Quote Originally Posted by Randolph Dupree View Post
Thanks guys. I've been out now 5 or 6 times and I'm hooked. Nothing better than coming in with a load of specs for supper.

Price isn't a huge issue, but I doubt I'm going for the $3,500 rig right off the bat. Whatever I buy will get used, may not be on the marsh as much but in the swamp and my local spots for sure. I'm looking at the KC, a Cabela's version, and a couple others but plan to check out the others that y'all have listed. I've been in a few cheap versions and I think stability is going to be my number one goal. I plan to use it for wood duck shoots in my swamp too, plus I'm looking for something I could stand up in every now and then. Got into the fly fishing a few years back and plan to try some of that when conditions are right.

We launch near Ft. Pike and run across the lake to the marsh, not sure I'd want to try that in a yak though. Once you guys launch, let's just say in BSL, how far is it from where you launch to where you fish? Keep in mind my experience is all marsh, so that's what's in my mind but my goal is to catch reds, and specs (mainly specs).
From my favorite launch (Henderson point) it's about a 5min paddle in either direction to where I start fishing. The one thing that will frustrate the hell out of you in MS is the new 15" trout limit or at least it sure does me. I have some friends that love to kayak fish the marsh, but are leary about the "open water". Once you get in these parts of BSL in a kayak, you'll quickly realize it's not a big deal.

My Cuda is very stable compared to my previous yaks. I can stand and fish in the marsh and take a leak in open water easily. Others are definitely more stable, but I have no issues.

Now, night fishing in a kayak is a little farther paddle from there, but....worth it.