02-14-2007, 06:28 PM
FishN2Dmax,
I feel your pain! I do believe the Fish-n-ski type boat is as close as one can get to "the magic boat"!
I looked for "the magic boat" for years. I wanted a boat that was good on big water, and small water, that I could camp in, and wakeboard and ski behind, and fish from. I never found it. My problem was that I was asking for too much from a single boat. When I recently gave up skiing and wakeboarding, the magic boat almost became a reality, but the bottom line is...I still own two boats!
I guess a person needs to decide what they want the boat to do THE MOST, and then decide what else they want the boat to do SOMETIMES.
Unfortunately, I still like doing a lot of different things with a boat, so I've broken it down into the 2 following categories:
1. Family boat. Big enough to accomodate my family and a few friends and be comfortable and safe on big waters, like Powell. It is ski-able and wakeboard-able, although not with world class performance (wake size/shape). It can be used to camp in, as it is a cuddy, and I can fish from it, at a recreational level, with my family.
2. Small aluminum fishing boat. For those Saturdays when my family does not want to go, and all I want to do is fish. This boat is not camp-able, nor can I pull water skiers or wakeboarders, nor is it very comfortable and it only holds 2 or 3 fisherman, but I can skirt the shorelines very easily and it fishes awesome!
A true "Fish-n-ski" boat is about as close as you can get to the magic boat I think, but I've tried sleeping on a fish-n-ski, and it just didn't work out. I do know others that own them, and they just set up tents on the shore or whatever when they camp, and is not a big deal. Also, if you have access to a houseboat, the camping part is a moot point!
A few years ago, the wakeboarding and skiing was top priority and we owned a Malibu. It was world class performance when it came to pulling wakeboarders and skiers...at the expense of no camping, and not very comfortable or safe out on big waters and it did not fish well at all. But then again, back then we didn't camp or fish much! We wakeboarded and skied.
I guess it's all about what you want to do the most. I know very few people who are 100% satisfied with the boat they own! They always say "I wish it fished better" or "I wish it had a cuddy" or "I wish it were faster/slower/shinier/dirtier/deeper/better wake/taller wake/flatter wake/etc.etc."
I'll probably always own at LEAST 2 boats!
Randy
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I feel your pain! I do believe the Fish-n-ski type boat is as close as one can get to "the magic boat"!
I looked for "the magic boat" for years. I wanted a boat that was good on big water, and small water, that I could camp in, and wakeboard and ski behind, and fish from. I never found it. My problem was that I was asking for too much from a single boat. When I recently gave up skiing and wakeboarding, the magic boat almost became a reality, but the bottom line is...I still own two boats!
I guess a person needs to decide what they want the boat to do THE MOST, and then decide what else they want the boat to do SOMETIMES.
Unfortunately, I still like doing a lot of different things with a boat, so I've broken it down into the 2 following categories:
1. Family boat. Big enough to accomodate my family and a few friends and be comfortable and safe on big waters, like Powell. It is ski-able and wakeboard-able, although not with world class performance (wake size/shape). It can be used to camp in, as it is a cuddy, and I can fish from it, at a recreational level, with my family.
2. Small aluminum fishing boat. For those Saturdays when my family does not want to go, and all I want to do is fish. This boat is not camp-able, nor can I pull water skiers or wakeboarders, nor is it very comfortable and it only holds 2 or 3 fisherman, but I can skirt the shorelines very easily and it fishes awesome!
A true "Fish-n-ski" boat is about as close as you can get to the magic boat I think, but I've tried sleeping on a fish-n-ski, and it just didn't work out. I do know others that own them, and they just set up tents on the shore or whatever when they camp, and is not a big deal. Also, if you have access to a houseboat, the camping part is a moot point!
A few years ago, the wakeboarding and skiing was top priority and we owned a Malibu. It was world class performance when it came to pulling wakeboarders and skiers...at the expense of no camping, and not very comfortable or safe out on big waters and it did not fish well at all. But then again, back then we didn't camp or fish much! We wakeboarded and skied.
I guess it's all about what you want to do the most. I know very few people who are 100% satisfied with the boat they own! They always say "I wish it fished better" or "I wish it had a cuddy" or "I wish it were faster/slower/shinier/dirtier/deeper/better wake/taller wake/flatter wake/etc.etc."
I'll probably always own at LEAST 2 boats!
Randy
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I used to N.ot have E.nough T.ime O.ff to go fishing. Then I retired. Now I have less time than I had before. Sheesh.