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Location: Holly, MI | I need a high dry front and sides for crazy Lake St Clair(always getting wet), while maintaining a low back end for dealing with fish/trolling setups/etc.
This might sound crazy but just hear me out.. I would love to see a 18 to 20 foot boat with an inboard motor. Lets me have a huge wide open, low, no obstruction, full width back end of the boat. An inboard V8 makes a thump that seems to attract muskies (while trolling on Lake St Clair at least). [ask the guys who use them or who don't but fish alongside them!]. A center console lets me run all the way around the boat to get to any rod or cast anywhere I want to. Rods go in rocket launchers off the bimni so no locker needed. Livewell not needed either, like a rod locker, just takes up good usable floor space. If I'm sneaking out for a salmon (meat) trip I toss the huge cooler in the front full of ice.
Oh and one more very cool thing.. I saw this on Capt Frank's boat last year, He has a set of controls at the back of the boat as well. He can change trolling speed and steer the boat from a remote post at the rear of the boat. Very nice. |
