Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Power Equipment & RV => Topic started by: jdb on April 17, 2016, 05:15:47 PM
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I'm looking to buy a water craft for time on the yakima river. I was convinced a pontoon boat was what I wanted but I'm wondering about kayaks? Any input?
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For recreational or some utility purpose? Planning to run in deep water?
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I'll use it for fishing, and hunting. I guess I'd like to be able to take it to lakes which I guess qualifies as deep water
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Pontoon.
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for the river kayaks, the shorter ones are more maneuverable and the longer ones are faster and can generally carry more. Kayaks tend to need deeper water than a pontoon. Kayaking in a shallow river, the kayak will hang up on a rock then the water will tend to turn you perpendicular and flip you over. You have to climb out, generally undo the skirt attachment slows you a little too. And then getting back in you need to find a launch point again, hook the skirt up, etc. For a pontoon, you can hop off and slide it over a shallow area and hop back on, back on your way. But if you use on a lake, a pontoon kind of sucks. Wind blows you around and they don't row as nicely or fast as a kayak.
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Cataraft
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sit on fishing kayak not sit in kayak.
