re: What's with the kayak craze?

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. You have to spend money EVERY single time you go

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so what

I have a job

It's funny cause I'm fat???

I don't think anyone is going to say that a kayak has more advantages, especially when fishing, as a motorized boat, but they do have their uses

My main reasons for a kayak over a boat;

- weight
- ease of handle
- zero maintenance
- it's quiet
- no registration
- exercise

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in the cooler

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But what's the biggest cooler you can fit? Last thing I want to do on a fishing trip is run out of beer.

“Why can’t we all just get along?” – Rodney King

If a kayak offers someone a chance to get out on the water, more power to em. I doubt in a perfect world, anyone would say they wouldn’t want a boat that suits their needs (be it offshore, bay, bass, surface drive, etc…) but circumstances sometimes dictate otherwise.

I bought a yak a few years back because it was way more convenient to just throw it in my truck and head south than line up buddies, get the boat, fix whatever problems were wrong with it this week, tow it down, fill it up, bring it back, wash it, bring it back to my dad’s shed. Instead if I wake up on a Friday morning and want to head out after lunch, kayak goes in the bed of the truck and I’m fishing by 1. Text a few buddies to see if they want to meet me, but if not, I’m still good to go. I have a house with a bunch of land but I don’t want to get a boat and store it outside. I can hang my kayak in my garage where it takes up minimal room.

Launch anywhere
Paddle anywhere
See a pond you can’t get to, drag your yak over the marsh to it
Virtually free after the initial cost
Nothing to break on it

Mine has under deck storage, front deck storage, rear deck storage. I’m rigged up to carry 3 rods which is the same amount I bring when I’m in a boat. I can fit a 34qt ice chest sideways on the back deck plus my milk crate with my tackle bag and other stuff. I keep a small igloo on the front deck that nicely holds my miller lite pint bottles. If you need more than that, you’re doing it wrong.

Also, the whole “I don’t want to have to paddle my arse everywhere all day” argument is bunk. A) it’s not like you’re paddling a 20’ bay boat around and b) yall do realize that you don’t just paddle nonstop for 10 miles straight and fish and paddle back. You paddle a little, hit a spot, paddle a little more, hit a spot, rinse and repeat.

I like fishing either way, and if I’m going with a group, no doubt the boat is the way to go. But the 90% of the time it’s just me, the kayak makes more sense.

You and hardhead clearly missed the point. You said that it wasn't to save money, that I spend $1000 on a yak and you spent $900, but you still have expenses (gas, maintenance, etc)

If someone wanted to save money, then they're done at $1000 with the yak, but you've already gone well past that with gas after 7 or 8 years.

And I have a job also, I'm not trying to save money with a yak, my reasons are different, just explaining that a yak is a very good option if you don't have cash and want to get on the water.

Not everyone is running $900 jon boats around the marsh.


Not really difficult to comprehend that a kayak saves money.

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that little gas money is well spent compared to working arse off trying to paddle around all day. too easy to run up and down the river all day with the big motor and troll around the lake all day from the comfort of my seat, plus me and 3-4 buddies can load up and spend the day together tearing them up without having to paddle the dam thing around

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Maybe some folks like paddling, solitude, quiet and prefer to spend that money on something else.

I've got a couple of boats, but there are times a kayak is preferred.

Here are a few reasons: