Right...its expensive initially but in the long run it's totally worth it. If your serious about kayaking and fishing buy the best you can afford, otherwise you'll buy something cheap and then upgrade soon after....just spend the money and upgrade now it'll be cheaper. Now if you just want to screw around and maybe go fishing once or twice then the cheapo route is the way to go. If you unfortunately get hooked on the sport...you will end up spending thousands!!!! But you will have a million dollars worth of fun...!
