Fishing Kayak VS Jon Boat?! Which One Should You BUY? 

both. just gotta swap the graph back and forth

Today I'm gonna say Jesus, on the second of April i'll say a kayak 😉

Go in between and build out a bass raider. Best of both worlds, they also get expensive lol

I really want a kayak I have a lot of back water around me and a kayak would be perfect for that

I’m taking both . Love my yak but love fishing out of a boat

Buy a truck

Okay, those deals are not common. Let's be real. That said, of course you can find some deals if you look hard enough. We didn't say you couldn't. However, I would love to see someone portage a jon boat over a dam and or launch on a lake with no boat launch. I've done it, and it sucks a lot.

@@aaanglers I've launched a 10' jon boat from a rock bank lol. It's as easy as a big kayak any day. Btw you can find deals like I'm talking about often down here lol. You truly don't have to look that hard. They are all over marketplace and local ads year round. Maybe take a hour to find a really sweet deal but you can find numerous deals in that time.

​@@aaanglersThose deals are extremely common, especially in late Fall. Check your local classified ads. I got my 12' John boat with a brand new 6hp outboard and tilting boat trailer, all for $500. You can pull it behind literally any car. I pull mine with my Pontiac Vibe unless I'm going somewhere serious and absolutely need my truck. I can hitch up the boat & trailer loaded up, outboard motor trolling motor and down riggers mounted, gear, the works, and still walk back to the back of the trailer and pick the entire rig up to shoulder height with little effort. Tilting trailer allows me to launch from pretty much anywhere. And if I can't drive up to the water, I drag it. Put Teflon strakes on the bottom as skids for portaging across dikes when I'm duck hunting in it. My favorite thing in the world is pulling up next to a big F350 with a 34ft boat in my little station wagon, launching my boat solo in about 70 seconds. Using a guide rope to pull it over and tie it up to the dock. Go park my car and come back to see them still struggling to launch and some other clown that's been at the dock for 30 minutes trying to get his $100k boat to start. I hop in my little boat, fire the motor on the first pull, and leave them all behind. One time I even saw the dude's wife punch his arm and say, "see you don't need something big and fancy, you just need one that works." He's probably close to a quarter of a million dollars in between the truck, boat, and all his gear. I'm all in at like $5k including my car and all my gear. Guarantee I can catch just as many fish. It's not even really about what you have fishing, it's about what you know.

Kayaks maintain value too. But good points!

Nice! Glad you liked it! Some folks still got angry in the comments lol.

I still have my tritoon though. Kayak for fishing, boat for drinking beer. That's how I see it.

I haven’t done anything like that before

For sure!

Not yet

Nope

We’ve used it and its great. But it is wide and a little slower to paddle.

@@aaanglers my has one and modified it I can't afford to a lot on anything so I just need one to be able to get to more places

Iv been kayaking 13 years and currently in a nucanoe unlimited, I love it so far, very stable, I like the open deck design, But ! It is heavy and not the best to just paddle, I bought the eps system for mine and love it. Also it can be rigged out in so many different ways.

For sure, if you can!

Then boat is the answer. We did address it

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“Feral Tweekers”. Ha ha ha 😂😆. That is good right there 👍

Well that IS what most comments have been comparing our kayaks too. We really were not talking ultralight set ups

@@aaanglers a jon boat is a jon boat and they come in many sizes just like kayaks. To compare a jon boat to a kayak you have to think similar setups not gas engines and decked out jon boats lol. Those that prefer a jon boat over a kayak are fishing ones they can put where they could use a kayak usually lol.

@@aaanglers the way you're doing a comparison is Apples to oranges lol. Have to compare apples to apples bro lol

No, we are not doing apples and oranges lol, you just like to argue everything. We specifically were talking in the video about a RIGGED out yak. I could find a $100 kayak and throw a $100 trolling motor on it if you want to do what you are talking about. That is not what we talked about in the vid though. It was fully rigged vs fully rigged.

