weagle
Senior Member
Weagle,
Thank you for your posts. I just bought a 10 foot Pelican Catch from Academy in large part because of your enthusiam. I have it parked on the bank of a neighborhood 4 acre pond. My inital reaction is that I really like the boat. At 10 feet and 55 pounds, it was easy for an old foot like me to load and drag it the few hundred yards to the pond. I am having a little buyer's remorse now that the boat is at the pond that maybe I should have gotten the 12 foot model (20 lbs heavier and $100 more expensive) to have more room in front of me for gear. I'm glad for the 10 footer though when I pull it up the bank and will really appreciate it if I want to throw it back on the car and fish with it at another location. The seat is very comfortable and the boat is very stable. Perfect for a pond. Probably would want something more responsive if my primary use was a river or a bigger body of water.
Don't regret the 10 footer. The 12 footer doesn't have any more space in front. It just has a bigger hatch. Actually the 12 footer has a little less space up front because it has a small console/mount right between your feet.
I'm going to get the Catch 130 with the peddle drive when it comes out in the spring. I don't need extra room, I just want to be able to cover more water on the bigger watershed lakes.
I'm keeping the 100 though and I expect 80% of my fishing will be from the 10 foot.