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Purchased this kayak several months ago. first one I have owned and thus far I love it. It tracks well and is rather quick through the water. Ample storage and comes set up really well for fishing and stowing gear. Rod holders are already where they should be so there was no need to add any, but I feel that if you cant catch with three rods, it may not be the rods that are the issue. I have carried live bait in a minnow bucket while moving between locations and there is plenty of room for it and all my tackle.

A few people have complained about the keel wheel being too small to be very usable. I disagree fully. I love it. is it big enough to pull down a sandy beach? No. is it good on loose gravel? No. Is it awesome for pulling this yak out of the garage to the truck or down the path to the launch? Absolutely! I guess folks forget that the other option is NO wheel at all. It is not meant to replace a dolly, but I have found it very useful!

I would give this a 10 but the dry hatch would be much better with a full rubber cover as the one on there will take on water if you get waves over the side. my other suggestion is making the seat, in its entirety more removable and easily changed or upgraded. Although the one it comes with is plenty comfortable for long rides, I fear it will wear out before he rest of this craft.
Overall a great boat for the price point!

My Old Town Discovery is one of the best purchases I have ever made and I bought it over 20yrs ago. It has lived in the yard, on the roof, under the house at one point, and on the water. It is still just as indestructible as it was when I acquired it. We just pulled it out and cleaned it up, put it on the water and there we were, just as we were 20yrs ago. I have more than gotten my money's worth out of this boat.

I purchased it off a man that had just floated the Snake River solo, as a final trip due to his age. When he saw my face as he was pulling to his front yard with a for sale sign on it, he must have seen that 20 year old sparkle. I asked him "how much you asking sir?" and he asked asked if I "would actually use it", to which I replied "yes sir!". He looked me up and down, smiled, and asked what I could afford to pay. I told him I had just done some odd jobs and might be able to come up with a couple of hundred dollars if I could get a couple of days to do so. He chuckled and said "oh to be young", and with out even a pause said "what 'cha got in your pockets right now?" I quickly began checking thinking I better give this guy a deposit if I ever wanted to see this canoe again. Between my wallet and my pockets I came up with $83.54. I held it out as if to say "please".

The old man snatched the money from my hand, handed me back a ten dollar bill, and quickly turned around and began walking back toward the house. He climbed the steps to his front porch and paused. He turned around as if to take one last look at the canoe and said "take care of her son, and she'll take care of you. We've paddled over a thousand miles together, Enjoy". He tipped his hat and went into his house.

I never got his name, but I would go by leave pictures of his old canoe on various bodies of water, taped to the arm of the rocking chair on his porch every so often. After a couple of years, and probably twenty photos, I noticed different vehicles in the driveway, and children's toys in the yard. I never left another photo and never inquired about the older gentleman.

I think about him every time I look at that canoe. He was absolutely right... I have taken care of her, and she has taken care of me. She has gently carried numerous friends and myself through good times and rough patches. Now she takes care of my children too. My boys have now began to explore the "path of the paddle" and through that we have found new layers to our relationship that will last a lifetime.

I never got a chance to actually thank the old man that sold me that canoe (for whatever I had in my pockets), but something tells me he knew exactly what he was doing when he did.