OP
OP
LiveLife
Member
And that's why I got the smaller 18' boat after getting the 21' boat with jet drive.venison costs us somewhere around $15.00 a pound, and he said, "That's cheap, we figure about 3 times that for ocean caught fish!"
Wife and I like local rock fish that are caught in 100' deep waters that are 3-4 miles from harbor. With the 18' boat with outboard motor, it just takes a few gallons of fuel for all day fishing and we usually catch our limit for different fish type (Ling cod, rock cod, etc.) within a couple of hours. 18' can accommodate 3-4 people comfortably so cost of fish comes out pretty cheap when you come back with 40-60 lbs of fish. And of course, fresh beer batter fried rock fish is awesome.
Other people I fish with like to go further out around 200' deep and 7 miles out from harbor to fish for halibut that weigh around 30-40 lbs each.
I initially bought the 21' boat to do rock fish/salmon/halibut fishing close to shore but have a friend who used to be a sea captain who wants to go fishing for tuna 30-40 miles out (local tuna weighs around 35-45 lbs) but I don't have sea legs yet so I told him I am staying close to shore for now. But I told him after I finish two vintage Starcraft boats, I will look for a 21'-24' Mako/Proline walkaround with twin outboards ... to go tuna fishing.
)
