this is my first boat freshy. I got alot of work but got to start somewhere. i also need to find a motor for it. i don't want anything less then a 30hp. my local dealership wants a grand for a 35hp johnson but the motor is a 79 and i realy don't want to spend a grand on a motor thats 40 years old. I don't need anything to big cause i want the boat half way light so i can pull it across shallow spots like sealed in sloughs. like patterson or shotgun slough. unless the water is high like right now hardly anyone can get back there unless they are in a canoe. the entrance and exit only have about 6 inches of water or less durring normal water levels but once in there the water is about 5 feet deep. still holds fish and big fish. so i want to be able to pull my boat into there or similiar places. so i don't want a heavy 90-100hp motor on it.
mawade, i would love to go down to georgia and do some fishing but thats like 1800 miles. I fish the upper mississippi between illinois and iowa. lots of fish here. catfish, carp, walleye, sauger, redhorse, sturgeon, paddle fish, bass, crappie, sunfish, gar, white bass, and about 200 miles south of here a bull shark was caught.
Thyra i do alot of catch and release. i love to fish but am not real crazy for eating it. i'll keep a few catfish for the smoker or the very rare occation i'll keep one flathead. and if i keep a flathead it's got to be at least 30 pounds. i want to keep the fish in the water and growing. don't want to take to many big fish out of the system. biggest thing is when i go fishing it's usually in the evening or night and when i get home i realy don't want to clean fish so i don't keep them lol. think the biggest thing for me is i just like being on the water. listening to the crickets and frogs and then come morning i love sitting out on the foggy river thats as smooth as glass listening to the world wake up. I could be out all night and not get a bite, but still love every moment i'm out there. but thats just me