Buying first kayak, need some info

[Surf Bird]

I wanted to buy a tandem also and was talked out of it. I later tried one with my son (OK Malibu) and glad I stayed away from that choice. If you are fishing it will be a problem. If you are just touring you have to be both very coordinated with each other. I saw two guys fishing off the Jersey shore and they had it together. They used the OK malibu. How they launched (surf) must have been interesting.