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| Hi,
Im new to the board. Im returning to muskie fishing after a couple of years
of living out west. Im moving to Madison this fall and want to pick up a boat asap,because the best deal always seem to be around that time of the year. So my question is what is a good size boat and motor for that area would a sixteen be to small. Thanks for any advice and I'm sure I'll meet some of you on the water.
Best Regards
Pete |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | monona and mendota are big water and can get rough if the wind starts a kicking but a good stable 16 footer would be a good start |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | With all that great bigger water at your disposal in the State, and the fact that the Mad Town Chain can work up pretty good, I would lok at a 17.5 foot model. Lots of them out there in both aluminum and glass. |
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| Several very nice boats are in the classifieds on this sight, if you are looking for used! hint, hint. |
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Location: Madtown, WI | I fish the Mad. chain 95% of the time. Big water indeed. I had a Tuffy esox mag for a few years and it was an awesome boat for those 200-800 acre lakes. Unfortunately, at 32-3600 acres the mag was out gunned when trying to hold in 3-4 footers. I was on mendota on Monday fishing the wind blown side...3.5 footers..Not a 16 foot boat type of water. Now I run a Tuffy 1760 tiller and it is awesome on the big water. You can get by with a 16 footer, but if you could swing getting something bigger I would.
Also, we have a VERY good Muskies Inc chapter here in Madison. Check us out when you get in town! http://www.capitalcitymuskiesinc.org/
Cory |
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| Thanks for the info, I guess I will be looking at 17 or eighteen feet probbaly glass, since I only have v6. I cant wait to get back!
pete |
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