krixxer

nice catch! according to the internet a 4 footer is around 12 years old.

Bare foot,

You must see quite a few Harbercraft, Hewes Weldcrafts and alike....

Any particular opinion about them? and keep in mind I'm looking at 18 footers nothing bigger

Topwater Striker,

I already have a tinny and mine is already rigged up. I'll save you some money from new! I'll sell it to you cheep nice 50 hp! will run 55kph!

You need to figure out what your gonna use the boat for, casting, trolling, drift fishing, water skiing, cruising with the family, big water, little water, sunny days only, or cold and rainy too ??

 

Once you decide what the main uses will be, it'll narrow your choices down a bunch and make the decision easier.

if I wanted the best boat for each application you mentioned I'd need 5 boats to satisfy my needs

Boat will be used on Simcoe, Erie some lake Ontario runs a few trips to the Kawarthas and the occasional BOQ trip oh don't let me forget the lower niagara in the winter.

I need an "all around rig" mostly casting some drifting and little trolling. I want it to handle reasonable waters as I don't mind fishing when she blows hard or drizzles a bit.

No not a North River. A NR boat like this runs 40k

why is this such a difficult decision? It took me 4 hours to by my last car. I spend 4 hours a day comparing smokecraft to starcraft, lund to lows etc.

Looking at all the boat MGF's all the possible models how you pick the one the bests fits you. I don't want to do this again in two seasons.

Anyone know how much mark up the marinas place on their packages? Can I expect to haggle 4-5k or will be closer 1-2k?

I've owned a boat for two seasons. I bought little 16 starcraft with a 50 out of the 80's that I restored and tuned. After the two seasons I'm starting to see some limitations drawbacks and shortcomings. She is a bit tight for 3, close to 30 years old, a bit too low for the kiddies etc etc... I can think of a thousand excuses to blow some cash.

I know that the ticket is to buy used but I hope to get some feedback from guys who bought from a marina/dealer. Better yet anyone ever try to get a deal at the show?

How are the shows? Is there deal to be had? Price discounts or better packages?

Here is the boat that I'm looking at

SpecificationsLenght

Beam

Height of Sides

Bottom Width

Approx Dry Weight

Deadrise

Fuel Capacity

Maximum HP

Transom Height

Aluminum Thickness

Side

Bottom

Transom 18'

86"

34"

66"

1000 lbs

14 Degree

35 US Gal

135

20"

0.125

0.160

0.160

Length16' - 19'Beam86"Height of Sides34"Bottom Width66"Approx Dry Weight16' 1050 / 17' 1150 / 18' 1250 / 19' 1350Deadrise16 DegreeFuel Capacity16' 17' 24gal / 18' 19' 35galMaximum HP135hp Transom Height20"Side.125Bottom.160Transom.160

I like fishing around Fox, was out on sunday but I guess it was calmed down by the time I got out.

I was around fox last Sunday, didn’t find any bass but the perch were hot

Tomorrow looks like a good day. I'll be dragging tubes on the north end of cooks.

When I was shopping my for last rod I wanted to try it out but for all my effort I just could not find a rod I liked. All the micro guide rods I got to handle felt like telephone poles.

Could go custom, acid wrap micro guides?

-I wonder how that would work

What was the brand that had the line run inside the blank?

-don't see them around anymore

you don't have white?

Not conventional but last year I used a (heavy)fly just like that under a slip bobber. I had great success in the lower with that set up.

bass pro has worms if that is all you need.

other then that there is the place on Jane and the 401, a bit far but they will have what you need

buying stuff with after tax dollars is for suckas.

if you can handle the weight and the price then try Trojan www.trojanbattery.com it will be the last one you buy.

my local magnacharge has them but the one I wanted was close to 160 lbs. A bit heavy for my little 16 footer

The 150 has a 35A alternator, if you like trolling the big lake you don't need the extra battery.

I like to run a cutoff switch to prevent any drainage.....

