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I live in the middle of Michigan, 2 hours from Lake Michigan (Salmon) and an hour and a half from Lake Huron (Walleye). I am planning to retire next year, and I have been looking for a boat to use in Michigan, from May through September, and in the Keys, from December through March. I am thinking new or almost new, with a budget of $50,000. What I need has to be comfortable in 2-3 footers, have enough room for three or four people, have the potential to go 20 miles offshore on nice days, and has to be small enough to trailer around Michigan and to Florida and back, every year, with a (5.3 liter) 1500 Crew Cab Silverado. My wife will be spending at least some time in the boat in Florida, so we won't always be fishing, and it would be nice if I could throw a fly from the boat. I have looked at several boats, been stiffed by a couple of dealers, and have fallen in love with a Regulator 24FS. However, I cannot afford the Regulator, and I am bright enough to realize that it is too much boat for all of the trailering that I will have to do. I am now thinking of either a large (22-23 foot) bay boat (e.g., Scout 221, Cape Bay) or a smaller (21-22 foot) deep V. On Friday I am going to look at a (very slightly used) 2009 Contender 21, with a T-Top and an F250 Yamaha. On paper it seems to fit the bill, but.....
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Eric Sharp: Michigan DNRE wants input from anglers on new pike rules Detroit Free Press table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNH3qM1h8zUJKr11Tl_42lBQXw_RvAamp;url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120202/SPORTS10/202020600/Eric-Sharp-Michigan-DNRE-wants-input-from-anglers-on-new-pike-rules?odyssey%3Dtab%257Ctopnews%257Ctext%257CSportsbEric Sharp: bMichigan/b DNRE wants input from anglers on new pike rules/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fDetroit Free Press/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Many carry the conservation ethic further, banning bait bfishing/b and lures with barbed hooks. We#39;ll never see blakes/b with many bfish/b that big in bMichigan/b simply because we#39;re too far south. Pike grow slower at the northern extremes of their range, b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dpVQL2jX1HAqH8Mnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Keeping the Great Lakes great Chicago Tribune table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFs1igzLnPq84YifaLAb1Dpt7jWRgamp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0201-lakes-20120201,0,1424496.storyimg src=//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/QekcZpspaRavMM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Chicago Tribune/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFs1igzLnPq84YifaLAb1Dpt7jWRgamp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0201-lakes-20120201,0,1424496.storybKeeping the Great bLakes/b great/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fChicago Tribune/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Well before Asian carp made the evening news, scientists warned of the threat the bfish/b posed to bLake Michigan/b. Biologists worried that the voracious creatures — brought to the US as a means to enhance bfish/b farming along the lower Mississippi River in b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHPKYc3J2bFpw9AEWMfxr-2vN5luAamp;url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120201/sports/702019818/Quit carping and go for some big blake/b carp/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrChicago Daily Herald/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGzXan6nQdLoKF52EovqWwkCx3SpQamp;url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120201/SCIENCE/202010373/1409/metro/Michigan-lawmakers-count-study-boost-bill-block-Asian-carpbMichigan/b lawmakers count on study to boost bill to block Asian carp/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThe Detroit News/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGN_EZN9Qf7JDpIJSUUgtiMLsi7Rwamp;url=http://www.semissourian.com/story/1810747.htmlDividing Great bLakes/b, Mississippi proposed/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrSoutheast Missourian/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGEvYp3eBFD1-d8wwRqGty6vjvujwamp;url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/02/01/no-easy-answers.htmlnobrColumbus Dispatch/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dmdy4WR8nIpwcvMlsdhsmimhmwZPMnobrball 432 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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DNR: Another warm spell means ice fishing again uncertain, anglers urged to ... The Republic table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGhr_DHB61KeYmBq_CBk9eMyYLlZQamp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/50c39c71b9d74da991f3df910078633b/MI--Fish/bDNR: Another warm spell means ice bfishing/b again uncertain, anglers urged to b/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fThe Republic/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1b/b do the ice any good, and pressure cracks are causing problems this year, the bMichigan/b Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday. Anglers should use extreme caution, the DNR said in its weekly bfishing/b report. bLake/b Erie: Has open water bfishing/b./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dL5XE8VU6La-TcMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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02/01 — Midwest Fishing Report Chicago Sun-Times table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHm10e2hqmVCFyvdO1VvGZmOij2BQamp;url=http://www.suntimes.com/sports/outdoors/10354337-452/0201-midwest-fishing-report.htmlb02/01 — Midwest bFishing/b Report/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fChicago Sun-Times/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1DELAVAN/GENEVA bLAKES/b, WIS.: On Geneva, Brian Gates at Geneva bLake/b Bait amp; Tackle reported boaters went vertical-jigging for lakers out of Fontana on Tuesday, while others were ice-bfishing/b on the east end of Geneva Bay. Gates said there is a 50-50 chance b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dXLEvK8jQmOEjKMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Fly fishing is for the dogs Glenwood Springs Post Independent table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGqPyV04ADEVNy0Rvef6GEGsJdhfgamp;url=http://www.postindependent.com/article/20120202/VALLEYNEWS/120209984/1083%26ParentProfile%3D1074bFly bfishing/b is for the dogs/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fGlenwood Springs Post Independent/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1bFishing/b came easy to me and I loved the time in the outdoors. When I moved to Colorado, a whole new world of aquatic opportunities opened up to me. But I had a new adversary to stalk. The only trout we had in Illinois, outside of bLake Michigan/b, b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=d5AOLlulLr0MpHMnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |