Minimum length fishing boat for offshore

[taymag]

Thanks for all the answers. I have been kayak fishing ~1 mile offshore and really haven't pushed farther than that. The boats Ive fished on have pretty good luck under 4 miles out so I would say 10 miles? or so justttt in case. When I said minimum, I really don't plan on going out in choppy conditions so I said what would hold in 15-20mph winds (I assume you gauge on the swells, not winds, but that's what I do with kayak fishing so really all I have to gauge with) just in case I got caught in that.

Would like to be able to have 3 people on board, comfortably. And I see a lot about tank size relating to distance. Cant you just carry extra gas? I didn't realize boats got that terrible of "gas mileage" hah not cool.

[estero]

Like someone said once it gets rough a bigger boat is always nice.

You could be out only 5 miles and if a storm hits it will seem like an eternity to get back. The best thing is to watch the weather very close and know the signs of an approaching storm.

[Paragon1]

Agreed, because this sucked... 20mi out, and was stuck with a few other boats. Came outta nowhere but that far out you really have no choice. Just had to charge thru it. Not fun, until it we over that is :-)

[Alex from GA]

I saw a guy with a 16' tin boat with a 25hp motor 25 miles off the coast of San Diego, CA chasing marlin. He had his boombox on full blast and was smoking some funny stuff. Like others have said it's all about the weather.