CL kayak deal opinions needed

newb tryin to get in, lookin for kayak. comments on this deal appreciated.



http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/boa/193140244.html

KAYAK FISHING - $700 (pittsburg
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Date: 2006-08-11, 9:23PM PDT
I have had this kayak on here before sorry if I didnt contact those who responded but it was sending all the e-mail to my junk box
FIRM $700 with depth/fishfinder
I have a little over $1000 on it everything you see here (not the fishing poles) ready to fish

In my opinion....That looks like a Necky Dolphin--great surfing and light touring open-deck kayak because it is easy to edge. Not great for fishing though: hatches are small and hard to get into (there are neoprene covers under the plastic covers on the hatches). I fished on in lakes (Crowley and O'Neil Forebay) and it was fine. I would not take it in the ocean if I needed to store anything in the hatches--very hard to get open and closed while on the water.

This looks like the same yak that flipped at the Oyster Pt. Derby.
I know it's the exact same make and model, might be the same owner; I remember the white poles he was fishing with and he lost one when he flipped. I totally forgot his name.

I don't know much about yaks, but it looks good.

Dolphins have a very rounded profile--little chine. That's why they are great eding boats for surfing but that also makes them 'tippy' and that is not what you want for Bay and Ocean. Great in a lake though. I'll be that's why he flipped--in the Bay no less.