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what's up guys dan from the headwaters

kayak shop and I'm back the 2018 edition

of top 10 fishing kayaks under $1,000 in

2018 a bunch of really awesome kayaks

came to the market and so we have a big

shake-up

in our top 10 so I'm going to start at

the beginning and I'm just going to walk

you through all the different boats we

left out some of the $500 and under

boats because we're going to be doing a

separate video $500 under boat so be on

the lookout for that so we're gonna

start things off the yellow pen 100 this

kayak was in our lineup last year it

stays at the 649 price point and we

still feel like it's a really really

good boat for the money at a $600 price

point you get into a boat the full frame

chair adjustable foot pedals for flush

mount rod holders as well as some

inserts to add an additional rod holder

I also like that it comes with two quick

seal hatches you just give these things

a quarter turn open up and each one has

a cat bag inside this boat's nice and

stable for somebody up to around 225

pounds and it's a really good boat for

skinny water so if you're floating

slow-moving rivers or smaller lakes and

ponds this is a boat that's super light

quick easy to grab easy to maneuver easy

to handle on and off the water so this

year we're super excited about the

yellow fin 130 tandem a lot of the same

features from the 110 but now on a 13

foot version that has two chairs

adjustable foot pedals you still get the

two hatches they get a lot of other

really cool features adjustable foot

pedals cup holder more broad holders

scupper plugs throughout the entire boat

quick seal hatches for both the front

and the back paddler a couple of flush

mount rod holders and a decent size tank

well this book also has the ability to

take a rudder and at 999 it's gonna come

with the two paddles all vodka acts that

we sell will come with a basic two piece

aluminum paddle I always tell people

it'll get you started but it's something

that you're gonna want to upgrade fairly

soon because the decent paddle will

really make all the difference on how

you enjoy paddling a heavy paddle it's

gonna mean a lot more work a lot more

energy wasted and a light paddle will

make it all the better we did a really

good review on this a couple months back

and we were really impressed

with how this boat paddle blow there's a

double and as a single the nice thing

about this boat is the chair can pop out

of this front position and be moving

right back here to a solo position and

then your foot pedal drop and you can

adjust those back so you have yourself a

little cockpit there and then that back

chair can come all the way out so it

makes it a very versatile boat if

somebody's going to be tandem slosh solo

or they're gonna be with a kid or maybe

gonna paddle a single with the kid on

either end you have lots of options and

lots of versatility and it's by far the

best paddling tandem we have under a

thousand dollars next in our lineups a

newcomer to the list and this is a new

canoe Flint again we did a walkthrough

video this one back at ICAST and we were

super excited about this boat because it

packs a ton of really high-end features

into a small little boat and the ability

to rig and customize this thing is

incredible if you look at one of our

recent viewer rigs you'll see when we

did with rimmel that's absolutely

tricked out this one features tracks to

go throughout the boat you'll also

notice a couple horizontal rod stagers

there so you slide the tips in here and

then you run the buttery rods right

there next to your seat on either side

making it a really good boat for fishing

rivers and skinny water when you want

your rods nice and low and out of the

branches you got a hog trough holder

right there in front for tournament day

you've got a spot for fish finders

you've got a transducer scupper mount

spots for play no tackle boxes and I

really like how they incorporated their

pinnacle seat this to me is the most

comfortable seat on the market so to

have it on a boat that's under a

thousand bucks is really unique I also

really dig the side handles that allow

you to clip a paddle in and not take up

any more additional area on the side of

the boat and the back it's got four

flush mount rod holders the back to are

angled back so if you need to get under

limbs or branches you can tilt your rods

back just a little bit more this one

only has one single storage hatch which

is kind of tilted back so you can put

rods down inside the hole other than

that there's not a lot of storage in

this boat however it does have a setup

for a motor if you wanted to motorized

it it has a square Stern just like all

the other new canoes so it's a little

boat that has a ton of versatility and

actually they even are talk

about a pedal drive coming out for that

debuting at ICAST so keep on the lookout

for the new canoe Flint pedal drive at

this year's ICAST show next up is

another newcomer to the list this one is

a big fish

105 this boat is highly anticipated I

actually been waiting to do this video

just to get this boat in it came in

today Freight it's actually been on the

water three waters he used it for their

promotional video and then shipped it

out to me but this is a really cool boat

it's $7.99 it has a ton of features that

we were seeing on thousand two thousand

plus boats last year and we're just

