Coosa on the Guadalupe River by Robert Matthews | Jan 17, 2011 | Coosa, Featured Post, Fishing | 3 comments Took the Coosa out on a short down and back up trip today. Covered about four miles with a slow steady current. The weather wasn’t the best but better than it has been for a week. Fished a texas rig worm, jig, and a swim bait. Caught three largemouth bass all of them coming on the texas rig. Despite the cold and damp weather it was nice to get out. 3 Comments Kevin on January 18, 2011 at 9:42 pm I have been canoe fishing Missouri streams since 1977. (I am kind of a veteran of floatfishing). I want to get into Kayaking/Angling, sounds like fun. Been looking at all that is offered in the way of Angling Kayaks, I really like the COOSA, something about it lures me. I am 54 years old and suffer from knee pain from a firefighting accident. Sir, your thoughts and comments would be very appreciated. Thanks, Kevin Reply Robert Matthews on January 19, 2011 at 1:51 am Kevin, I have been kayak fishing and camping for many years. I have owned 7 kayaks by three different manufacturers and can tell you that for the whole package the Coosa can not be beat. Other kayaks are not designed for fishing, they add a few rod holders and call it a fishing kayak. The Coosa was designed as a fishing kayak by fisherman. A lot of thought and testing went into it. I know what you mean by knee problems. I’m 45 and spent 15 years of my youth playing three different sports and my knees are horrible. I had acl replaced and both meniscus done at the same time. I spent three days on the river trying the Coosa out as a camping kayak and with the comfortable seat and the heigth of it I was refreshed after 23 miles of fishing, dragging, and paddling. I now own two kayaks and they are both Coosa’s. Hope this helps answer any questions. Feel free to ask more. Thanks, Robert Reply James McBeath on January 19, 2011 at 3:51 am Kevin, Had to dive in here and give you a quick hello and answer. One of the challenges we found with sit on top fishing is … well… getting up. Many of us like to fish standing on our kayaks. So we had two challenges there to meet… 1) getting up from a deep seat. 2) balance once up. Both of these have been answered to with the Coosa and, by design, answer to your knee issues as well. Our seats have 2 positions… low and high. The lower position is for paddling and keeping that center of gravity low, the upper is so that going from sitting to standing position is MUCH easier as you aren’t coming from flat on your butt… push off and you’re up, little knee pressure. Once up, our ‘deck’ is wider and far more stable than most. We also added a ‘secondary’ stability in seam lines above the water so when that knee does twitch a bit and you tilt one way or the other… it catches and allows you to regain solid footing again. Super glad you brought that up! Thumbs up from us for keeping us all safe as a firefighter… sounds like you deserve a bit of fishin’! cheers, James. Reply Submit a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
Kevin on January 18, 2011 at 9:42 pm I have been canoe fishing Missouri streams since 1977. (I am kind of a veteran of floatfishing). I want to get into Kayaking/Angling, sounds like fun. Been looking at all that is offered in the way of Angling Kayaks, I really like the COOSA, something about it lures me. I am 54 years old and suffer from knee pain from a firefighting accident. Sir, your thoughts and comments would be very appreciated. Thanks, Kevin Reply
Robert Matthews on January 19, 2011 at 1:51 am Kevin, I have been kayak fishing and camping for many years. I have owned 7 kayaks by three different manufacturers and can tell you that for the whole package the Coosa can not be beat. Other kayaks are not designed for fishing, they add a few rod holders and call it a fishing kayak. The Coosa was designed as a fishing kayak by fisherman. A lot of thought and testing went into it. I know what you mean by knee problems. I’m 45 and spent 15 years of my youth playing three different sports and my knees are horrible. I had acl replaced and both meniscus done at the same time. I spent three days on the river trying the Coosa out as a camping kayak and with the comfortable seat and the heigth of it I was refreshed after 23 miles of fishing, dragging, and paddling. I now own two kayaks and they are both Coosa’s. Hope this helps answer any questions. Feel free to ask more. Thanks, Robert Reply
James McBeath on January 19, 2011 at 3:51 am Kevin, Had to dive in here and give you a quick hello and answer. One of the challenges we found with sit on top fishing is … well… getting up. Many of us like to fish standing on our kayaks. So we had two challenges there to meet… 1) getting up from a deep seat. 2) balance once up. Both of these have been answered to with the Coosa and, by design, answer to your knee issues as well. Our seats have 2 positions… low and high. The lower position is for paddling and keeping that center of gravity low, the upper is so that going from sitting to standing position is MUCH easier as you aren’t coming from flat on your butt… push off and you’re up, little knee pressure. Once up, our ‘deck’ is wider and far more stable than most. We also added a ‘secondary’ stability in seam lines above the water so when that knee does twitch a bit and you tilt one way or the other… it catches and allows you to regain solid footing again. Super glad you brought that up! Thumbs up from us for keeping us all safe as a firefighter… sounds like you deserve a bit of fishin’! cheers, James. Reply
