I bought this boat several months back, mostly because I couldn't pass it up for the price. It has a Johnson 150 on it with excellent compression, and a title. The hull is solid but the deck is gone, the steering cable is also frozen up. It's all quite repairable I've just been sitting on the fence for a while now wondering if I want to fix it. I was hoping to find a different style hull and swap the motor onto it but I haven't tripped over a deal when I had money to spend, but I know one will turn up eventually. I'm at the point now that if I'm going to have it ready for the water when the weather warms up I need to get working. I don't have very much money so my standards and expectations are more or less non existant, a dry place to cast that'll return to the ramp under it's power are about all I'm hoping for. A center console would be nice but honestly in order to fulfill the whole families boating desires I think some sort of open bow boat is the direction I need to go. I've talked it over with the Mrs. and we can layout the interior of this one to make us both happy. That said I don't want to invest a bunch of my time into this thing to be gimped in it's #1 job, finding fishies.
So anyway I guess my chief question relates to the hull design. I know this isn't a super shallow running boat but my budget doesn't allow such a thing. There's a Glastron model of the same basic size and layout except that it's a tri-hull, it also has two forward facing seats on the bow that i think would be great. My impression is that a tri-hull will have less draft and be more stable at rest. How substantial of a difference are we talking about? If it's a couple inches then I'll get over it, but if it's 6" or so that could be the difference between being the dumbass stuck on the reef or the dumbass potlicking your honey hole. I live 20 mins from the 2004 boat ramp so that's where I'll be dropping in and starting my journeys. Do you think this boat will get the job done fishing around west bay? Any wisdom would be appreciated, I'm not looking forward to redecking this thing but I'd much rather do it before it get's hot.
Thanks a bunch.
So anyway I guess my chief question relates to the hull design. I know this isn't a super shallow running boat but my budget doesn't allow such a thing. There's a Glastron model of the same basic size and layout except that it's a tri-hull, it also has two forward facing seats on the bow that i think would be great. My impression is that a tri-hull will have less draft and be more stable at rest. How substantial of a difference are we talking about? If it's a couple inches then I'll get over it, but if it's 6" or so that could be the difference between being the dumbass stuck on the reef or the dumbass potlicking your honey hole. I live 20 mins from the 2004 boat ramp so that's where I'll be dropping in and starting my journeys. Do you think this boat will get the job done fishing around west bay? Any wisdom would be appreciated, I'm not looking forward to redecking this thing but I'd much rather do it before it get's hot.
Thanks a bunch.
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