Advance Elements StraitEdge Angler Inflatable Kayak

[Sparkr]

After reading an interesting post by Jereme regarding fishing from an
inflatable kayak, I followed-up and purchased one. Years of kayaking
both coasts of the US in skirted and sit-on-tops, and white-watering
in playboats made me a little skeptical of how this inflatable would
perform. I took it out today fishing in small lake near Fairfield, Pa
as a maiden voyage. WOW! Very impressive on the water, great
stability, good tracking and quick enough to get the job done if you
had to ferry across some quick river water. Because the floor
inflates as a separate chamber, the bottom is convexly shaped which
allows water to run to the inside edges of the boat where there are
self-bailing plugs IF you want to keep water out, but it's really
unnecessary as the boat was much drier then I anticipated. It takes
no more then about 10 minutes to unfold, inflate all chambers to
specs, install the very comfortable high-backed seat (which has
inflatable lumbar support). Living in an apartment make this an ideal
choice, if you're in the same situation that I am in terms of space.
It folds up into a durable duffle that fits into the trunk of my
car.

I did manage to catch about 6 sunfish and 3 crappie (all on a black/
sparkle wolly-bugger) which made the day all the more enjoyable. My
new options with this kayak has me more excited then ever to get into
some bigger water which Jereme has already posted about with this
model.

Thank you Jereme for your original post!

[HeaveToo]

I have been very impressed with my inflatable yak so far.  Adding a depth finder was a trick and I may do some tweaking to my set-up, but what I have currently works okay. 

My inflatable has been out in the Atlantic off the coast of the Outer Banks of NC.  It did great out there and it was very comfortable. 

Currently my kayak is sitting in my closet floor!  This is kind of nice when you are stuck in apartment living for the time being. 

[Jereme Thaxton]

Stephen, congrats on your successful day of fishing I am glad you found the post informative, I had originally researched the straightedge kayak but after hearing good reviews from Steve F. at a beer tie I decided to go all in. I am still trying to modify mine so that it doesn't snag when stripping or casting, but duct tape over the oar straps will definitely help. Also, i dried it out completely on the last trip and it made it easy to put back into the bag.

I am looking forward to getting the boat on a smallie trip this summer, it worked and tracked fine on the Chesapeake, even in 5 foot seas one day, but fishing a river like the Shenendoah should be a breeze with the occasional rapids.

-Jereme

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[Steve F]

Had my first hiccup with the StraitEdge this morning.  I went down to Pohick for a quiet day on the water and found a hole in one of the main chambers on a seam right where the kayak folds in thirds for storage.  Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do to seal it on site with the 12 hr sealant. That's the risk we run with inflatables.  I'm hoping that the folds are not causing weak points in the material.  Anyone else with an inflatable have any issues with folds?

To make the most of the situation, I decided to wait an hour and half until the kayak rentals opened in the park and did eventually make it out.  Best part of the wait, I fiddled around the shoreline with my spin rod and pulled in my first snakehead.  31.5" female chock full o' eggs.  Needless to say, she didn't make it back to spawn...

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[HeaveToo]

I had a hole in one of my air chambers.  I called the company and they replaced the chamber....for free!