About the big batteries..... how heavy is a 31? whatever it is I don't like lifting them.

I opted out for 3 small

got a call from the dealer

the Volt is just shy of 50k out the door then you apply for a 8500 gov credit and no other discounts are available in Ontario at this time

"But underwater? Hardly."

true! I said that wrong.

The good ones never go on sale but in the spring CT, Costco and the like will have a few skids to blow out.

http://www.magnacharge.com if they don't have it you probably don't need it

I like it! and if they will sell me one for 30k @ >1% I'll sign tomorrow.

I spend around 300/mo in fuel just around town.

I didin't see anyone mention this around here so it goes....

Globe and Mail sept 14, 2012

The U.S. recession is still making waves at Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. The Quebec manufacturer will exit the sport boat business and shut down its plant in Illinois, eliminating 350 jobs.

“This is a difficult but necessary decision for BRP,” José Boisjoli, president and CEO of the Valcourt-based company, said in a statement.

The company invented the snowmobile and made a killing with its Sea-Doo watercraft. It started producing sport boats 18 years ago. But sales of the jet-driven boats, often used to water ski, never bounced back after the recession as cautious American consumers continue to put off non-essential spending.

BRP tried to sell the plant in Benton, Ill., that it inherited through its 1995 acquisition of Celebrity. It couldn’t find a buyer.

The sport boat business represents 3 per cent of the company’s sales, said Pierre Pichette, BRP’s public affairs vice-president. The company stopped disclosing its revenue after the Bombardier Inc. unit was bought out in 2003 by a consortium led by U.S. private equity fund Bain Capital. Bain partnered with the family of Laurent Beaudoin, who transformed Bombardier into a transportation multinational, and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Quebec’s biggest pension fund manager.

In a 2011 interview, Mr. Boisjoli was hopeful that annual sales would recover all the ground lost during the recession by 2013, and reach the $2.8-billion mark again. BRP’s revenues crashed 40 per cent within six months of Lehman Brothers Inc.’s collapse.

The difficult days are clearly not behind BRP, whose plans to return to the stock market after a five-year restructuring have been delayed. It is now pinning its future on the design of high-end power-sports vehicles such as the Spyder, a three-wheeled roadster that it launched in 2007.

This is the second decision that BRP has taken as part of the strategic review of its marine products. Last May, the company announced that it will transfer the assembly line of its watercraft from Valcourt to a new plant to be built in Mexico. It will also stop producing its own accessories and clothes and contract out the distribution of spare parts.

After the layoffs are taken into account, BRP employs 6,500 people, 3,000 based in Quebec, according to Mr. Pichette.

G pool

+1.

This is a great system.

the courts can find you innocent

but the insurance co is above that..

and due to fault determination rules jack up your rates 400%

My 7 years are up Feb 12, 2013.. I'm looking at 2500/year rate reduction

is there a boat show in feb?

not up here billy.

 

we have what is called DCPD (direct compensation property damage).

 

it saves insurance companies from going after each other, as with fault determination rules, there is always an at fault party. as such, every single accident would have one insurance company going after another for compensation (or otherwise known as subrogation).

 

 

this would not be cost effective.

 

as such, regardless of fault, the "not at fault" driver's insurance company does not go after the "at fault" drivers insurance company.

I'll take bets that we will see a toyota corolla at some point in this video

i work by the airport; the place is a war zone

December 15 ish for Muskies and then the lower through the winter for Bows and Lakers......so never

No other place like it. If I only fished one spot for the rest of my fife it would be it.

Do you take the boat out or just hand out on the shore?

nice work!!

love to fish cooch but never came across any like that in that water

i have scraps but I don't think you want to come to mississauga for a 5$ L bracket.

I have a transom mounted Traxxis 50lb that is connected to 2 24's I can get a honest 6 hours of trolling in my little 16 footer.

Lebaron had the traxxis on sale for 300 on father’s day