On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:55:32 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:12:42 -0500, "Reggie Smithers"
wrote:

JohnH,
I am wondering why you are thinking about getting a new boat. What features
are you looking for in a new boat, that you current boat doesn't offer?

The big change, for me, would be to an outboard and a cabin.

My boat has an I/O which takes up a lot of the space in the boat. The engine cover
isn't totally wasted space, though, because it becomes a bait station, table, seat,
etc., as needed. Without it, I'd have to have a cooler or other surface to perform
the same services.

In cold weather, a cabin would be nice. But, in hot weather they can be sweltering.

Hell, I go through the new boat thing every year, and haven't bought one yet! I
eventually convince myself that my boat is great for what I want to do with it.


Actually, on the hottest days on the Bay, the cabin in our Parker is
pleasant. All the windows open, and the white cabintop and sides reflect
an awful lot of heat and sunlight.

On the hottest days in the bay, the fish usually aren't biting anything anyway, or so
it seems. What are you going to use for bait next summer? Have you tried the new
artificial bloodworm substitute yet? (Fishbites ?)

Last year I couldn't find a croaker anywhere.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes