[quote="Rickey Noel Mitchell"]There are times when I don't even take the rod out of the holder.

I hear you !!!
Just paddleing around in a my Yak is as fun as fishing.

We are thinking about doing a overnighter he in Culter marsh.
From one end of the valley to the other and back is only arouind 20 miles round trip but we wound like to take our time and spend the night. Not a lot of room in our 9' Yaks so we can't take much. Mine has a 300 lb capasity but I think thats pushing it. I weight around 220 and I don't think I would put more than 30 lbs of gear on my Yak. I do wish I had a Yak that was 12-14'' but I do the way mine will fit in my pickup.