@@aaanglers yes you are comparing apples to oranges. I can rig out a small jon boat to do the same things as a kayak for far less money. But yall was comparing big jon boats to kayaks that's apples to oranges. The "fishing" kayak spectrum is way smaller and less options than the jon boat market that extends from small skiff style to actual bass boat style. The problem is you guys have plenty of knowledge on kayak fishing because you've done tons of it but you have limited jon boat experience lol. I've fished many variations of both but have tons more jon boat experience from the smallest lightest setups up to main lake actual bigger boats. You seem to forget what all falls under the classification of a jon boat. Jon boats aren't limited to one size or even hull shape but generally are flat bottom aluminum boats/skiffs. There is very bottoms too though. There is 8' jon boats but they aren't super popular. Yall are talking the medium most popular sizes which doesn't compare to a large bass boat but can somewhat compare to kayak with more opertunities and options of use. You can't add a gas engine and travel farther distances with a kayak but you can with a 10' jon boat, you can take that same jon boat through and around the same places a kayak goes though. The best all around versatile vessel is a small jon boat and is exactly why the stayed popular for well over 50 years and are still popular in many areas of the country. Kayaks still have a long way to go to be as versatile as a jon boat it's that simple. They also have a long way to go to meet the affordability of jon boat setups. Btw yes if fished from kayaks, canoes, jon boats to big 20 plus foot boots lol. I know the advantages and differences in them all. I prefer a small jon boat in small waters and prefer a decent bass style boat on big waters. The fact is you prefer kayaks and don't want to admit the actual cross over of a well setup jon boat with more advantages because maybe of that limited experience with jon boats. Just so you know they make the same wheel caddies for jon boats. You can launch and do all things I've seen done with kayaks with a proper jon boat setup. But you can't add a gas engine or have the space you have with a jon boat with a kayak. I'm not saying that each don't have some advantages or that some shouldn't choose one over the other. But the most versatile cross over into kayak and or actual bass boat style fishing is a jon boat properly setup. And since there's way more jon boats out there they are simply cheaper to setup to what you want to fish over either kayak or bass boat.

That’s because we were comparing a rigged out kayak with sonar and all the fixings. But yes, for sure you can get a jon with motor for that much. There are many price points to be argued.

And you are biased towards jon boats. It’s okay. We were neutral leaning towards kayaks, because the final part of the decision is preference. Isn’t it great that you can just buy what you prefer and fish how you want to fish?🎣

​@aaanglers I'm not bias. I own 3 hobbie s ! Yet it's a better investment to buy a Jon boat instead of a tricked out kayak that you would likely need a trailer for. My point is if you have garage the Jon boat is more useful and has way more utility for the money. If your tight on space kayak without a trailer and probably not 10 k investment is the way to go...

@malibujoe01 okay, but the video was comparing a tricked out yak with a jon at the same price. You could get both cheaper, you don’t have to trick either out. And if you have a garage then do what ya want. The definition of bias here, is that we presented a neutral position, said we personally prefer kayaks for where we fish, and you can do what you want. And even though we did all that, the boat guys came in the comments and said don’t buy kayaks (not just you). That is a bias. To each their own, everyone has a preference

@aaanglers For the second time I stated I own 3 hobbies. I have two, outbacks and one Pro Angler 12. You are bias ones; because of your living situation. For a 10k investments a Jon boat with a gas outboard ,and storage and the room for two people being able to fish together beats the heck out a 10K kayak investment. In fact, the only thing going for the kayak is no need for a trailer. But that's a big maybe with all the loaded accessories.... GOOD Day Sir.... 👍

Again you guys are pushing the 10 k tricked out kayak over a Jon boat like its a no brainer; when it's far from it! When in reality space saving is the only positive over the Jon boat. Re- watch your own video from my perspective. The trade-offs are much better with a small boat....vs a kayak $ 500 or $ 9900 !

We said "THE BEST YOU COULD GET", affordable is a whole other conversation. We were talking about RIGGED out kayaks and jon boats. Kayaks in general are really affordable with limited to no maintenance. You can get off the bank for $100-300

@@aaanglers I would be very interested to see what yall could show me for 100-300!

Secure your gear

Then that is what's BEST for you.

@@aaanglers this comment is confusing. It almost sounds like you think people are allowed to have different opinions. :)

I feel like that is exactly what we said in the video lol.

@@aaanglers you expect people to watch the video before commenting?

😂 sick burn

Maybe your bass pro shops ascend kayak 😂 not mine

Thanks!

Hard agree, you should tell them on every video they have. Just be sure to give it a view and a dislike. That will show them.