[Reel Tune]

We’re considering getting a boat. We have a place to store it indoors, and we have a tow vehicle. I do enjoy fishing from a kayak, but with some shoulder issues along with not being able to reach areas that I would like to fish, fishing current, wind, or rough water the boat has been mentioned several times. We would definitely keep the kayaks, but just add another tool to the arsenal. A boat has been brought up several times over the past couple years by my wife, and I just kinda brushed it off thinking she would forget about it. If we do get a boat it will be a dedicated bass boat, bot a Fish&Ski, Deck Boat, or Pontoon. It would be something we could take to Louisiana, Everglades, or the Keys to fish flats, brackish, and backwaters along with the waters here.
For us kayaks take a long time to prep “deciding which ones to take, putting rod holders on, and other accessories, planning out logistics, what particular area we will target, what baits to take, and rod and reel outfits”. The gear has to be loaded in the truck with kayaks on the trailer and then at the ramp the boats have to be loaded after removing them from the trailer, and then the same with leaving the lake. It can be very time consuming deciding what gear to take and that usually starts the night or day before with a few hours of prep.
The problem is it’s been a long time since I fished from a bass boat 20+ years, and it seemed like we would just hookup and go, then when we got home rinse it off, flush the motor, backed it into the garage, and put the batteries on charge. It seemed so simple, but I was 15 year old at the time.
We would not get rid of the kayaks of course, but it’s hard to cover water on kayaks, fish humps, fish when it’s windy, etc.