kayak differences?

[going4it]

Is there big differences in the closed top and open? Looking at getting 2 to get out on the lake and get some exercise and some fishing but more just to be on the water and playing. Thanks for any advice you have.

[delcecchi]

It seems to me the ones you sit on are easier to get on and off that the ones you sit down in. The guys I see on the ocean near san diego are all using the sit-on rather than sit-in type.

Those long point "sea kayaks" are still another category.

I am old and stiff and can't get out of a sit-in type. Try it in the store to see how it works for you