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Bishop,
One thing to think about also is how different boat fishing is from shore fishing. When I bought a boat 4 years ago, it didn't occur to me. I now spend far less time actually fishing and more time captaining the boat. As a Captain you now how so much responsibility, for you, your crew, and others around that fishing often becomes secondary.
Boat fishing requires new gear, tackle, different tactics. Weather conditions now become a bigger factor, from a safety standpoint, as opposed to catching conditions.
All that said, I love my 18' CC for the waters of the South Shore and the Cape as well as the beach.
Good luck!
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