How many people have more than one boat?

[queenswake]

For multi-species anglers like me, I could easily make use of just about every fishing boat type out there.

18-20 ft Dual console/walk-through for walleyes on the bigger lakes pulling cranks and good for getting out of the weather. Also for an all-around boat for watersports with the family.

18 ft deep V tiller for calmer days, lindy rigging or jigging, or just when you have 3-4 guys and want an easy boat for that many to fish out of.

16-17 ft shallower deep V tiller for smaller lakes, for following the weedline closely, navigating small inlets and culverts to get into other lakes, etc.

16 ft semi-v for the real shallow water and when a simple, light, no frills boat is all you need.

22-24 ft pontoon for a nice, roomy platform for night fishing with a bunch of guys or for taking the family out for some panfishing.

I have an Alumacraft Lunker, which has a pretty shallow V. So no go for a bigger, windy lake like Red or LOTW. But it's great for for smaller lakes. I've taken that through many super shallow inlets to other lakes with ease. So if I had just one boat, and it was a big one that could handle LOTW, it wouldn't be the ideal boat for other bodies of water I like to fish on.

It doesn't help that I love boats just about as much as I like fishing. One the road, my driving is unsafe from all the the time I spend ogling other people's rigs on the road. If I had the space to store them, I could easily see myself buying every one of these I've listed, if not more.

[paulie]

Not like that, I don't. I'm selling a Lunker with a Honda 40. Then I have a 1960's alumacraft and mint 1968 Johnson mounted to it that I keep at my log cabin. A 16.5 foot, custom duck boat/blind that I had built for lake superior- what at tank! Lastly, I just bought a used Warrior 1890 eagle.

[Phil T]

Not me, unfortunately.
However, I'm a bit acquainted with a man who owns a v-hulled cabin cruiser (about 35-40 feet long), tows a Lund Cherokee for lake fishing, and has a Tracker john boat for the river. He bought them all used.

[Shellback]

2 sixteen footers at present. Walkthru windshield model and a lightweight mod-v for electric only lakes. I pray I can be satisfied with these. Probably went thru 15 boats in 15 years trying to find the perfect boat. LOL!

[mudpuppy]

A 21 footer with a cuddy cabin for the big lake. A 13 footer for electrics only lakes. And a canoe for the small rivers or drag to spots.

[T Mac]

Where I live, quite a few of us have two boats.
One for the big reservoirs and one for the skinny rivers,, or duck hunting, etc.
I do.
My second boat is a jon boat w/ a jet o.b. on it.

does a kayack count
I like it on those nice calm summer evenings

[Dacotah Eye]

18 1/2 footer for larger waters and 14 footer for smaller waters. I don't use the 14 footer as much as I should.

[oldschooltiller]

A 20' Pro Guide would function on just about every lake around here. Unless there is no ramp. In that case even a much smaller boat would be tough to launch.

The second boat (what I want to do eventually) would be an older 15-16 StarCraft semi V boat. Some of those are built like bigger boats-wide gunnels, relatively heavy, front deck etc, but are much smaller/shallower boats.

This would be the perfect boat for rivers, small lakes or any other time you want a boat to bring that you don't mind bumping stumps/trees/nasty river water/rocks etc.

[Duckjunkie194]

I have an Xpress 1756DB mod v jon boat w a 40 evinrude that was my do-it-all boat until I bought the Lund 1800 Explorer with a Suzuki 150. The Xpress is mostly my duck hunting boat and it is waaaay nicer not having to take the blind on/off twice a year. It sometimes gets used on the smaller river and some private lakes, but it sure is more comfy in the Lund.