Kayak vs Canoe

[threekidspa]

So, if one were considering getting something like these, what makes you pick one over the other? I've had a canoe before, but not a kayak. Anyone out there have or had one that can tell us about it?

[BassCatter]

More room for storage in a Canoe is the reason I go with them.

[BassCatter]

I have a neighbor with two Kayacks........room for them and that's it.

[bpitt]

In our area, canoes just make more sense.

[BassCatter]

I know I swamped the hell out of a guy in a kayack one morning here on the Ski Lake......I was heading North and never saw him......He was like 100 yards from me. My buddy called me on my cell phone when I started fishing a stump flat laughing at me and said did you see the guy you swamped????? I said no......my buddy was driving down West Lake Road and saw the whole thing. it wasn't good daylight and his kayack was like a grey color and had no lights. I was running with nav lights, and when I'm doing 60+ I'm really looking at my path of travel and the immediate area. Slap missed the guy by the bank.

[Fish-Bait]

lol......he shoulda' turned into your wake...Not much wake at 60 mph....

[BassCatter]

I know, I was like what the hell was he doing broaching my wake?!??!

[Flowergirl]

/3kispa, you planning on fishing or just floating in this vessel your inquiring about?

[threekidspa]

floating for the most part, but I could not rule out an occasional cast, you know? But the main think is for floating creeks, rivers & lakes.

[BassCatter]

Canoe TKP

[threekidspa]

Yeah, I'm pretty convinced that's what I'm gonna do. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking something. But hell....no reason a guy couldn't try both if he were to get curious, I guess....

[BassCatter]

Dat's right.............Come up and see me and we'll let you jump in my neighbor's Kayack, then my 320 dollar canoe, and you can figure out which one you want to go down the creek in.

[Flowergirl]

Hubby and I love kayak's for simply viewing the scenery or when scouting for flyfishing.
Otherwise, we use the canoe or chinook. The chinook is easier to handle to me, ( and you can run a trolling motor on it if you want) but is a little heavier than the canoe.

[BassCatter]

The chinook is like the Gheenoe that FB is wanting FG.

[BassCatter]

FG, are you and your Hubby coming on the float trip????????????

[Flowergirl]

I have got to talk to him about it. I would like to.

[Guru]

3KP, I have thought about buying a flat backed canoe a few times. I used to canoe a lot; I called several miles at least once a month a lot anyway. I always rented mine where I went but something that was and is on my mind is if I ever bought one it might be the one with the flat back just in case I wanted to put a small motor on it sometimes. You know, for bigger water than the Okatoma or something. Plus, I have always heard, thought and seen that they looked a lot more stable than a conventional canoe. You can flip a canoe in a second, especially with kids.

[Goobersmooch]

yes definitely a canoe

kayaks are for white water action...canoes are for chillin

and no matter what your friends have said about the okatoma, theres no whitewater action there

[BassCatter]

Goob, you coming on the float trip????????

[Hawkeye]

3KP, the square stern canoe is not a bad way to travel. I've had both. I went to the square stern after flipping by regular canoe when I over-steered it while using a 2.5 Johnson on an outrigger, throttle wide open against strong current.

It was Feb, too, and my friend and I were in full hunting garb with guns and packs. It was a cold, cold creek and we were way down stream. If the canoe had not had flotation in both ends we would have drowned. We damn near froze to death before we made it to fire and dry cloths that day.

A square stern w/2.5 HP will haul ass. Even a guut trolling motor will push you plenty fast if your not against strong current with a heavy load.

[Fish-Bait]

If you are wanting a Kayak go with the top of the line Hobie .. (http://www.hobiecat.com/kayaking/index.html)

Those things are awesome.

[Goobersmooch]

Goob, you coming on the float trip????????

its possible...if you guys lobby for it enough

but probably not

ive never really enjoyed dragging large crowds down the creek...you always have to wait on one of the women, or you get paired with someone who insists on sitting in the back that does nothing but bounce you back and forth across the banks or steer you under snakes hanging on a tree limb

i have so damn many horror stories of stupid people on the creek that it gives me pause every time i get invited to a group float

[bpitt]

Well, if you come, I'll watch your beer for you.

[Fish-Bait]

Yeah, me too....lol.

[BassCatter]

Well you rectify that by taking the stern yourself. Put yer bride up front an come on along!

[Fotno]

Well you all know I like the River Hawk and Gheenoe.I can dig the Old Town Canoe,but what I really want is this...http://www.nativewatercraft.com/print/overview.html
Ultimate 14.5 Tandem Elite

[jake69455]

Hey guys, you're talking to a kayaker here lol. I've got 2 kayaks, both are 12' long, a sit inside kayak (SIK) and a sit on top (SOT). I have made trips down Leaf from Moselle to Eastabutchie, on the Bouie from Macks to Petal, a short trip on the Tallahalla, and on the Black creek from Camp Dantzler to Brooklyn, as well as fishing ponds with them. Both are light enough for one person to carry, and stable enough to fish from. The SOT style is prefered by a lot of fishermen for the safety factor of being able to flip it over and get back if it flips in deep water and you can't reach bottom or the shore. If someone wants to try a float in one, let me know. Always try before you buy if possible, what works for one might not be comfortable for someone else. And they paddle EASY

[Fotno]

Take a look at this thread.http://www.yourhattiesburg.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=3050