Cost of Fishing?

[floatman]

got my spring Bass Pro Shops catalog to day and I think Nitro has gotten the message, they have a 20' 1" Nitro Z8 with a 200 Merc for 29,995 and with Merc 225 for 32,995, still a lot of money, but almost 40,000 less then that one for 70,000 JMO

Gary

[MsgMills]

I couldn't agree more with the info in this thread. I bought a 05 Triton 196 and just love this boat. But last year i was only able to go fishing 2 times the entire year due to my bad back. But to think about selling my boat is a no brainer..No way would I sell this boat, it's set up the way I want a boat to be and it is big enough for my entire family to go out on and enjoy our time on the lake. Plus it's paid off and don't eat anything while sitting in the garage.

So if and when I am able to go fishing again, I'll have my boat waiting for me in the garage, might have to put new batteries in it this year, but so far I've gotten 4 years of use out of my batteries.

Plus when my boys get old enough to actually use the boat on their own, it'll be everything they would ever want or need to use on the water.

[DJD]

I guess you can get wiser as you age cause I am so concerned now about how much money I give away on loans that I would rather save big time and pay cash or have a huge down payment on anything I buy.

This type of thinking has me buying used stuff all the time...boat, motorcycle, kayak, lures and other things. I have purchased used rods and when they have lifetime warranties it really doesn't matter.

[waterdog101]

On a whim, several years agoI priced a nitro.I could afford it. the guy actually proved it. 170 payments. I could even have had it with 20yrs of finance. No way.I would have been over 83 yrsw old when it was mine. WOW living on generic alpo just didn't seem right.

every man does his own thing, some will pay the new price. mostly very young guys. I bought a new boat when i was a young guy. sometimes the payment was tough to make. I kept it a long time. and enjoyed it, but wished many times i hadn't bought it. last year i got to wanting another, and looked at some new ones. but i didn't want one bad enough to go through that again. looked on craigslist for three or four months. found a 2005 nitro that an older guy had bought new at the louisville boat show. the garage he kept it in had 2 inches clearance from rubbing the finders. him and his fishing buddy had to put it in his garage by hand. so it was so much trouble, he left it parked and fished with his friend. it was 4 years old, and had 17 hours on it. I bought it for 1/2 the price his paper work showed he payed for it at the louisville boat show. so something to think about. buy a good used boat, and have more money to spend on gas and lures. their are good deals out their, just go slow while searching. you'll find it.