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Later that night, lying in
bed, I turned to my wife,
JoAnn, and tentatively
began a line of probing
conversation.
“I sure had fun fishing
with Matt today – fishing
the Missouri with his boat
opens up so much water
close by to explore”. “You
know”, I continued, “when
they find a house he’ll be
taking his boat. I won’t be
able to fish the river around
here.”
“What are you saying?”, she
asked. After thirty-five years
of marriage, I knew that she
knew exactly what I was
saying. I plunged forward.
“I could sure use a jet boat
to fish around here. The
Thunderjet is a prop boat
and too big, and my raft
is not the right boat for
this part of the river. These
waters need a riverboat.”
I watched for her reaction,
and she responded,
“Well, I think you should get
one then.”
What can I say? I’m a very
lucky man! We had some
money set aside and I
immediately began my
quest for a new boat. I had
the criteria firmly in my
head – river boat, capable of
being handled by an aging
angler. All that remained
was working out the
specifics.
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With a solid green light
from the only person that
matters, I turned to today’s
version of the want ads,
Craig’s List and Facebook
Market Place. I started my
search criteria with a boat
14-18 feet long, made for
the river, and a jet motor.
My budget allowed me
to consider solid boats
that were ready to be remotored. Bonuses would
include a bow-mounted
electric trolling motor and a
fish finder. A double bonus
would be something with
oars that I could also use
to back down slow drifts
when the opportunity
presented itself.
