I've been shopping for my second boat for a few months now. I have been looking exclusively at used Whalers. I live about 200 miles from the coast, but make at least 1 trip a year to the beach/ bay, (Destin, Gulf Shores, etc.) What I want is a low maintenance boat with a shallow draft that I can fish from (mostly by myself) for 99% of the year, that is light and easily trailerable, but still have something capable of taking my family out to the Gulf and the Bays during summer vacation. I found a local 190 Montauk, and I really think it will fit the bill for the family vacation. I'm just concerned about inshore fishing. I'd like to hear from those who have this model or similar, and how it handles shallow close-to-the-bank fishing. As much as I love the look and security of the Whalers, part of me says that it may be wiser to just buy a cheap Jon boat for my catfishing and just buy the family a ski boat for beach vacations.
