what is the perfect boat?
 

i have a 21 foot robalo with 200 honda
i really like the boat but it has about 21" off draft so i have to be very carefull in shallow water which i fish inshore about 45% the rest of the time i fish off shore but ride is a little rough some times i feel safe in 3 foot seas but its just not worth the beating i take and im not getting any younger

so im thinking about a new boat what are yout opinions what would be the perfect boat if money wasnt an option but only can have one boat to fish inshore and offshore and maybe even spend a whole weekend on the boat offshore (cabin)

:work: ps what about a cat vs mono

oh no!!!!!!!

This should be good !

Triton like Pox just got. Like the look and the ride.

might as well send this to the gill net now!!!!!

You know thats rite

I guess this would be better titled as dream boat thread....but either way I'd have to got with the 36' or bigger yellowfin. hopefully one day when I'm finished with school, I can actually go buy one.

Man, I was just about to go to bed. Hopefully my mods are still awake.....

That 36' YF is one sexy boat!!!

how can you fish the weirs at lowtide in a 36 yellowfin

25' sea champ champion...bad *** boat with a 300 yammy or 350

I just bought a 24 triton ltspro love, been fishing offshore it was slick though but I ran in some nasty stuff Friday morning n it was great, only thing I change on it is put a 300 instead of the 250

how can you fish 70+ miles offshore in rough seas in a bay boat?

i have been looking and i am very interested in something like a 26' cat walk around but i have never ridden in one does any one have any experience in something like this

My boat mechanic has a 26' prokat ... Pretty cool handles the water good. 99% of the guides in Venice run 26' glacier bays

There's a used 28 walkaroind for sale on the 4 lane north of golden meadow.........its a real beauty!! If you already have your inshore boat, I'd definitely go and give it a look

LMAO

I've been in cats before. Went out in the 26' glacier bay. Took the water ok but rocks a lot and very slow. Also went out in a 36' twinvee it took the water very good but very very slow. The glacier bay was kinda couped. Not a lot of room. I also been out on a 33' contender. Very fast and takes the water awesome. Personally I like the 33' or 36' invincible. Will leave a yellowfin in it's wake. After riding in one of these open center consoles there's no way u could still want a cat. Some of the invincibles top out over 70mph. Wit a cruisin speed about 50 in 2-4s. They're bad.

My best friends dad has a 32 foot world kat at the camp in Venice....it's enormous and can't beat the ride in legit 6 footers....I feel 100% comfortable on it 100 miles offshore on overnighters

If you are in a 36ft boat the weirs are the last place you are gonna fish

Look at the 26 foot Calcutta cats. Think Ray on this site has been in one and might be able to throw a few pics up

No such a thing exists as a perfect boat. :spineyes:

But my choice for an inshore/offshore boat would be the old 24 ft Kenner hull repowered with a new motor.

Hiney with an OBAMA MAX.......just checked their 10q statement and both are in the BLACK$$$ in regards to their P/L statement!

dont you mean twinvees? Thats all i would see down there

Any boat, I don't have 1 right now. :(

What happened to yours?

I ment something bigger than a Jon boat. ;) but it is a proven fish catcher.

Sent from my EVO

The perfect boat is the one that runs and is paid off!!! If there was one perfect boat we'd all have the same one...

X2

Ok didn't know if I had missed something. When you planning on upgrading?

Lookin for somethin more dependable or just scared to be seen in the "Pink Boat":p

Pilgrim Mayflower!!! No trolling motor .....big anchor..make sure you can throw it far...that's a must...

What about the old style Wellcraft V20 that would be all composite with walk through windshield and 8.5 foot beam with bow mounted TM?

http://neworleans.craigslist.org/boa/2462991677.html

or

http://neworleans.craigslist.org/boa/2479777966.html

:D

When we get this house sold!!!

Carol said I had to wait.

Haha. Women and their rules.

Da "Pink Boat" is where it's at.

Yep, but I do agree. I don't want to finance the boat either.

Are you gonna build some place that you can build a shop or y'all doin another place like you have now?

gonna be to tough to get a cat through the weirs though...Haven't been around alot of cat style bay boats though.

I would look at cats.... Not very fast but they can get pretty skinny and handle some serious slop. I've even seen trolling motors mounted on the baycats

Cajun Hunter 03, I think that is his screen name, just got a Haynie 24' cat. PM him

Correction
cajunhntr03

They run twin vees too but most of the big names down there run Freeman cats yellowfins and a few run invincibles

if money is really no option a good boat for inshore and a overnighter would be a gause built. do a lil research on them and you will find lots of info. drafts shallow and is offshore capable.
http://gausebuiltboats.com/

No I hardly see any twinvees anymore, saw 4 freemans, prolly 20 glacier bays, and a handful of world cats .

Saw on when I was tarpon fishin in boca grande ... That boat was prime!!

Maybe a Yellowfin 23 CC? 18 inch draft from of an "offshore" boat for your trips to the weirs....although if I had anything with the name "Yellowfin" on it, it wouldn't come within 100 yards of those rocks, and it looks like it has enough room in front of the console to pitch a tent for spending the night in the gulf!! LOL....but seriously though....

2 words............Cape Horn!!

He didn't ask for the wettest boat Tim