Having a boat that you can’t use the right tactics with to get fish is a big mistake… and you don’t want to wait and buy the one you really needed later on so get the following up front..
- Make sure you can put a kicker motor on it so you can troll for walleye / Crappie…
this means the transom weight capacity for the motor you have and the kicker are allowed….
- Battery chargers On-board - Get one…. Period…
- Kill switches on the battery’s so you won’t drain one and kill it when you have the boat parked.
- Get a Bimini - that is unless you don’t want to fish from may on… until Oct.
- Electronics -
Hummingbird has the best side view period…. Mega + is almost scary in detail
But - if you want to catch fish in hard fishing conditions…
then the Garmin Livescope is your huckleberry… Not only can you see the size of what you are targeting, you can see thier exact depth and how they react to lures…. And get fish when no one else can.
- Livewell size - don’t underestimate the importance or you’ll be carrying a portable livewell for big catfish / spoonbill..
- for lakes - get a v hull… don’t assume you can use a flat bottom everywhere.
- Inflatable lifevests — people will actually wear them - Get them…
- light for driving at night - summer fishing at night is HUGE…. But you really need some lights, I put LED based light bars on mine.
