Thanks, Jer. The seat is great! That was high on my list of priorities, along with good stability and a weight capacity that can hold a person of substantial proportions.
Thanks, Jack. She thinks the whole thing is hers!
(Just ignore the disaster that is our garage at the moment!
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Back in Arkansas we always fished for bass, and I've heard that Minnetonka is great for largemouth, so I'll definitely be doing some bass fishing, but I'd like to get into walleye fishing, as well. In high school I had a friend whose uncle lived in Minnesota (in Glenwood, up near Alexandria), and we used to come up for a week of fishing at the end of the school year. Every year we'd fish for walleye, but we weren't very good at it; in three years, I caught exactly one walleye.
Eventually we'd get bored and work the shoreline for bass. Ended up unintentionally catching a ton of Northern Pike doing that!
Thanks, GT. Yeah, this thing is purpose-built for kayak fishing. You can even stand up and fish in it! I tried that out a few times yesterday -- in shallow water, near shore
-- and it may take a little practice to get my sea legs (or lake legs), but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it. I've paddled canoes before, but I've never been in a sit-inside kayak. I'm not sure my back and legs would appreciate it.