what are disadvantages of a boat

[davidbyrne046]

just wondering what are the disasvantages of a boat.i might be saving for one.does anyone here prefer bank fishing.???bye the way i'll be fishing for pike.

[Newt]

For lure angling - none that I can think of and quite a few advantages.

 

For fishing a static bait - if the water is rough or the weather windy, you can never really hold the boat perfectly steady and your bait will move around some. Can be either advantage or disadvantage depending on the fish's mood at the time.

 

That being said, I much prefer a boat for most all my fishing. When you are pricing things, be sure to include a good electric motor (40lb thrust is good) and a good echo sounder.

[Lee-sox]

Ive just upgraded my wooden boat to a very nice basstender.

 

The advantages are too any to list, as for the disadvantages.

 

Finding somewhere to keep it.

paying mooring.

OR towing it everywhere.

Remembering to charge the batteries for your elec motor

rowing when your battery dies because you spent too long out on the water

 

i will probably think of more later

[Apache]

Finding out that boats are banned on the favourite water?????

[Chris Goddard]

All of the above and a lot, lot more!!

But at least it's somewhere to sleep when you get home late!!

 

Chris

[rickster]

when it sinks!!!!!!!!!

[Peter Waller]

The disadvantage is in having somewhere to keep it when not on the water. The advantage is being able to hunt the fish rather than sit and wait for them to come to you. I have just had two great night's bream fishing, as the shoals moved I moved. Bivvies baaaaaaa, boats ummmmmmmmmm!!!

[chesters1]

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But at least it's somewhere to sleep when you get home late!!

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we used to have a couple of inflatable boats both about ten feet long and very cheap , we used them off bognor for sea fishing (no only silly people encourage this ..........go on, go on) we used to go out about a mile or so or hang about the rocks to the west of the pier , at night between the holiday camp and the yuaght club there used to be a collection of train cariages and other "huts" but behind the sea wall and infront of them was a triangle of grass, this was our bedroom if it was fine we slept on the overturned boats (very comfy) if it rained under them

we had other bedrooms on the south coast but the best one was the dunes on the west side of the river at littlehampton our boats took us to many places not much pike fishing went on though

 

[ 25. June 2003, 11:08 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[davidP]

Disadvantages that I can think of:

 

Lack of access - the majority of waters won't let you on.

Lack of launch sites

Licence & insurance

Preparation time - no such things as a quick hour after dinner unless the boat is permenantly moored

[Newt]

davidP:

Disadvantages that I can think of:.....

Preparation time - no such things as a quick hour after dinner unless the boat is permenantly moored

Boat stays parked at my house - on it's trailer. Most gear on board. So ....

 

Hook to truck - 4 minutes.

Drive to lake - same as w/o boat.

Launch - 4-5 minutes unless there is a line waiting to do the same.

Run to fishing spot at 30mph rather than walking speed.

 

If you can do a quick hour without the boat, you can do a quick 50 minutes with the boat and probably catch more fish if you are lure angling.

 

And if the swim you want is very far from the parking area, quicker to get there by water than walking.