Joe, I am ready to take the plunge too--- just curious, where did you buy your kayak? I talked with the folks at Blue Mountain Outfitters in Marysville and they have the ones I'm looking at- Wilderness Tarpon 120 and Native MantaRay 12. My Yakima rack for my car should be delivered today, and I might be owning a yak as soon as next week. Drop me a PM if you want to compare notes, and figure out how to rig them etc. I'm not new to kayaks, but new to outfitting one for fishing.