Small Fishing Boat

[oGaryo]

Just had a call from a friend who's looking to spend circa £5K on a small fishing boat complete with 50(ish)hp outboard and trailer.. He's mentioned the Predator 165 but was shocked at the price he'd need to pay for boat, trailer and outboard... it's been a while since he's owned a boat so i presume prices for this sort of setup are much greater than they were circa 15 years ago..

Any advice on equivalent setups within his budget would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

 

[Drifter]

Look at the second hand "Seahog" range of trailer boats. They are fairly basic but decent boats at a good price.

 

[PaulGooch]

I'd suggest trying this question in one of the boat fishing sections here :

http://www.worldseafishing.com

 

[oGaryo]

Thanks guys ..... and Paul, you don't fool me, that link's clearly an attempt to liven up this section with scantily clad boat show babes and Florida ar*e shots, right?

 

[PaulGooch]

Thanks guys ..... and Paul, you don't fool me, that link's clearly an attempt to liven up this section with scantily clad boat show babes and Florida ar*e shots, right?

You've obviously not see the mottley crew from WSF then lol