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re: Bay Boat dilemma, need advice from you...
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:16 pm to LSUTiger205
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:16 pm to LSUTiger205
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Can you still cast easy from the front deck with the bimini up?
You can, but moving around the boat with a rod becomes difficult. Plus if your rod holders are on the center console, you will probably break some rod tips.
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Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:16 pm to pooponsaban
Got dang it.....I was just gittin into this thread....
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:19 pm to LSUTiger205
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Looking at the Ranger, Skeeter and Pathfinder.
Too nice of boats to put an ugly bimini top on. Go with a t-top
This post was edited on 3/13/13 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:21 pm to lsu mike
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Too nice of boats to put an ugly bimini top on. Go with a t-top
I would say the same about an ugly, expensive and immovable t-top. Again, they both suck, but for the given situation I'd pick a bimini.
Didn't y'all see my /thread thingy?
I forgot what I was saying.
This post was edited on 3/13/13 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:27 pm to pooponsaban
I don't like either myself to tell you the truth. 
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:29 pm to LSUTiger205
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Neither. Hats and sunscreen
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:31 pm to Trout Bandit
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Neither. Hats and sunscreen dude.
don't forget about that cutting edge mask you wear, badass
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:31 pm to lsu mike
T-tops make bigger boats look MUCH better IMO. I wouldn't want a t-top on anything less than 22' though.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:10 pm to DINGBAT
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T-tops make bigger boats look MUCH better IMO. I wouldn't want a t-top on anything less than 22' though.
This X100
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:24 pm to LSUTiger205
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i have 2 little kids, so a day on the river would be nice to have a bimini.
You have no idea how much that shade will benefit you. Get the bimini and remove it if you're going fishing with your buddies. T-tops are nice but they are permenant and really only good for installing radar. I've got several Curados and Calcuttas on the bottom of various lakes and bays that have jumped out the launchers on them. And rods broken in them when somebody catches one in their backcast. So I don't see the storage benefit.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:34 pm to Capt ST
My take. T tops are for the birds unless you are installing radar. They will cost you money in the long run. When trailering, more drag, less MPG. When on the water, the same, less MPG.
Shade? Not much of any unless you stnd right under. Lost rods bouncing out the rod holders, you bet!
Bimini top, takes up little space. Cost 1/3 of a t top. Can remove if and when you want to. No air drag when closed. Can run with it on the water with it up. 90F= days, getting under one is like turnning on the AC.
It's a no brainner to me. Been there, done both.
Shade? Not much of any unless you stnd right under. Lost rods bouncing out the rod holders, you bet!
Bimini top, takes up little space. Cost 1/3 of a t top. Can remove if and when you want to. No air drag when closed. Can run with it on the water with it up. 90F= days, getting under one is like turnning on the AC.
It's a no brainner to me. Been there, done both.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:37 pm to DINGBAT
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Also, The t-top on our boat probably restricts the top speed by 4-5 mph which isn't a big deal. It's nice to be able to hold onto when you're running.
Also acts as a sail when fishing in the wind.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:42 pm to LSUTiger205
I don't like anything overhead, anytime. Like someone said, we go under bridges that the windshield barely clears at high tide during the winter.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 5:41 pm to QuietTiger
Bimini on a deck boat, t on a bay- but I wouldn't put one on. Wear a hat and sunscreen.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 7:10 pm to Preys on Gumps
So if you want your boat to "look bigger" go with the t-top.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 9:15 pm to 34venture
No bigger than 21'.....sorry for the delay in response
Posted on 3/13/13 at 9:23 pm to LSUTiger205
No bimini on a bay
T Top is like doubling your square footage
Can get a tbag for life jackets and really pimp the top and bottom with stereo, antennae, radio, chart bag, cup holders, rod holders etc.
Leaves more space on console
frick the wind drag shite, ittsa boat
Just google t tops for ideas
T Top is like doubling your square footage
Can get a tbag for life jackets and really pimp the top and bottom with stereo, antennae, radio, chart bag, cup holders, rod holders etc.
Leaves more space on console
frick the wind drag shite, ittsa boat
Just google t tops for ideas
This post was edited on 3/13/13 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 3/13/13 at 9:32 pm to Trout Bandit
quote:This ..Got the bimini and never used it..damn thing is right where we stand in the back.
Neither. Hats and sunscreen dude.
Bimini is for old people or kids to get out of the sun.
If you serious about catching inland get neither.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 9:39 pm to LSUTiger205
t top
it is not close
Anyone who has fished in the summer knows the most valuable square footage on the boat is the shade thrown by the t top. I start looking for it at 9 am in August
it is not close
Anyone who has fished in the summer knows the most valuable square footage on the boat is the shade thrown by the t top. I start looking for it at 9 am in August
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