Personally I would recommend a sit in style for the purpose you can fish out of it yet still use it for recreational paddling when you want to. I would get a 12'er, I have a wilderness systems I think Pungo. I take enough tackle my fish finder etc. and put it between my legs. Don't get roped into a fishing kayak. When I was looking into them I looked at them and they overprice the yak by adding a couple features adn calling it a fishing kayak. Get a regular yak and go to gnader get 2 scotty adjustable rod holdes ($15-20 each) and one or two flush mount rod holders for behind the seat for a spare rod or net. It will cost you much less to put your own accesories on and you can customize it for you. SOT are nice but not so much for recreational paddling, just my 2 cents.