re: Nautic Star Boats

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nothing is better than a flatboat for skinny water fishing, that said, bay boats are great as long as you arent looking to leave the canals and go crawling through 6" water chasing after reds.

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I have a 2072 tiller with a 60 HP prop engine on a hydraulic jack plate and once on a plane it will run 30 mph with a duck hunting load in 8 - 10 inches of water...I have taken it up some shoals in Washington and Idaho that jet boaters told me there was no way it'd go. I do not do much if any of that any longer. The area I fish regularly has loads of that type area and loads of folks fishing it and they catch a lot of fish but I get about all I can stomach in 3-4 feet of water. My days of poling a boat were over years ago shortly after I began my career doing it LOL...not for me. I ain't above hopping out and wading after fish but having the ability to fish comfortably just outside passes in my area opens up some of the best Tarpon fishing on the east coast and 6 hours south snook just off the beach and sailfish within 3-5 miles of the hill are very appealing after fishing my jon boat for many years. I had a 1/4 share in a 26 foot Mako with twin 250s on a bracket in Stuart for a long time...I thought my days of solo offshore fishing were over but this boat is more than enough boat for what I plan to do with it.