Thanks for sharing. Great info and I appreciate the work you all do. Most of what we buy comes through the bay

I'm about to spend $900 or less on a paddle kayak and will be testing out some kayaks this weekend in Lodi.  Any advice from anyone with experience will help as i am a newbie to this.  I plan to fish lakes (no rivers or oceans) and perhaps the delta once i gain enough experience.  My budget is tight but the vibe seaghosts seem to get nothing but positive reviews and the 110 and 130 will fit in my budget.  I am 6 2 and 210lbs.  My center of gravity is high so I do not anticipate standing.

I use the Plano 3600 softsider on the boat. It holds 3 of the tackle organizer boxes. I have 9 of them 3 for salmon, 3 for ocean fishing, 3 for lake fishing. All 3 sets have fuses for FF battery. Now for my main storage I have 3 large Plano’s and 3 dedicated cubbirds as well as 2 drawers.

I like this.  Currently I use my kids old and discarded backpacks to carry my tackle boxes 

Sounds good.  I plan to be at Headwaters for their kayak demo day on the 21st and try out as many as I can.  The goal is to get some paddle time on the water so I can make a good choice.  Looking at kayaks on the internet can only help so much.  Is that a 15 foot kayak or does wilderness label in inches

Thank all of you for the welcome.  I hope to have a kayak in the next month or two.  Hiking the banks of lakes is good exercise but not good fishing.  My internet research points me to the vibe seaghost 130 or the feelfree moken 12.5.  Hopefully, once I can get some actual on the water research with those two and others in the same price range i will be able to hike less and fish more. 

Hello, I'm new and about to get into kayak angling.  I plan to head down to Headwaters Kayak and test paddle as many kayaks under $1,000 that I can during paddlefest.  Until then, I am stuck on the bank or wading into a river.