i love my little 17' sea pro bay boat... easy for me to trailer and
single hand...but, i have started easing out in the ocean and there are
some interesting things out there (plus, far fewer humans than around
the inshore areas). it's just around the corner and the gulf stream is
only about 30 miles out. there's a reason they call them "bay boats", so
i'm yearning for another new ride that will safely carry me out into the
yonder...

i'm trying (unsuccessfully so far) to put a group together to buy a deep
sea fishing machine to hit the stream for a few years. i'm focused on a
used carolina classic or albemarle in the 24-28' range, but, for the
trailering advantage, i've also looked at that new "palmetto" 24 (?) by
sea pro too.

the salt water flyfishing along the carolina coast has matured (some of
us say mutated), and the fat albert chase around cape lookout is now
probably akin to that popular kiddie pool on the san juan (hell, even
wally has traveled down to harkers island for the circus g). you can
still find spots in bays and salt marshes that afford a measure of
tranquility, and some nice fish. but, that warm blue stream looks kinda
interesting and my fishing mentor ain't getting any younger. g

do you fish the cape areas up there? how far out do you go and what do
you fish for, primarily?

jeff

daytripper wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 07:20:31 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:



daytripper wrote:



/daytripper (thinking about a bigger salt water boat again...)


me too... a 17' bay boat is great for flats and sound fishing, but
sal****er baths offshore are a bit testy. what have you been looking at?


We've definitely outgrown our 18' bow-rider, there's a whole world beyond its
limits. Even the SO has been pushing for a bigger boat, so I got that going
for me :-)

I've been looking at 23'-25' center consoles, large enough to have a head in
the console - a "gotta have" feature for spousal unit buy-in :-) but small
enough to trailer. Whatever it turns out to be it'll have a 200-225hp Yamaha
60° v6.

On the short list if new: Scout 235 Sportfish, SeaPro 238 CC, Genmar Fishhawk
213 CC and 233 CC. I would enjoy any of them. But if a great used deal falls
out of the sky towards the end of the summer I might spring for that...

/daytripper