labrax

Many thanks to you all for your great messages and useful information. I'll keep you all abreast of my progress and doubtless trials and tribulations. I'll probably wait until things warm up a little before my maiden voyage ! In the mean time I've enjoyed looking through the kindly provided links....there's a lot to learn by the looks of things.

Hi all Been looking through the postings and it would appear that you've got a good little community on the go. I've never even sat on a yak as yet but I had mentioned it to the missus a couple of times that it looked like fun so imagine my suprise when presented with a Perception Gemini for christmas. She either loves me or wants rid of me.......mmmmmmmmmmm could be the later me thinks ! I'm a keen bass angler living in Hove East Sussex so I will be hoping to use the yak for getting a slightly differnet perspective on my shore marks, especially the rough ground ones. I havent got a clue as to whether or not the yak is suitable for fishing , any ideas on that. I havent seen them mentioned in any postings. I guess I should start off with a little instruction before diving in too deep (bad use of words I know) but I guess I'll be looking for advice with regard to safe use and fitting out in the future. I will obviously be getting some sort of life jacket and flares etc but any advice more than welcome on that and on what paddle to start with ? I'm 5 foot 11 and 13 stone if that makes any difference and funds slightly are limited. Thanks in advance for any info you think I should have before endangering my self too much.