or were you just navel gazing?