THE RIGHT ‘YAK

I’VE always loved boats and, until recently, considered kayaks a “cheaper” alternative to boat fishing. I’ve owned and fished from kayaks for the past 25 years. Most of my kayak fishing has been done in the smaller creeks, dams and shallow water estuaries; in other words, places I can’t access from a boat. That naturally influenced the type of kayak I owned, which was usually small, lightweight and simple. I shied away from the larger pedal models and opted for an