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RE: Cant decide! what you got?

captnkyle — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:49:46 GMT

i agree i was looking into bay craft and they look like nice boats, i just need a 20 foot boat down here:D

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

reeljobmike — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:33:15 GMT

check out Baycraft. I fish pretty shallow and have taken it out 20+ miles from Port Canaveral on the right days.

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

dphil33843 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:53:24 GMT

ya thats wat i was kinda thinkin...if i went with a tailfisher i would prolly just save the money and go with a used 15 or 17t pathefinder.... idk i still got time before i can actualy purchase so ill think it thru

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

captnkyle — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:07:52 GMT

my friend has one i dont like them, there a very wet ride compared to other technical poling skiffs, thats just my opinion

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

dphil33843 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:57:44 GMT

i was thinkin about maybe tryin to find a used mitzi 17 or even was lookin at a beavertail btx with no motor on website is like 13k but still a little steep, i can spend up to 14 but i really would liek to stay around 10. are those tailfishers nice boats? i really do see them go super cheap

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

Chasin Tails — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:48:10 GMT

for 14k you can get a close to brand new mitzi 17, or a pathy 17T or a hewes tailfisher(same boat just an updated version) watch those tailfishers somtimes people sell them for next to nothing, saw an '05 go for 10k last week

good luck!

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

captnkyle — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:44:46 GMT

or this http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1998-MAVERICK-BOAT-CO-PATHFINDER-93436762

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

captnkyle — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:34:08 GMT

try this http://www.boattrader.com/listing/2001-FLATS-%26-BAY-18-X-8-93488042

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

irl jeff — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:42:30 GMT

whats up btap, i had no clue that was u. 14k, holy cow, u can get a pretty descent boat. i would say idk, a good shallow running boat that can take some chop, with some speed to it, u kno. dude we need to get out on those reds again soon, up there last week, found em, but they were spooky, but this is the time when me and eric manino went and i got 4, so i think there will be some day they bite.

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

dphil33843 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:14:03 GMT

14k

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

Chasin Tails — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:28:16 GMT

whats the most you can spend?

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

dphil33843 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:43:05 GMT

jeff this is btap with the largo and i got a decent budget i can work with i just cant decide

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

irl jeff — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:46:16 GMT

my boat gets into about ankle deep with 1 person, 3-4 inches with 2 and 6 with 3. it takes chop ok, but the splashing gets ya. i go about 35-40mph with the 25. its very easy to pushpole, and the hual slap can get ya at the wrong angle. that boat don't look like a 74 whitley trihual does it? it gets the job done. i've taken it outta sebastian in 3-4ft seas, a lil freaky, but it did well.

RE: Cant decide! what you got?

irl jeff — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:39:45 GMT

sounds like alot of work, and adding ur platforms and all ur work will add wieght and slow it even more. i got my boat for 800, but it needed alot of work, i refiberglassed parts, built a covered battery cubby, wired everything, livewell, platforms, painted the outside and started the inside, new tires, new axle, new trailer lights, and a winch. i've dumped 600$ into it, all that work was a pain, if u got the money to blow, go with a new boat, or sell ur boat, keep the motor, and find a lil more fit boat for ur needs. this is what my boat looks like now. it was a baby poop green.

its lookin good tho. finnally

Cant decide! what you got?

dphil33843 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:51:08 GMT

i have a 2005 key largo 160 with a 50hp yami does about 28mph (lil slow) and honeslty it floats as shallow as i would ever wana fish (5 inches or so) only problem is could defintly use a jackplate and trim tabs, has hardly any decking, needs a poling platform and as far as the front decking goes its super small would hafta make a custom small casting platform to put on there. i dont really want to dump this much money into this boat because this is more of just a general inshore boat. and im lookin to mainly fish the lagoon and it just doesnt do it for me. Now heres my problem, ive looked at tons of different models rangeing from used pathefinder 15t to new beavertails and mitzis. i honestly can not decide what i would rather get. i have a 50 hp motor i can put on whatever i get if it does not have a motor. i honeslty just want your opinion on what you have and why you like/dislike it and why/what you would have done different.....sorry so long and thanks for your help.