Hoping I won't regret this but I just listed my bird up for sale. My interests have shifted to striper and catfishing so I need a boat more suitable for slime, shad scales and bait tanks.
Some people call me crazy because I just put on new Solix 15's, Precision Sonar mounts, Ultrex, and 360 and haven't even had it in the water since the upgrades but I also don't have the money or space for 2 boats.
Hopefully I'm making the right choice!
I understand your dilemma - luckily my tourney partner has a 20’ center console aluminum for stripers and gator hunting. If he didn’t it would be very hard to choose.
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2024 Phoenix 21 XE - Mercury 250 PRO XS Serial #3B429919
2017 Phoenix PHX 21 - Yamaha 250 SHO
2010 Skeeter 20i - Yamaha 250 SHO
1988 Procraft 1780 Competitor - Mercury 100
Man that thing is sweet!
I may end up going to a center console at some point due to my back issues. But not yet!!
2021 Phoenix 819 - Mercury 200 Pro XS - Ser No 2B779353
Ultrex/Humminbird Helix 12 SI Mega/Helix 10 Mega DI/Mega 360
Garmin 1022 with LVS34
You're not crazy, I'm doing the same thing. The saltwater bug has bit me, so I'm having a custom flats boat rigged up like a bass boat, so I can take it down to the coast and catch some redfish, but still be able to fish for bass and stripers by the house.
Good luck though, you shouldn't have any problem selling it!
Look at the skeeters bay boats can do both
I will be selling my 618 in the early summer. I bass fish on electric only lakes in Maryland and striper fish the Chesapeake bay with the Phoenix. But the Phoenix is kind of inadequate in some of the big water on the bay. I am looking at a Sportsman Masters 227 with a 200 or 250 SHO. I do love my Phoenix though!! Wish they made a bay boat.
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