Clint,

You are one year older than me and I know where you are coming from with the canoe. I used one for several years and now own a Hobie Cat 75 and really enjoy it. It only weighs 33 pounds, fits inside my Mazda B3000 pick-up truck which has a cap on it and is very comfortable to fish out of all day. I have added an anchor system and use the oars to go from one fishing hole to the next. It rows very easily even against the current. I removed the soft foam seat and back and installed a padded vinyl seat with folding back plus mounted it on a swivel which really makes it easier to turn around to reach the cooler or fish from the side. The pontoons are polyethylene which means no pump or worrying about a bladder over inflating in hot weather or traveling higher altitudes. Just my opinions on this subject

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Warren