hi all,

 As some of you know I have a new boat on order, and will pick it up in the spring. I put my old boat for sale on craigslist a while ago, and after a couple of false starts I sold it this A.M. It was actually kind of sad to see it go, My wife and I had a lot of good times in it during the last 10 yrs.

 So good news: I don't have to store my old boat over the winter, and I have $$ towards trolling motor, electronics for the new boat.                                        So bad news :  The weather has been really nice up here this fall but now I have nothing to fish out of.                                                                                   So good news :  Come spring We'll  have a new boat, and be much more comfortable out on the water all day.                                                                        So bad news : it's going to be a long Winter!!!!!!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jim

 

Let's end with the good news:

 

23 minutes ago, jbmaine said:

I have a new boat on order

Find you a buddy with a boat?

It is amazing at the emotional attachment that people can have with boats.  I am still grieving over a jon boat that I lost a few years ago.  I still think about each boat that I've had and the way I liked it etc.... Boating should be a family thing.  Get a boat that your wife, children, and friends can enjoy.  Boating and fishing is a family event.  That way when you buy a new boat.  You just tell the wife that it's for her.

3 hours ago, Lonnie Clemens said:

It is amazing at the emotional attachment that people can have with boats.  I am still grieving over a jon boat that I lost a few years ago.  I still think about each boat that I've had and the way I liked it etc.... Boating should be a family thing.  Get a boat that your wife, children, and friends can enjoy.  Boating and fishing is a family event.  That way when you buy a new boat.  You just tell the wife that it's for her.

I know just what you mean. We hated to see our old boat leave. My wife had a few tears seeing our old boat heading for it's new home. I don't think she would have let it go if we weren't convinced the gentleman who bought it was going to take care of it. We made a lot of good memories in it. However for several reasons it was time to upgrade.

                                                               Jim