My boat is pretty small (9' Aquapod),
We keep an AquaPod chained to the blind for long retrieves in deep water, and I wouldn't even think of taking a fine gun out in that thing. I have hunted (a little) from a kayak and did not enjoy it. A friend in Nevada hunts only from a canoe, but he's always in shallow water and puts out stabilizers once he gets to where he wants to be. In a situation like that, I might take a nice gun. When I used to hunt with two of us in an 11' jon boat on fairly big water, I wouldn't take anything nicer than an 870, but that's me.
