A canoe also has the advantage of adding an electric trolling motor, if you wish. The long paddle or double-blade is used for getting from place to place while the shorter one is used for one-handed maneuvering. I always have a long and short paddle or a double-bladed kayak paddle and a short single. A canoe is propelled with a single-blade paddle that, when not in use, can be quickly dropped to the deck. Make sure you use a tether on your paddle so it doesn’t escape. To move, you have to put down your pole and pick up the paddle. A kayak uses only a two-bladed paddle, and when not in use it’s usually balanced across the cockpit or has to be fastened along the deck. This allows me to use a stadium-type seat with a back without raising my center of gravity. In a canoe, I can also lower the webbed seat using 4-inch pieces of PVC pipe as spacers. In a canoe, I can squirm, wiggle, crouch or kneel and even stand to alleviate pressure on my lower back. My back goes spastic with that bent knee/straight leg position. In a canoe, you sit higher, which is less stable but your legs are bent and you can squirm around easier. You can only face forward, and twisting around to look behind is difficult. You sit with legs bent or straight-out flat. This puts your center of gravity low and adds stability. Most fishing kayaks are usually a sit-on-top style.
Knowing my bias, let me give you the pros and cons of each.įor me, comfort is the first consideration. But I’ve fished from kayaks and keep trying them, but I always come back to my trusty canoe. Now I will admit I’m an unabashed canoeist and probably fish as much from my canoe as my boat. Having made my annual pilgrimage to Canoecopia, I was amazed at the number of fishing kayaks that were presented.
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