Are Fishing Kayaks Easily Flipped?
My answer to this is always a simple yes, no, and maybe.. I know, not so simple, but with further explanation, hopefully you will understand. At different times in your experience with kayak fishing, you will discover exactly what I mean. Yes, they are easily flipped. When you find their sweet spot, most fishing kayaks will dump you quick. They are generally very forgiving to leaning back and forth. This is called initial stability, and deals with the kayak feeling “stable” or not. You can usually lean over pretty far to one side, before the kayak begins to feel like it is going to tip. Wider kayaks allow for more leaning, because of the greater surface area on the water. It is once you find these limits, or the sweet spot, that your kayak will dump you. No warning, just over you go. This is considered secondary stability. Fishing kayaks are wider, and this helps with the secondary stability. However, like a canoe, when you get to that sweet spot, you usually don’t have time to react b
