Falcon
Active Member
Just a thought on boats that'd be suitable for fishing salmon in-shore as well as off-shore for tuna. Has anyone ever considered a center console boat like this one below for the West Coast, a 29 foot Cobia 296 with a 10 foot beam that holds 240 gallons of fuel and runs with two 250HP motors on the back? I think the first time I saw one up here was Willie Mitchell's "Invincible", which is a beauty.
I know it's hard to stay out of the weather on these things when running to the fishing grounds, which can be mitigated easily with the bigger boats as they have covers around the console, everyone loves a pilot house here in BC, but I think I spend the majority of my time in decent weather out on the cockpit deck in the open anyways.
There's a ton of these for sale in Florida and they have a huge fuel capacity for a tuna run, they are expensive new but you can really get a sweet deal on a used one.
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I know it's hard to stay out of the weather on these things when running to the fishing grounds, which can be mitigated easily with the bigger boats as they have covers around the console, everyone loves a pilot house here in BC, but I think I spend the majority of my time in decent weather out on the cockpit deck in the open anyways.
There's a ton of these for sale in Florida and they have a huge fuel capacity for a tuna run, they are expensive new but you can really get a sweet deal on a used one.
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