Bishop, I love boats/boating and spend as much time as I can on them, my favorite boat is a friends boat
, but seriously, if you can hold off, think about spending a year going on a few charters in the area you'll be fishing (worth weight in gold), and renting a boat if you can. OJT is the only way to get a good feel.
if you do buy, the time sure is right, the market is swamped with boats, but with 99% of boats everthing imaginable and more unimaginable will go wrong, could be your truck or the trailer, the launch, electrical, motor, a sandbar you didn't realize was there ect... ect ...
But then there are days when no one or nothing is in sight and you've got a fish on, then it's worth all the pain.
Good Luck,
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