I’ve thought about getting kayaks before, but I’m a klutz and don’t fancy the idea of being in great white country on a skinny boat. Your yak looks pretty stable, I’d consider a yak in freshwater but on the ocean I’m sticking to the bigger boats.
This is my third in a year. The first one, I dragged too much. It was a few
Months after my back surgery and I had trouble carrying the 89 lb yak. So I wore a hole in the bottom and sank it. Luckily, I made it almost to an island in the middle of this lake. I had to drain it and paddle like hell to the shore.
My second kayak I had for two weeks before I got this one-which was what I had wanted for six months but it was sold out.
This new kayak is very stable, as was my first one a sun dolphin Kingsport 12. I can stand on my new one and could stand and fish from the Kingsport as well. I have never felt like I would tip except when I sank the other one. It is no fault of that kayak-it was
Mine for dragging it. I have repaired that kayak and offered it to my friend.
I did not love my second kayak. Only had it out once. It was a bass pro shops ascend 12t, which run $650. My Kingsport was $550 on sale and my new one was $750.
Notes about kayaks.
1. Do your research. Know what you want and watch as many videos on YouTube as you can find. Do not just buy a cheap one. You can get deals and find them on sale.
2. Take care of them. Don’t drag them like I did.
3. The hardest part for me is loading and securing the kayak. This one is heavy as the other one-80 lbs. don’t think “oh, it’s
Only 80 lbs, I can lift that.” It is very unwieldy and spread out weight that can be tough to maneuver. I can lift a shit ton even after my back surgery, but carrying these things and loading them can be tough. I lost mine on top of my jeep and secure it using straps, but sometimes it salutes a bit. So having a good system is key-kayak racks would be best, but I don’t want to spend the several hundred dollars for cross bars and a rack. So I bought relatively inexpensive ones and use yoga mats to avoid scratching my car anymore than I did when I was learning how to do it.
4. Kayaks open a whole new world to fishing. I catch more and bigger fish than I ever have before. I can reach areas other anglers can’t and can take more equipment. Just started using a fish finder-but mostly for depth reasons. It has not helped me catch anything yet-I still rely on knowing where the fish will be-under logs and I use top water which is my favorite way to catch them.
Hit my first bass of the year. I got a new kayak I named Freya and have been out a few times. Missed a couple of big bass on two occasions and finally got one on the line. Lost two others that night. She was fat and full of eggs.
New kayak is a perception outlaw 11.5. I had been trying to find one for months and they weren’t available so I bought a used kayak only to find out they were in stock again. Bought one and sold the other one the same day. 
