Now what?

I'm really excited about purchasing a revo13 over the weekend from another NCKA.  Huang was very helpful, but as a newbie, the info was a bit overwhelming and did not quite obsorb all the info.  I'm over the hump of convincing the wife about getting into kayak fishing, now, i need to quietly accumulate the accessories needed to get in the water.   I believe I need to buy the following: vhf radio, portable gps, dry suit, and fishfinder.  Here are my projected budget:

vhf radio & gps - $150/each
dry suit - $500  (currently I have found a used/unworned kokatat meridian for $500)
fish finder - up to $300 (I can be flexible if it means I can catch more fish) : )

I'm going to start in lakes and reservoirs for a while until I'm confidence being in the kayak and willing to take on more.  Anyway, thanks in advance for your advice. 

Thao

A dry suit is great, however you may find that a set of "farmer john" wetsuit bottoms and a nice all-weather jacket will be better suited for lakes/rivers at 1/5 the cost.  Money better spent on a quality life jacket, vhf radio & gps/fishfinder.

~Bill

I'm really excited about purchasing a revo13 over the weekend from another NCKA.  Huang was very helpful, but as a newbie, the info was a bit overwhelming and did not quite obsorb all the info.  I'm over the hump of convincing the wife about getting into kayak fishing, now, i need to quietly accumulate the accessories needed to get in the water.   I believe I need to buy the following: vhf radio, portable gps, dry suit, and fishfinder.  Here are my projected budget:

vhf radio & gps - $150/each
dry suit - $500  (currently I have found a used/unworned kokatat meridian for $500)
fish finder - up to $300 (I can be flexible if it means I can catch more fish) : )

I'm going to start in lakes and reservoirs for a while until I'm confidence being in the kayak and willing to take on more.  Anyway, thanks in advance for your advice. 

Thao

If your going to start in lakes and reservoirs, skip on the drysuit for now.  You will be way too hot in it during the summer on the lakes.  Then I would still start out with a decent farmer john style wetsuit and paddling jacket before jumping into a DS.  You can also purchase a FishFinder with a GPS for around 300 and skip on the handheld.  Buy a $100 VHF (WM or Standard Horizon) and pay the extra for the extended warranty for around 20-30 bucks.  It's worth it to buy it for the FF too for peace of mind.

There now your $1100 dollars in acessories is just about $450.   

And before you buy any of those accessories, buy a good fishing pfd.

And before you buy any of those accessories, buy a good fishing pfd.

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