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I was looking at a skiff..

Wasnt sure what kind I could get for that much.

I mainly wanted a salt FLAT/fresh fisherin boat

I would go to http://www.boattrader.com and do a search. There are boats on there that sell for 3,000 and they arent that bad at all.

I would look for a gheenoe, good all round boat .

14 - 16 foot jon boat with a 25. Best all around freshwater and saltwater boat. Rivers, creeks, flats, ponds...........everything but offshore (unless your name is WEVANS. He'd take a 10 foot jon boat with a 5 horse Clinton to the O Tower - and catch fish trolling all the way.

A J16 Carolina Skiff with a 25 would be a good choice too.

HEY, I resemble that remark I don't think I could ever go back to anything shorter than 17 foot anymore I can fish the flats, rivers, lakes and YES, OFFSHORE with mine but it cost 13,500 new also I would look at 16 - 18 footers with a V or semi-V and you can get a decent used boat for 3 grand

mojokoko,

Not sure what your location is or your preferences, but here are 3 possibilities from the Tallahassee Dem's classified adds.

1.

Type of Engine 25hp; Mercury
Contact person Boat Aluminum Fisher
Original Ad 14’ Jon Boat Aluminum Fisher Marine, 25hp Mercury, decked, fishfinder, $1,750 obo. Call 443-3283
First Appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
Tuesday, November 25, 2003

2.

Make Hunter
Auto Trailer for Moving Yes
Type of Engine 9.9 Mercury
Comes with Equipment? Yes
14ft Game Warden 9.9 Mercury, Live well, trolling motor, trailer, lots of extras. Perfect for duck hunter or fisherman. $2,000. 668-8611
First Appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
Saturday, December 6, 2003

3.

Auto Trailer for Moving Yes
Type of Engine 25hp; Mercury
G3 1548 Fishing Boat 25hp Mercury motor. Galvanized trailer. $2000. 926-7906 after 6p
First Appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
Thursday, December 4, 2003

Looks like a lot of folks gettin' ride of those black moters... My recomendaton would be for a jon boat also, you can get a 2003 Yamaha 20hp for about 1900.00 that leaves you with plenty to buy a used jon boat and trailer. You can fish a bunch with a boat like that, fresh and salt water, it drinks almost no gas, and you can scollop, etc out of it.

Well I live in tallahassee, and I want to do fresh and salt water.

I would prefer for a boat that can do everything in fresh and just fish the flats in saltwater about 1 mile out.

But I may have 4000k to spend and I wouldnt mind getting a jon boat.

Im not sure what kinda of jon boat I Could get but I would like to
slap some seats on it and I heard you can get the floor done so it
has some sort or carpet.

Give Mike's Marine "984-5637" in Panacea a call and ask him about the NEW and USED boats that he has

Jerry's Marine "984-4800" has used boats sometimes also

Alright I want have the money for about 5 to 6 months depending on
if I get a job or not.

But if I do get the money ill give them a call.

I went to boattraderonline.com and did a search of 12-20' boats in the $2000-$3000 price range and found 186 of them in Florida. Including a 1976 20' Grady w/200 hp Johnson and also a bunch of aluminum boats with 9 to 50 hp clamped on the back.

If you don't mind a bit of a drive, you can get a lot of boat for $3000. Once my house is done and the banks paperwork is out of the way I may go looking for another boat .

Ill look into it!



I believe I finally got a job now, so I should be able to sit back and
wait about 5 months or so and then do some serious shoppin and lookin around.