New to kayaking

[Jeff Maberry]

We decided to try getting some kayaks to fish out of (wife and myself).  I got the ascend H12 and wife got a sun dolphin ss10, we went to council bluff lake to try them out for the first time and decided to leave fishing equipment in the tahoe until we got used to the kayaks. My wife did a surprise safety check on how life jackets work while first getting into her kayak it worked great, I was to smart to laugh at her thinking I would never get her back out in one again.  So we traveled around the edge of the lake for a little while and she had all kind of trouble trying to go in a straight line, we used double and single paddles the single was better for her. The ascend H12 did excellent easy to paddle, real stable and has a 40lb weight capacity which is one of the reasons I went with it, so back at the dock the wife tried out the ascend and she had no problems with stability or tracking so we will be getting another one soon. Next trip I will bring the poles and not be worried about floating my hat.