Well guys,,,I`ve done a bunch of research and hard thinking since I have only 1 shot at what I`m going to do the rest of my life. All of a sudden it hit me last night that my boat shop up there wont work,,cause 1 most the people up there have 14-16ft alum V-hulls with no carpet, 2 the boats up there are great boats,,and don`t leak.(no trackers up there) and any bassboats up there are tourist Most the boats I do here are bassboat or runabout,,all fiberglass, So there goes that idea,,

No as far as my guide service,,the idea sound great and would work if I could get enought resort owner to give me a shot at doing it. I`d use a guide like what I was wanting to do,,if i ewas short on time,,perfect example,,A buddy and I went to White Iron lake,,looked for 3 days hard..Jim and I was on the dock scraching our heads whe we looked up and here come the owner with a trolling motor dethp finder and his rod,,,got in the boat,went 200 ft of the front of the docks,,had alimit of walleye in 30 minutes,came in and smiled at us,,went and cleaned his fish,,,well I`ll be,,wasted 3 days,,fish in front of the dock,,after that we would hit it every morning and evening,,and kiled them,,wish somebody had saved us all that time.

Another thing is the cost,I was thinking of makeing a deal with a resort for a deal on a little cabin for 6-8 weeks,,and see if it was going to work,,well got to looking at places I use to stay at,,,OH MY GOD! the prices are unreal,,the last time there we payed 450 a week on the off season,,,the same 50yrold cabin that barely keeps you rhead dry is 900-1100 a week! And I got to looking and all of themare like that,,no wonder Ely is dieing and and needing jobs,,,Hell cut your Dan prices to where the avg family can afford it and you`ll fill your cabins up instead of the resort being only 12 full..everytime I`ve gone early,,most the time I`m the only one there,,

So I have no idea what to do,,guess i`ll stay around here somewhere,,or take that 30k and go up there for the summer ,,blow all the money,,all but for a couple of hundred bucks so i can just shot myself and be done,,but had a hell of a time....LOL busted dream,,,don`t worry guys,,,I don`t have the B..ls to pull the trigger,,,my luck I`s miss