its profound how buying a kayak really opened up fishing for me.

[J Francho]

I've been kayak fishing for over a dozen years now.  Really, the big deal with any craft is getting off the bank.  It opens up so much more waters to fish.  You can do that in a kayak, a tube, a rowboat, canoe, or a 20' bass boat.  Pick your favorite, they all work.

[Krux5506]

Random story but this thread got me thinking about it - years ago an old timer fly fisherman told me fly fishing is the cheapest kind of fishing. I was perplexed by this, as I was standing in his shop pretty unenthusiastic at the price of an 8wt salmon rod/reel I was thinking I wanted, and then thinking of all the other necessary gear I had bought over the years. 

 

He told me to start adding up the costs of bass fishing with all the lures, rods/reels, boats, kayaks, trucks to pull the boats, electronics etc. At the time I barely bass fished so I just shrugged it off as being part of his sales pitch. Fast forward a decade and I think now I know exactly what he meant. 

[VolFan]

I’ve been kayak fishing since around ‘97 or ‘98. My first boat was a Dagger Delta sit-in. It’s all about getting off the bank so you can get to more water and have more room for casting angles. Everything past that is gravy. A lot of the boats nowadays with motors and sonar that weigh north of 120 are really just small boats to me. But they work for their purpose 

Now get off my lawn.

[LrgmouthShad]

Yak back in the winter. Yeah, kayak fishing is the deal. On these small ponds with less time I go without the cooler and fish finder these days and stand to fish.

 

sorry about sideways pic