We talk a great deal about strategies, techniques, presentations etc., to catch more fish. However, one astute reader of ours posed a great question. That being, “Do all of these strategies work from shore since I don’t have a boat and will they work on small water?”.
After our answer to our reader, we started doin’ a little thinkin’. No, not everybody can afford a boat and all that ownership entails so what are the other alternatives?
Well, there are kayak’s but those can set you back a couple grand by the time you outfit them. There are paddle boards but again, they start at above $500 and go up from there. There are small pond type boats that can run as much as $2k or more. There are float tubes but with those, you have to get waders, fins and other paraphernalia that again will get you up to around $500 if not more and you can’t fish with a friend from these.
Is there a functional alternative for around $100 for the budget minded angler that really is all inclusive? We started there to see what we could find and our efforts pointed us to one class of water craft that we simply hadn’t considered. Inflatables. Yup, sure enough, you can get one of these for just over $100 with everything included in the package. The boat, a pump and oars.