Hello. I started kayaking last year and bought a Lifetime Tamarack to make sure I liked it before investing to much. I really liked it and bought a Hobie Outback 2 months ago. Before the kayaks, I was a very casually fisherman and usually just threw power bait or worms from the bank. So I am learning how to troll and take advantage of the kayak. Currently I have just been to Hagg Lake and am having fun and enjoying being out of the house. I hope to start expanding this spring/summer. I will definitely be taking a trip back home (Glide) to fish around there.

Welcome to the NWKA.  Great place to mingle with your fellow yak fishers.  I really like the layout of the new Hobie Outback.

It's hard to have patience to spread those gear purchases over time........  I built a small battery case to power my outback fish finder and incorporated a USB port for charging/powering items.  It uses my Dewalt batteries as a base rather than buying specialty batteries.  Do a NWKA search using "battery" and you will find other build ideas that are well done.  There are options that can keep the costs down.