Since using a kayak I have seen a lot more deer, weasels/mink, beavers, raccoons eagles were always common even when on foot. With the kayak I got about 10 yards from a fisher we both just sat there and stared at each other for about 10 minutes. I missed several hits in that time as I dead sticked a fluke not wanting to move admiring the fisher. It was the first one I had ever seen I didn't even know they were around my area other then knowing there was a trapping season for them.