u/Ice_Breaker

Looking to buy my first packraft and stuck between the Alpacka Caribou and MRS Surveyor. I'm 5'11" and will mostly be using it for fly fishing, alpine lakes, and floating mellow rivers between wade fishing spots. Weight and packability matter. Maybe a multi-day river trip someday, but realistically more day use.

Seems like the size and weight are close enough between the two that I keep going back and forth. My hesitation with the Surveyor is the thin floor fabric since I'll be dragging this onto rocky shorelines a lot. My hesitation with the Caribou is no skeg, which feels like it matters when you stop paddling on a lake to throw a cast to a fish.

Anyone used either of these for fishing specifically and have any thoughts? Thanks!