gonna walk you through a few molded-in

handles it's got a cathedral style hole

so very stable pontoon style hole or

trifle if you will it's got that front

tank well a couple of flush mount rod

tip protectors there this guy right here

is your sonar pod so you can open this

up use it for tackle or to put your

battery down inside and then if you want

you can lift this out we're not your

transducer to the bottom and it'll shoot

right there through the hole again so a

lot of features that we were seeing a

much-maligned kayaks last year we're

seeing the big fish do it at a $7.99

price point Scott the reinforced see any

platform tracks for mounting your

accessories or Raw holders adjustable

foot pedals the big fish has a really

cool high low adjustable seat so right

now I have it in the high position

reclined goes all the way down and then

I'll actually flip all the way up out of

the way like that and then it's got

these little bungees here that clip it

up out of the way and look at all that

standing platform it's huge you have a

little bit of tackle storage here on

either side these are kind of cool

they're reinforced blow molded pieces

that add stiffness to the boat and also

allow the seat to address really fluidly

in 410 and half a boat it's got a huge

roomy tank whoa look at the size of that

lots of room for coolers crates whatever

you want to bring a couple more flush

mount rod holders lots of tie-down

positions and this one is rudder ready

not a lot of ten-and-a-half

votes Conrad already but the big fish is

ready to go to $200 upgrade if you

wanted to add a rudder to this next door

was the last boat we had in our lineup

last year the lure 10 and we feel like

these two boats are going to be very

competitive with each other

the lure made by feel free is $9.99

versus the big fish at $7.99 and the

lure gets a few upgrades but also a few

down grades from the big fish 105 it

gets the adjustable height of gravity

seat which is awesome it's the only seat

out there that's a one-handed just

machine pull the red strap it goes down

and you have 10 different points of

adjustment up and down so the ability to

really adjust the seat on the fly on

this boat is incredible extremely

comfortable seat flush mount huge tank

well all the feel fries get the built-in

wheel in the keel which is definitely a

nice upgrade it gets the big front dry

storage hatch it gets the center storage

hatch but what it doesn't get is it

doesn't get that through-hole ability to

mount a fish finder so this is

definitely cater towards the skinny

water river fishermen pawn fishermen but

it doesn't have the ability to add the

fish finder it doesn't have the ability

to add a rudder so a few things that are

a drawback compared to the 105 but I

will say the feel free quality is

fantastic the reinforced standing

platform on this boat is super

comfortable super quiet very nice seat

on it and the wheel and the keel

definitely makes the boat in my opinion

on all the feel freeze that adds a lot

of value in convenience just being able

to pick the front handle up and move

these boats around the next boat in the

lineup it's actually our only boat this

year with a clip end style seat but this

boat has been such a good performer for

so many years it's still one of our

favorite boats to put people in still

one of our favorite books to paddle

offshore in Shore it's just a good

do-it-all boat this is a feel free milk

in 12/5 this one's going for $7.99

so it actually got $100 price drop from

last year without a single change in

features still has the ability to add a

rudder still has a wheel in the keel the

huge tank well

rod holders cupholders pockets on either

side they kept us the clip in style seat

because people are using these offshore

and to have a nice low center of gravity

is a really awesome feature you don't

want to be up super high when you're

fishing offshore it gets that twist lock

style hatch that all the feel fries are

known for adjustable foot pedals tracks

and then a big center hatch too that you

can put all your tackle or tools or

things you want to access to throughout

the day if you don't want to be reaching

behind you while you're out there in the

open water this is the one boat in the

shop that I would say could do it all

you could float a river on this you

could go offshore you could stand up and

fish your bass there's really not a more

versatile boat out there and it's $7.99

this one's going to be a player for a

long time to come and the next door we

have a brand new boat this one's made

from native watercraft and this is a new

manner aft so if you guys remember last

year I had a man array in the lineup but

it was the old style man array this new

man array is 33 inches wide is 12-foot

and some chains so a little longer a

little wider it carries its volume much

further into the bow and the stern a

little bit more bulbous nose so still

River friendly same front hatch this one

gets a new sinner hatch similar to the

lure where it's just a quick drop in

style hatch so just access to put some

tools or something you have a small

track on that hatch adjustable foot

pedals more gear track along the side on

either side and those actually go into a

nice molded in handle the big upgrade is

is a chair it gets the high low chair so

much more comfortable than the old style

clip and seat drop down low so it's kind

of flush with the gunnels which is a

