Canoe or row boat

The Canoe.
We have both but I like a good light, flat bottomed row boat.
I turn the boat backwards and set on the small end with some weight in the other end but not too much because I want that end to set just a tad out of the water. Often a grandchild on that back seat is just perfect.
I now have a very easy to manuver by myself canoe that won't tip over!
Just takes one paddle.

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Corky

LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION. I CAN FIND IT BY MYSELF.

For fishing, a light flat-bottomed John Boat.

For fun, a kajak - took a class on kajaking on a river this summer - IT WAS A BLAST!!!

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Canoes are more tippy but can go places a row boat wont go .
you can get a 15 ft coleman canoes new for around $400 they have a wide flat bottom and are quite stable. tough as nails too and for fishing you'll do better with a quiet plastic canoe than an aluminum canoe or john boat.
Canoes paddle easier as well .
I use an old town 119k which tends to be tippy for some people but I like mine for fishing at 38 pounds and 32" wide It will go down any beaver run and is light enough to pack over dams

Canoes are much more fun to me, and as far as stability goes...It's not like you are going to have a ho down on the thing LOL . I sit when fishing. It does take some getting used to as most of us are used to jumping off the seat when we hook a nice fish. Once you start sitting while fishing you develop muscles you never knew you had.

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WWO

My wife and I own two kayaks and we own one canoe but have owned two more as well (in the past). We also own a row boat, so I think I speak with some authority when I give you my opinion about small boats. Canoes are fun, especially for up to three people but they are tippy and are a bit difficult to "car top" by yourself...They do take you just about wherever you wish to go. A row boat is much more stable...almost impossible to flip one, but they are slower than a canoe, if you have to cover a lot of water to get to where you want to fish or what ever. Mine is on a trailer, though I suppose you could put one that is not too beamy on top of a car. They too are fun, and if you intend to use it for fishing, it is my choice over a canoe...The best though IMO is the kayak. They are very light, easy to paddlle, they can go into some extremely shallow water (I weigh 245 lbs), I've only tipped mine over once in the ten or twelve years I've owned it (in a river in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan). It's a bit tight quarters, though, but my wife and I take minimal equipment and we spend hours fishing out of the two we own. Good luck with which ever one you select.

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