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re: Poling skiffs in Louisiana
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:14 am to Dock Holiday
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:14 am to Dock Holiday
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I stopped trying to justify hobbies a long time ago, the dollars don't match what I can buy at the meat or fish market.
I just drive vehicles that are paid for to balance the home budget
Believe me I hear you.
I just finished grinding up 100lbs of deer meat into basically hamburger that I could buy for fraction of the cost.
Still, I think that's what the OP is asking, why aren't these super specialized rigs more popular in LA? The answer is they limit what you can do, and therefore narrow down the market to the rich or very dedicated. The average weekend warrior is gonna gravitate to a boat that can do a wider range of things comfortably for the same cost. I know I am.
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Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:19 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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The average weekend warrior is gonna gravitate to a boat that can do a wider range of things comfortably for the same cost. I know I am.
I guess this is where opinions differ. A lot of the camps around us in Cocodrie had some sort of small boat on the lift in addition to their bigger boats. Whether it's a Carolina Skiff or an 18' Aluminum hull. They all take off chasing reds in the marsh or specks in the winter. I would take my boat anywhere they took those boats and fish more comfortably. And you can find them priced similarly. Granted, it is an all business boat. I wouldn't take a 3 year old out in it. There's not a lot of area to sit down with your shrimp under a cork. But if you want to fish, it out performs those boats hands down. And those boats are very prevalent where I fished.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:21 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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The average weekend warrior is gonna gravitate to a boat that can do a wider range of things comfortably for the same cost. I know I am.
I have contemplated the OP question for a while myself, and have come to your exact conclusion.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:23 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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The average weekend warrior is gonna gravitate to a boat that can do a wider range of things comfortably for the same cost
Que the lurker with the panga...
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:26 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I just find it interesting that we see more things like small aluminum boats and small carolina skiffs in stead of poling skiffs. Price is obviously something to be considered but there is also this irrational fear of a glass skiff in oyster territory.
There is also a mentality in Louisiana of catch and release directly into the ice chest. Poling skiffs don't have bait wells or room to ice multiple limits of trout. That plays a big role.
I'd like to see sight casting catch on a little more but I get why someone would opt for sinking market shrimp at cuts and points for redfish rather than push poling all day for half the numbers.
There is also a mentality in Louisiana of catch and release directly into the ice chest. Poling skiffs don't have bait wells or room to ice multiple limits of trout. That plays a big role.
I'd like to see sight casting catch on a little more but I get why someone would opt for sinking market shrimp at cuts and points for redfish rather than push poling all day for half the numbers.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:36 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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The average weekend warrior is gonna gravitate to a boat that can do a wider range of things comfortably for the same cost. I know I am.
What do you mean by wider range? If we look at it objectively, a bay boat is not big enough to fish offshore except on the calmest of days, it draws too much water to fish the interior marsh on a low tide, it's too heavy to pole, too noisy to stalk fish. You're confined to bays, deep canals or bayous, and beholden to a trolling motor.
Now a poling skiff can fish the interior year round, even on the lowest of tides. Doesn't require a trolling motor, you can still sling trout rigs in the fall and winter in the interior, and you can fish the big bays on the calm days.
I don't think it's fair to say that a bay boat is more capable than a poling skiff. A flats boat would be a good compromise but you lose the rough water capability of the big bay boats and the skinny water poling of the poling skiffs.
It has less to do with what can the boat can do and more to do with how people want to fish. I think more people in Louisiana would rather blind cast with bait than stalk fish in skinny water.
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