Kayak Advice

[martom]

Thinking of buying a kayak. Was wondering if the anchors are working yet. Also, would like to know about maintenance costs vs rental costs. Any opinions on Kayak DLC vs buying one in the store? Any other relevant info would be appreciated.

[SHADOW]

yes the anchors work now and the repair cost is really cheap most times and the DLC is not worth buying

[Valentine]

Yeah definetly buy the one from the store, there are certain species like the sauger in New York, you can't reach without one. Do note there are achievements for letting a fish pull you, and rolling your kayak.

[martom]

OK, thanks a lot guys. I think I will buy one from the store. BTW, has anybody used a kayak much in Alberta?

[Ace Lightning]

just remeber the stam on the kayak is garbage ,you run out before you even get up to speed other than that its worth getting becouse it keeps those anoying avatars from getting infront of you the whole time

[dudy]

Originally posted by Ace Lightning:

just remeber the stam on the kayak is garbage ,you run out before you even get up to speed other than that its worth getting becouse it keeps those anoying avatars from getting infront of you the whole time

You do know that avatars can be turned off don't you?

[LordDarkHelmet]

Kayak's are just like putting lipstick on a pig lol , don't really do anything othen then add a different way to approach the same hot spots from shore.

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by LordDarkHelmet:

Kayak's are just like putting lipstick on a pig lol , don't really do anything othen then add a different way to approach the same hot spots from shore.

That was going to be my next question; do they really allow you to reach anyplace that a solid long casting rod can't?

If not, what value are they?

[halladay]

@ Martom Without the boat the prime whitefish spots are out of range.

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by halladay:

@ Martom Without the boat the prime whitefish spots are out of range.

Good to know, hopefully there are unreachable areas in pretty much every lake or stream that they can be used on, otherwise it just doesn’t make sense to fork over the cash for one.

Hopefully a few more kayak owners will respond.

[Falcon]

Kayaks just make life better on all waterways where you can use them. There are a few uni spots only accessible by boat in CA, NY, and OR. I won't ruin the fun for you by naming names.

Pro tip: get the green one. Well worth the $35k or whatever they charge in the shop if you're at a place where you're not in a cash pinch. That's less than a top level reel, and adds quite a bit to the game, imo.

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by jazebiker:

Kayaks just make life better on all waterways where you can use them. There are a few uni spots only accessible by boat in CA, NY, and OR. I won't ruin the fun for you by naming names.

Pro tip: get the green one. Well worth the $35k or whatever they charge in the shop if you're at a place where you're not in a cash pinch. That's less than a top level reel, and adds quite a bit to the game, imo.

Great response...since I could not easily see what the heck the difference was between the models.

They all seemed to be pretty much the same aside from their weight. What makes the green one superior in your opinion?

[JeppeH]

Unique Sauger in New York and blue cats in Michigan is (as far as I know) the only fish you need kayak to catch. Otherwize all unique fishes can be caught from land.
In my opinion kayaks are (at this stage) irrelevant. Wish they brought something more to the table than it does.

[Julian]

The Kayaks are great for getting a better position/angle to the spot you want to fish, I brought the SilverGull once I had enough money so I wouldn't be buying the same thing more than once. This did delay my quest for a XXL keepnet, but hey, what's done is done. I am unaware of any real differences between the Kayaks. Although not essential they are handy.

[treebeard60]

Get one from the store. Alberta is a good place to use one too. You will get all the achievements for them there easy.
Also when you run out of "energy" for the paddling,don't stop just keep going. 1mph slower than fully charged only.

[Marshall_maz]

I was fishing at Alberta this week , I went out on Kayak and nowhere deep out of range of the docks I could catch anything. Tried that whole back shore of the whole lake , nothing. So I don't see the use for one there or I probably didn't find the 1 golden spot back there. Went back to the docks and caught fish again.