nice feature for those people that are

floating rivers and things like that

behind the seat you'll see a couple of

flush mount Rob holders I think we are

all a little bummed to see the molded in

style flush mounts we see those on

perceptions I'm just not a big fan of

that so I wish they would have put

regular ones and we're actually going to

try to add just some of these

pull flush mounts on to those but all in

all really cool boat native quality of

their mold and of their plastic is

definitely second to none so we're

really happy to add that boat to the

lineup and definitely one to demo if

you're comparing a smokin man or a 12

I've seagulls and that leads us to our

top picks from last year they came back

for this year they had to stay in the

lineup the vibe see ghosts 110 and the

vibe see ghost 130 I paired these

together because they're really the same

boat the 10 foots 829 the 13 foot is

$8.99 and they're really awesome values

for the money they've got twist lock

storage hatch they get a scupper

transducer on all their boats a nice

size center hatch that adjustable

high-low chair paddle clip as always the

vibes come with a basic aluminum paddle

a decent sized tank well obviously the

13 gets a little bit bigger tank well

the foot controlled rudder system these

don't have a wheel in the keel but they

do have a sacrificial keel which means

it's a piece of plastic that you can

wear out and we can always add a new

went on for very inexpensive so a lot of

features packed in on these vibes and

for the money they're probably the best

paddling best versatility in that range

you know just like the Moke and this

boat can do rivers oceans lakes that can

do a little bit of everything it does

have the lawn chair style seat or frame

chair seat that a lot of folks are

looking for it's not as big of a

standing platform so if standing up is

an important detail view you may want to

look at something like the big fish or

maybe the Flint or some of the others

that have more room in there in the deck

area but I will say for a vote of its

size is still fairly easy to stand in

just like last year I'll say it again

but the 11 foot isn't necessarily for a

smaller paddler and the 13 is not

necessarily for a big paddler their

capacities are almost identical but

really what it's designed for is

different water so if you're floating

slow-moving rivers skinnier water or you

just want a smaller boat to transport

this boat will do all that this boat

here being a little bit longer a little

bit more keels gonna be better off shore

any bigger water and in general it's

just going to be a faster kayak so if we

look at the one

you'll see that almost all the features

stay the same the drain plug gets moved

to the front instead of the back but

other than that the cockpit stays

identical you get a little bit more room

in the tank well that rear hatch isn't

slanted back like it is on the 11 footer

here but other than that identical

features bow to stern just meant for

different water and I didn't go over in

a lot of detail but the center hatch is

really cool it's got lots of places to

mount different accessories you can use

Scottie or Kane and rod holders here

it's got a couple door built in and then

inside it's just a place to store your

tabs on your clip that you'd want

throughout the day and the very last

boat in our lineup again is a brand new

boat this is also a three waters big

fish this is a big fish 120 it's gonna

be going for $9.99 I saved this one for

last because I think that this is going

to compete very well against the vibe as

a high value high featured boat but this

one's really designed more for a bass

fisherman of mine somebody who's going

to be doing a lot of standing comforts

important capacity is important we've

put some huge guys in this boat just the

other day I had a guy 6 foot 8 325

pounds and he was standing up in this

boat so for under $1000 you get a ton of

features you get that molded in handle

you get the cathedral hole design that

offers a ton of stability lots and lots

of storage space a huge standing

platform you get that high-low recline

seat as well as it flips up out of the

way or makes for a little leaning post

when it's flipped back behind the chair

you get a couple of flush mount raaah

holders a huge tank well with lots of

points to attach a crate to bungy molded

handle and again the ability to take a

rudder for a two hundred dollar upgrade

so a 999 it's a little bit more

expensive than the vaad but not much it

doesn't come with a rudder but that is

something that you can upgrade to but

the overall quality and the fit and

finish of the big fish is really really

good as always you guys I'm not here to

tell you what to buy I'm here to show

you options I hope I don't get too

in-depth with my opinions because really

I'm just trying to show you features and

benefits I will link in the bio to each

one of these models so you can go to my

website and read more in depth I'll also

link up other

that I've done on many of these boats if

you want to watch and more in-depth

walkthrough or video review and we have

some customer rigs videos of people that

own these kayaks that have rigged them

up too for their style of fishing so we

hope that's helpful we hope it's a good

resource for you if you have any more

questions that aren't answered in the

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