Morgan bought her first fishing license yesterday and we worked on casting and a few retrieve techniques. After sundown and dinner we went out on the pier and tried a popper. It took a few minutes to get the jerk…jerk…pause to get the lure to pop, but she got it. First fish was a 14” LM. It may even have been a spot as the mouth resembled a smallie, but not sure we have those here? Next cast resulted in an overachieving 4 1/2” rock bass and about 10 minutes later a 6” bluegill. I think we have a new fisher person in the fold. 😉

I've got a real short 9.5 perception yak and am ready to upgrade. My budget is low, about 400, so I was looking at the 11.5 lifetime because my current has terrible tracking and its too much effort and time to cover much water with it. But I can also get a jon boat for the same price.. that gives me more space, easy stand up casting, and also and motor to cover way more water than I could on a yak in way less time. But I know that yaks let you get through way shallower water and squeze through tighter corridors, into brush trickets, and flooded treetop thickets. Is there any reason people choose to buy kayaks costing 3k vs getting a fairly nice fishing boat for that price? The main reason I got kayak was so I could get in a boat and on the water with something I could actually affects. Basically I'd like to know what makes people who could afford a decent boat instead opt to drop high dollars on a kayak.

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