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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 2, 2012 at 2:30am: @ David - Im in South Carolina, but just a stones throw from GA's eastern border. My county, Aiken CO., has the Savannah River as it's western edge.

Tomorrow night I'll be having date night dinner with Lori, my wife, in Augusta, GA.

The ATL metro area is fast growing and an economic hub. Unless you are independently wealthy, it would be a good place for relocation. In my experience, getting the momentum to move is much harder than picking the place!

Comment by David Dillman on March 2, 2012 at 2:10am: Well David your kyack looks very cool and practical. I see no flaws with it since your going to have a anchoring system. Float tubes don't work well in rivers and streams, so I see your logic.
Do you live in Georgia? I have been thinking of moving their to move closer to my parents who are getting up in age. I was thinking of moving on the out skirts of Atlanta. Well see.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 1, 2012 at 5:43pm: Thanks David. The Ultimate 12 comes equipped with a gunwale anchor trolley on each side. This lets you run an anchor fore or aft, to anchor bow or stern first as you choose. I intend to use a large chain segment of about 3 pounds weight as an anchor. This will be sheathed in vinyl to prevent boat rash. Such a chain anchor is nearly snag proof and cheap to make. It can hold steady in calm waters or serve as a drag anchor in flowing water.

The whole reason the get a hybrid like the Ultimate is to "work the water," as I like to put it. Another term I've used for the concept is "poke fishing." Going slow and easy, meticulously digging into all the nooks and crannies is the trick. Back when I ran in canoes, it was not uncommon for me to be only a few hundred yards from my starting point - after hours of fishing!

At the same time, I have the opportunity fish several types of water:

a. large streams

b. medium rivers

c. small ponds

d. lakes

e. Massive southern impoundments.

There really is no single boat that could manage all these different waters. I must, by default, seek a compromise. I feel the Ultimate line of boats is that ideal blend of slow and fast, with rugged proven performance thrown in.

Someday, I will probably get enlightened and get a tube. For the time being the Ultimate 12 will get me by. Here's a nice link to what will likely be my main style of fishing with this boat:

http://georgiariverfishing.com/GAarticles/Ultimate12/Ultimate12.htm

Comment by David Dillman on March 1, 2012 at 1:04pm: David

I see that your looking at a kyac. I prefer a float tube because you work the water more thoroughly. In a kyack you float to fast to properly work the bank and catch all the fish. This is from personal observation. I went down to Victoria Il where there are old strip mines that the state has made into a fish and wild life area. I was catching quite a few blue gill and green sun fish and even some small bass. This guy in a kyack comes by and asks me how I am doing. I tell him. I am still working the first half of the strip pit, 30 min later this he by on the other side of the strip pit. I ask him how he is doing. He said he caught two gills and a bass. I thought to myself your going way to fast, because, I have caught between 30 and 40 gills, green sunfish and bass.

So the moral of the story is if you buy a kyak get and anchor so you can work the bank properly.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 25, 2012 at 1:27pm: @ Jen... I'm one of those who reckons that anything can happen. Of course, in the water, its much worse when it does! I'd prefer a lanyard of some kind.

Comment by Jen Nayfly on February 25, 2012 at 11:26am: Doesn't really matter if fins sink, you're not taking them off till your feet comfortably hit bottom while still sitting in the float tube which means water is maybe a foot deep. I've never had any come unclasped while kicking.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 24, 2012 at 9:40pm: Floating fins would probably be a pain, Dick, always trying to upset your balance.

Still, a lot less bother than a boat LOL

Comment by dick tabbert on February 24, 2012 at 8:07pm: David they sink you do have something that attaches them to your leg so they don't sink to the bottom of the lake when and if they do come off. They do make fins that float though but not specifically for the float tube that I'm aware of.