Does a kayaks weight capacity correlate with stability? I know width doesn't necessarily go hand in hand with stability other factors like hull design do to.

 

I was looking at a big rig as it's marketed as a stable stackable kayak for us bigger guys and gals and with a 450 weight capacity and 37" wide I was sold but then I was looking at the feel free lure 13.5, ocean kayak prowler big game 2, wilderness systems atak140, heck I was even looking at the field and stream shadow caster 123 all of which are narrower but have a higher weight capacity then the big rig ( except the shadow caster it was the same but was half the price).

 

I was considering the atak140 as Chad Hoover from kayak bass in uses that and a ride 135 and he's a hefty fella also

If you can try before you buy, do it. I have the big rig. It's a fishing machine! Then again it can be a beast in wind. I think you will be happy with any of the ones you mentioned. If you fish big waters go with something a little easier to paddle. If you want to carry six rods and forty pounds of tackle, get the big rig.

 

Yea the 6 rods and 40 pounds of tackle sounds more like me. Heck I take about that when bank fishing.

 

I'd mostly and by mostly I mean 9.5 times out of 10 I will be going out on small lakes/ really big ponds. The other .5 times out of 10 would be on tidal rivers but the current there is almost none actually the last ti.e I went out on one of the rivers the water was moving so slow it was actually as slick as glass.

 

I can try before I buy.... it's a home but I can the problem is one dealer is a jackson, wilderness systems dealer another dealer in the opposite direction is a feel free, Jackson dealer then in another direction is the ocean kayak dealer no way I could make all three in one day and I won't be able to compare all side by side