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• blakesfav Posts: 34 Deckhand

  August 2017 #2

  You could probably offer a brand new 40 foot Contender for a 189 on this board and probably not get a taker . Good luck to you!

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• Renagade69 Posts: 1,234 Officer

  August 2017 #3

  I would sell the Whipray and then buy an Egret. The Egret user that wants to upgrade will want a Professional or a Marquesas. The problem is the sales in skiffs in Florida is on a decline with the sea grass issues and the pollution increasing. Great well kept skiff. Good Luck.

  Hells Bay Estero Bay Boat and Hells Bay Marquesas

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• HeartNShoal Posts: 937 Officer

  August 2017 #4

  Nice skiff brotha! You will not have any issues selling that skiff at all. Post it on microskiff and watch it fly. I agree selling it first then buying the Egret is much more practical.
  
  This is the first I've heard that skiff sales are on the decline. Do you have any data on that? I've been crushing fish from Biscayne bay to Big Pine to Flamingo to Choko in my 17.8. Guess I've been lucky to avoid all the pollution.
  
  
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• CaptainRob Posts: 60 Greenhorn

  August 2017 #5

  Thanks for the replies. I know I could sell quickly if I put this on Microskiff, but thought I would see if the easiest route of a trade would interest anyone. If I don't get any bites within the next couple days I will probably sell and then purchase the Egret.
  
  Also, the skiff market in Florida is not suffering, if anything, its growing as there are a couple low-cost builders making inroads. (see Ankona/Saltmarsh) The used market is a little slow, but I don't think there will be any issue moving this type of boat, with its brand and model year.

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• Renagade69 Posts: 1,234 Officer

  August 2017 #6

  HeartNShoal wrote: »

  
  This is the first I've heard that skiff sales are on the decline. Do you have any data on that? I've been crushing fish from Biscayne bay to Big Pine to Flamingo to Choko in my 17.8. Guess I've been lucky to avoid all the pollution.
  
  
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  Link Below with data
  
  
  
  http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-boat-industry-underwater-from-water-crisis-9502729

  Hells Bay Estero Bay Boat and Hells Bay Marquesas

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• HeartNShoal Posts: 937 Officer

  August 2017 #7

  Interesting. I don't doubt it's had some impact but as the statistician that studies the boat industry stated in the article, he isn't convinced pollution is behind it and correlation does not mean causation. It could be the overall new/used market is just saturated with these skirts. There are also a lot more manufacturers now so the pie is further divided than it once was.
  
  I want them to fix our broken plumbing as much as anyone but I still see lots of good fishing out there and the guides I know stay busy and send me very positive reports. I can only speak for the areas I mentioned in my first post. It may be totally different farther north.
  
  
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• Saltwater Junkie Posts: 1,086 Officer

  August 2017 #8

  Renagade69 wrote: »

  Link Below with data
  
  
  
  http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-boat-industry-underwater-from-water-crisis-9502729[/QUOTE
  
  I always felt that entry level boaters bought production boats that tageting entry level boats at a specific price point. The article states that entry level boaters buy flats boats:
  
  Rather, he attributes the decline in boat sales to a shift in consumer preference. “Entry-level boaters tend to buy smaller, flats boats, so it could be that more people are upgrading to larger, offshore boats. There just might be fewer entry-level boaters,” he says.
  
  
  So there you have it...If you have a custom build technical poling skiff or flats boat, you're a entry level boater. Now it all makes sence when you see the guy fly fishing from the deck of his trader boat next to a garbage can.:grin

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• HeartNShoal Posts: 937 Officer

  August 2017 #9

  Lol. I'd rather hunt fish in a foot of water than be a jerk on one end of the line waiting for a jerk in the other end...
  
  
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• Saltwater Junkie Posts: 1,086 Officer

  August 2017 #10

  HeartNShoal wrote: »

  Lol. I'd rather hunt fish in a foot of water than be a jerk on one end of the line waiting for a jerk in the other end...
  
  
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  At least you were kind and didn't call me an "Entry Level Boater":grin

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• HeartNShoal Posts: 937 Officer

  August 2017 #11

  A man of your age?! No way!
  
  
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