Stephen, congrats on your successful day of fishing I am glad you found the post informative, I had originally researched the straightedge kayak but after hearing good reviews from Steve F. at a beer tie I decided to go all in. I am still trying to modify mine so that it doesn't snag when stripping or casting, but duct tape over the oar straps will definitely help. Also, i dried it out completely on the last trip and it made it easy to put back into the bag.
I am looking forward to getting the boat on a smallie trip this summer, it worked and tracked fine on the Chesapeake, even in 5 foot seas one day, but fishing a river like the Shenendoah should be a breeze with the occasional rapids.
-Jereme
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On May 5, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Sparkr <stephenrsparks@gmail.com> wrote:
> After reading an interesting post by Jereme regarding fishing from an
> inflatable kayak, I followed-up and purchased one. Years of kayaking
> both coasts of the US in skirted and sit-on-tops, and white-watering
> in playboats made me a little skeptical of how this inflatable would
> perform. I took it out today fishing in small lake near Fairfield, Pa
> as a maiden voyage. WOW! Very impressive on the water, great
> stability, good tracking and quick enough to get the job done if you
> had to ferry across some quick river water. Because the floor
> inflates as a separate chamber, the bottom is convexly shaped which
> allows water to run to the inside edges of the boat where there are
> self-bailing plugs IF you want to keep water out, but it's really
> unnecessary as the boat was much drier then I anticipated. It takes
> no more then about 10 minutes to unfold, inflate all chambers to
> specs, install the very comfortable high-backed seat (which has
> inflatable lumbar support). Living in an apartment make this an ideal
> choice, if you're in the same situation that I am in terms of space.
> It folds up into a durable duffle that fits into the trunk of my
> car.
>
> I did manage to catch about 6 sunfish and 3 crappie (all on a black/
> sparkle wolly-bugger) which made the day all the more enjoyable. My
> new options with this kayak has me more excited then ever to get into
> some bigger water which Jereme has already posted about with this
> model.
>
> Thank you Jereme for your original post!
>
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