The first thing i would do is join a few kayak fishing forums, you will find 1000's of helpful threads,, i am not sure where you are from but good places to start South of the river is Penguin island and Woodmans pt.

You will find kayak fishes there most weekends .

Even though you dont think you would venture far, id get an epirb. just incase.

go out and test as many as you can, before you buy, whether you want to paddle or peddle,as said above there is a good kayak forum here in perth very helpful and friendly and invites for trip all the time

sorry to hijack the post.

but are there are more hobie demo days seeing the hobie dealer in nedlands has closed down?

i dont see any ranger stores doing demo days?

When the weather gets warmer you might see them doing them i reckon,otherwise theres plenty of folks at yakfishwest that can give you a run in one,this weekend everyones in Moore river,,but any time after that should be fine,,

thanks guys :) i haven join the forums and been read ;)

also been looking at a precision swing but i going keep looking around to see what i can get

This is what I have on my JetSki for fishing. Not sure if you need an anchor but could be handy if things go wrong and you don't want to drift in the wrong direction. Cheers

Johan

check out www.oceankayak.com or www.bla.com.au for the range of ocean kayaks. There is a new Torque model out which has a minn kota electric motor an provision for a soundr too. They will list dealers in your area too.