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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