zerofivenismo

Great to see another fellow Kansan. Welcome!

Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard. Nice peacock!

Welcome. I love the online classes here ;D

Welcome. I am more of a reader than anything else too, but chime in from time to time.

Welcome Tony.

Welcome, glad to hear you go the bug again.

Greetings and welcome aboard.

Welcome...this is a perfect place to help you along your angling journey.

Welcome TAMU. This place is great in filling up the knowledge bank.

Welcome back!

Hello and welcome aboard!

Welcome. You didn't find BR by accident....it was destiny.

Good to have you here.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome back.

Welcome aboard. Lots of good guys here.

Absolutely not. Don't care for alcohol, but give me some orange soda and it's game over. I use to fish with a couple guys that downed beers all the time. Newborn baby girl woke me up fast.

There's been plenty of discussion on an unnamed jon boat site regarding a 32" width bottom jons. Though not impossible, a 32" bottom jon is unsafe to deck. IMO, just build floors, and if you absolutely must deck it, deck it no higher than your bench. You have the right idea....take it out and stand on the bench to see how comfortable you are moving around. Remember to wear your PFD. To answer your question, 4" difference in bottom width makes a big difference esp for small vessells.

Here's my new (to me) ride.

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I'll chime in my two cents. I had a 10ft bass raider which was a blast to fish in and an inexpensive means to get off the banks. No trailer, just loaded into the truck bed. I thought about the cons (loading/unloading gear during launch and retrieve), but it never occurred to me how manual intensive it is after a long day of fishing. When you're fresh and excited, it's not bad However, when you're a bit tired, you don't want to think about transferring all your gear from the boat to your vehicle, and loading up the boat onto the vehicle, and then strapping everything down. I agree with the others about getting a trailer. I shopped for a trailer, but ended up selling the BR and getting a wide bottom jon w/trailer. Pros and cons for everything and everyone, but to each its own. Good luck to you however you decide.

You guys are too funny! I just bought my first boat and have yet to take her out on the maiden voyage. Between laughing my guts out, I'm trying to take some important notes. It's a guarantee I'll experience those mistakes multiple times. Underwear - checked Drain plug - checked PFD - checked Rods - checked Tackle - checked Gas - checked Charge batts - checked Dock ropes/knots - checked Learn how to swim - TBA ;D

Good deal for those who don't have local BPS. My monkey's fortunate to have two local BPS and a Cabelas.

Here's mines. Same as my avatar.