someone told me sams club sells a copy of an ocean kayak or something like that for cheap? anyone have this kayak from there or anyone seen it? i'd like to save a few dollars if its worth anything

I haven't ever talked to anyone who has actually paddled the thing. I heard they looked to be about pelican quality tho. I've not actaully seen them myself. I'm more of a costco man... lol

yeah my mom had a sams membership forever and she just got a costco membership like a month ago....i missed out! lol so now i just gotta hunt someone out with a sams club membership! does anyone know the price on these?

It's the same kayak as the aqualung fish and dive at dick's, minus a few accesories. At sam's it's called a meriweather I think. Looks a lot more solid than a pelican to me, but who knows for sure.

does anyone know how much they are at sams?

We had a group fish BTB over at High Island this past weekend (close to the Old Dirty Pelican's Pier). One of the new guys had the Meriweather kayaks from Sams. He paid around $300 for the kayak (included was a seat, paddle and foam blocks for transport). I looked it over and it reminded me of Perceptions kayaks. The kayak appeared to be of better quality than the ever so popular pelican. The surf was decent w/ 3' swells 5 second periods and some whitecaps mixed in. Appeared the kayak performed well under the given conditions.

note: I personally did not paddle or test this yak. Just observations. Would I paddle one out in the surf? Well, I would definitely choose it over a Pelican.

that's a pretty good recomendation

Further south I think. SanAntonio, Houston, Galvaston, Etc etc.

Might want to read this before you buy a Sam's kayak.

There has been other reports not so favorable on the TKF, but I can't find them, but here's a link you can read that might give some insight.

http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/forum...c62931ea110da1b

Most of the reports seem to be about the thin plastic and buckling when the plastic gets hot.

In Texas that's not a good thing!

thanks for the help guys...i really want to get out and have a chance to see it in person, im gonna try and run around to a few sams today and se if i cant find one to see in person

If you have a Bass Pro Shop near you might check out this one!

It's a little more than the Sam's kayak, but the reviews have been good and I haven't heard anything that would make me steer clear.

I looked at them in person and they seem to be a solid kayak!

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_10213830____SearchResults

well i looked and called everywhere today, and no sit on top kayak....two stores had a sit in kayak but i want a sit on top....and from what the managers told me is that they were out of em and they werent planning on ordering anymore anytime soon

That's got to tell you something right there!

lol may have saved me, cause if i could find one i was gonna buy it hahaha..