07-28-2008, 04:11 AM
I am in the same situation, and this year purchased a ski and fish boat to try to satisfy everybody. Mine turned out to be a great fit for us. It is a 99 Glastron GS205 SF twenty footer with the ski and fish option. It has plenty of power for the wife and kids to ski, and it outfits surprisingly well for fishing, with a detachable Minnkota drive on the front, front and rear pedestal fishing seats, livewell, two batteries for the minnkota and a third to crank the Volvo I/O. It also sports a trolling plate and two mounts for outriggers, though I don't have the hardware for the outriggers yet. It has high enough sides and is stable enough that we all feel very safe in rough waters (which we got into on Utah Lake the first time we used it).
The other option that we looked at was a bass type boat with skiing option. These are 18-20' with an outboard that fishes almost exactly like a bass boat, and does a decent job on the skiing side with a ski pylon and stuff. It can also take on water like a bass boat in big surf.
The only real problem I have our setup is if the BFT'ers see me frothing up the lake to please my wife they may kick me out of the club... Oh well, I gotta do what I gotta do to get my boat for fishing [
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Anyway, our boat works great for us. Good luck!
Ray
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The other option that we looked at was a bass type boat with skiing option. These are 18-20' with an outboard that fishes almost exactly like a bass boat, and does a decent job on the skiing side with a ski pylon and stuff. It can also take on water like a bass boat in big surf.
The only real problem I have our setup is if the BFT'ers see me frothing up the lake to please my wife they may kick me out of the club... Oh well, I gotta do what I gotta do to get my boat for fishing [
].Anyway, our boat works great for us. Good luck!
Ray
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