Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:26:56 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:31:56 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I'm trying to be somewhat economical
about the fuel thing - not because of cost so much as just the thought
of burning through 300/400 gallons of diesel just for a fishing trip.
It will definitely increase your "cost per fish" to well above market
price. :-)

We were following a nice looking 50+ Viking sportfish through a slow
speed area yesterday as we were coming home from the weekend. I got a
real adrenaline rush watching him accelerate up onto plane at the end
of the speed zone. There were a *lot* of horsepower at work as he
came up out of the hole in no time at all. Very impressive.

And they are really good looking boats.

I'm afraid that my search will become an avocation at some point.

And to add to my problems, I really want something with outboards
which is going to be a problem.

I don't know - we'll see.

Does your wife want a "floating condo" so she can enjoy weekends on the
lake? If so, on the larger lakes it is common for people to own two
boats, one for living aboard, and then a bass boat or center console for
fishing or a runabout for water toys and sking. Unfortunatley, those
boats that are great for living aboard, normally do not make good
fishing boats.