Canoe advice

Oh....
https://www.paddlerscove.com/brands/Wilderness-system-Kayaks.html?page=4

 

Another thing about The Ride...
The bottom is concave so it kinda acts like a pontoon boat and it makes them very stable.

 

@Tundra Texan ,

Thank you for all the info. I appreciate it. That does look very nice for sure!

 

Fishing in the Gulf in a Kayak is known as the Texas Sleigh Ride.
You hook a ten foot shark and it's on!!!!
That MFer will drag you for miles!!
When they start heading for deep water you wont be able to turn the big ones.
You just cut the line.

 

We put what are called anchor trollies on both sides of the Yak.
You can slide the mount point of the anchor from front to back depending on the current.
You definitely want it in front if the current is strong.

 

That was something I would love to try as well. Saw several online doing it, and thought how cool. But I wouldn't know when to let go either so I would probably die being dragged under. I bet it is fun though!

The other thing I want to do is go for a Marlin. Shark is the first on my list. Was in FL last year and caught a little hammer head. But I want to get a good size shark of any kind now.

 

Not sure if I heard of those before. But I know more about Canoeing than Kayaking for sure.

 

Not many people have unless they go offshore fishing.
Cant remember the name of the YouTube channel but it's all about going offshore and fishing in a yak.
Learned alot from those guys.
It's not something you wanna do if you dont have a clue.
Doing a lot of Saltwater fishing in my actual boat I already had a good grasp of what to expect.

 

Most of my offshore has been on center console sport fisher. Usually with a couple of outboards, some pole racks, and lots of bait. Never tried in the kayak. It looks awesome though!

I am assuming, based on the conversation, that you have been doing a lot of this kind of fishing?

 

Both Kayak as well as power boats.
Had a Skeeter Bass Boat,then the Center Console.
Boatless at the moment other than the Kayaks.

 

The Wife and I along with my Brother and His Girlfriend used to do a canoe trip down the Colorado River here in Texas.
Went from Smithville to Lagrange,yes the Lagrange from the ZZ Top song.
Took two days,we'd camp on an island about halfway.
You wouldnt see another soul the whole trip it was way out in the boonies!!!
Really Cool trip!!! There were a few minor rapids on the trip but smooth for the most part with a light current.
Great Bass Fishing and Catfish.
The hardest part was keeping the beer cold.
You used two ice chests per boat. One for the first day and the other taped shut with towels covering it to keep the ice from melting for the next.
Surprising enough when you opened the second ice chest there was very little melted ice.
As long as you didnt open a close it constantly the ice lasted a long time even with mid 90's temps.

 

That sounds like a blast! When I can get the time, I may start prepping for a trip like that with a canoe.

Never owned a boat myself. Always just went with friends, or borrowed one.

Some of the coolers now are pretty good. We have one that latches down (non Yeti), and it does a really good job keeping things cold.

 

These were just the high end Igloos.
They always came in white. It was crazy how long the ice lasted using them!!!

 

Igloo makes some good stuff.

I don't know about you, but I have found that sometimes the smaller, or just common stuff works as good as the fancy name stuff. This is not across the board, of course, but I have found that some of my best items I use are the ones that everyone else passes over because it didn't have the fancy name stamped on it.

Just my observation.

 

Was just going to say this. Most of those old towns are twinnies. Sit at the bow, face the stern, and you're GTG, @TRDGoodness

 

Thanks. I will try that when I get a chance to go out. Not sure when that will be, just yet, but hoping for some time this summer.

 

You can get both from Igloo.
Cheap or expensive....it really makes a difference.
I think I mentioned this..we each had two large ice chests.
One for beer food and what not.
And one packed with ice,taped shut and covered in towels.
Were talking 90 degree plus weather.
When we eventually opened the back up Ice chest the next day there was virtually Zero melted ice.
I was Shocked!!!
Thought for sure it would be half gone.