There are several factors many people select a sit-on-top kayak for capturing fish.
Adaptability & Comfort
This is a biggie. Among the large reasons that cool fishing kayaks has removed over the last couple of years is because of the SOT (Sit-On Top).
In the old days of SIK (Sit-In-Kayaks) the paddler is constrained to a pretty little cockpit. Currently, that’s penalty for paddling around. Especially if you wish to do it quickly. As long as you had some experience, and were practiced in rolling (Eskimo) you understood you could navigate securely, whatever was tossed at you.
The trouble with SIKs was that being confined to a small cockpit indicated you could not move around the actual kayak very well in any way.
Having the ability to openly move. Draw in. Cast. Get your equipment established. These are all the little points that fishing people need to do, and SOTs are a big benefit below.
Not just that, but SOTs allow you to stand up on the ‘yak, which is great for having more of a bird’s- eye sight of what’s really taking place down there! Having the freedom to walk around also allows the kayaker stretch as well as walk around. So you can avoid angling for longer. Win!
If you’re stuck in the one setting and incapable to walk around easily, then to start with, there a opportunity that you will certainly start really feeling claustrophobic. And second of all, the possibilities of pains and also discomforts embeding in increases. Both are a result of sitting in the one position regularly.
Angling In Shallow Waters
This is kinda still within the versatility category over, but hey, we intended to break it up a little!
A SOT angling kayak allows you to easily enter and also out of the kayak. Got waders? Well, you can easily leap out as well as fish from outside the ‘yak.
That’s not so very easy in a sit-in kayak. It can be a little bit of a pain entering as well as out of these, specifically if you’re doing it all day. As a matter of fact, there’s even more chance of tipping over the kayak when putting on waders.