Water season is in session, and now is the time to start exploring Arkansas' lakes, rivers and streams in a paddlecraft. Paddlecraft is any boat that is propelled by paddles, including canoes, kayaks ...

Modern kayak fishing was born on the ocean. Malibu surfer Tim Niemier developed the first sit-on-top kayak to paddle past the breakers and target fish in open water. More recently, kayak fishing ...

Either one would make a good boat for you, I would think. The Wilderness Systems Tarpon 120 ($675; www.wildernesssystems.com) is a cute little sit-on-top 12-footer that’s designed to be very stable ...

While sit-on-top kayaks have become very popular with anglers, most of the boats are fairly tubby, heavy, plastic-bodied things. Apex Watercraft's Tyr is different, though, in that it's sleek, ...

Sit-inside kayaks — also known as closed kayaks — have a couple of advantages over sit-ons. While just as easy to handle, you stay drier and warmer with a sit-inside model, thus extending the kayaking ...

A House bill aimed at increasing safety for anyone using a kayak, canoe, or paddleboard is making waves among water sport enthusiasts. The bill would place the same rules that apply for operating ...

I'm moving from a sit-on-top to a sit-in kayak, and am looking for something I can use in summer in cold-water Maine. The Perception Carolina 12 is at the top of my wish list. But my budget says that ...

“I’ve come to peace with the fact that my addiction is designing new boats,” says the creative mastermind behind the sit-on-top kayak. In the late 1960s, Tim Niemier wanted a boat that didn’t exist.