07-18-2013, 02:32 AM
After fishing with both, I prefer kayaks. I use a touring yak rigged for fishing. With a touring kayak you have much more control and are less vurnable to the wind. Also, with utah's famous weather changes...If the going gets ruff, you are in a sea worthy vessel. And they can float in 3" of water, a motor boat can't do that. And on reservoirs that don't allow motors, you have a huge advantage compared to shore fisherman and pontoon.
The type of fishing is a huge factor, fly fishing from a sit in kayak is tricky, you are alot closer to the water and almost always have to use side arm casting. Sit on tops are nicer becuase you can stand up, but their tracking isnt as good as a sit in, thus limmiting your range. I think pontoons are easier to fly fish from. Sit it Kayaks have them beat in regards to trolling and overall distance covered.
So overall I like touring kayaks because I can get to areas that shore fisherman, pontoon fisherman, and big boats cant. I feel this is a major advantage.
Just remember that kayaking is a whole other discipline outside of fishing.
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The type of fishing is a huge factor, fly fishing from a sit in kayak is tricky, you are alot closer to the water and almost always have to use side arm casting. Sit on tops are nicer becuase you can stand up, but their tracking isnt as good as a sit in, thus limmiting your range. I think pontoons are easier to fly fish from. Sit it Kayaks have them beat in regards to trolling and overall distance covered.
So overall I like touring kayaks because I can get to areas that shore fisherman, pontoon fisherman, and big boats cant. I feel this is a major advantage.
Just remember that kayaking is a whole other discipline outside of fishing.
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