What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

iv been looking at the bayliner 2252 for all this, but it looks not to have much deck space, i need somthing that will fit 4 people with 2 tanks a piece, diveing/fishing gear/ coolers fresh water wash down. i would like to keep the boat around 22 feet as ill have to tow it around and thats about as big as my truck can pull.
suggestions anyone?

thanks

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

Do you want a bowrider or cuddy? I know the 2252 is a cuddy, but you may get more deck space with a bowrider. But the bayliner 2252 would probably work well for what you are looking for.

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

id reather have a cuddy

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

you need to look at the fishing designed cuddys. walk arounds. they don't have all the bling, and more usable space.

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

the only walk arounds i see have outboards and id reather have inboard.

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

With all due respect, may I ask why you would rather have an inboard? An outboard seems like it would work well for your purposes, but if you want and inboard than get one.

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

in the keys 75% or more boats are Outboards. the reason they are 100% salt water boats. there are a lot of older boats, that the owner has repowered. much cheaper to repower and outboard. even the charter dive boats are usually twin outboards.

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

they are just bad on gas my yamaha 200's only get about 1 mile to the gallon

but that was with about 6 people and 500 lbs of coolers and beer

Re: What boat for fishing/diving/cruising??

Take a look at the 2359 Trophy with a 5.7 Mercruiser. Plenty of room for gear both in the cockpit and in the sleeping quarters. Fully enclosed cabin with a refrigerator, sink, dinette and alcohol stove, head with holding tank.
I bought one new in 2002 and love it. I just added an invertor and microwave. It is a dry boat and handles rough water very well. You can fish or cruise. The PRO model is set up with two fish wells and a live well. The newer models are available with diesel power plants. I don't suggest going with a smaller engine. The only draw back is the small 87 gallon fuel tank. Other than that I am very happy with it.

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