12-03-2005, 06:16 AM
Hmm. Good question, Matt. Guess I spoke too quickly. I don't fish salt (the thought of fishing where there might be something big enough to take me and my tube in a head to tail rise is unsettling) and I seldom catch anything with sharp fins or teeth so your situation is very different than mine. Guess my trout fishing advice doesn't apply in this case.
Would I choose a used-one-time Fat Cat for $200 over the ODC if I fished where the tube might get punctured? Yes. It was the $375 price tag that I choked on once I saw that the quality, for the purpose I use it, was not really worth the extra $. I didn't need the more expensive bladders.
The only thing I might add is that after reading Tubedude's comments about his Super Fat Cat with the inflatable seat, I would only buy the foam seated Fat Cat.
Surely someone else can contribute something here. ATFishing owns several ODC's and fishes the salt in So. Cal. You there, AT?
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Would I choose a used-one-time Fat Cat for $200 over the ODC if I fished where the tube might get punctured? Yes. It was the $375 price tag that I choked on once I saw that the quality, for the purpose I use it, was not really worth the extra $. I didn't need the more expensive bladders.
The only thing I might add is that after reading Tubedude's comments about his Super Fat Cat with the inflatable seat, I would only buy the foam seated Fat Cat.
Surely someone else can contribute something here. ATFishing owns several ODC's and fishes the salt in So. Cal. You there, AT?
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