Perch,

I second MOturkE. Take the trip to Kansas City Paddlers. Tell them your needs and they will let you paddle some boats. Once the water warms up, they have demo days almost every Saturday. They are VERY helpful and they know their stuff.

In your planning, don't forget to budget for transporting your boat (I went with a roof rack), a good paddle (avoid the cheapies), and a good PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE (becoming a statistic really wrecks a fishing trip).

I haven't been to Watkin's Mill. Yet.


Tom