Howdy! I also fish the gulf coast in the corpus christi area, a lot of folks use the open tops but you give up a lot of speed, I have found fishing out of a double gives you the extra space along with speed, hope this helps, later rmd
: HOWDY TO ALL, I JUST FOUND THIS SITE THANKS TO MONTY, THE WEBMASTER OF THE
: TOTALLY TEXAS MSG BOARD. MY NAME IS JEFF BUT MY FRIENDS CALL ME BREW. I
: LIVE OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON, TX & FISH THE GULF COAST FROM SABINE TO PORT
: A MOSTLY WADEFISHING.I AM CONSIDERING BUILDING MY 1st YAK AND WOULD LIKE
: ADVISE ON WHAT TO BUILD. I HAVE LOOKED AT SEVERAL MODELS IN THE CLC
: CATALOG AND I AM LEANING TOWARDS THE MILL CREEK 15 OR 16.5 WITH THE 16.5
: BEING MY PREFERENCE. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE PADDLE THIS MODEL? ANY
: COMMENTS? ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? THE PRIMARY USE OF THIS BOAT WILL BE
: FISHING, PROBABLY WITH EITHER MY SON OR WIFE ALONG. I'M LEANING TOWARDS
: THE OPEN COCKPIT FOR EASE OF ROD STOWAGE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, EASE OF
: RE-ENTRY FROM THE OFTEN DEEP GUMBO MUD BOTTOMED BAYS. SEEMS LIKE THE OPEN
: DESIGN ALSO HELPS AS FAR AS CLEANING & MAINT. AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK
: HERE? IF NOT, COULD SOME OF Y'ALL SHOVE ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

: THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY & ALL INPUT.

: LATER,

: JEFF