2024 Boat show

Dang!!!!!!!!
I know I forgot something

I can’t believe you did’nt get the one with the 600.I mean thats a helluva deal to pass on.

Hot damn, a 108 Gallon Fuel tank. There are times I wish my rig had a 55 or so gallon tank, but 108 would be crazy. I’m sure that 600 drinks a bit of fuel but damn you could drive all over hell and back and still have some fuel left. Most people with that toon will likely get a whole season out of a tank of fuel.

That’s about 3 years of gas for me. Most of the time I’m running the bow mount.

EPG is that price with or without a trailer?

Having looked at upgrading, it’s getting annoying when dealers won’t disclose that on their websites.

I know for us on a 23′ with a 150hp the trailer was another $4500

TillrLife wrote:

Hot damn, a 108 Gallon Fuel tank. There are times I wish my rig had a 55 or so gallon tank, but 108 would be crazy. I’m sure that 600 drinks a bit of fuel but damn you could drive all over hell and back and still have some fuel left. Most people with that toon will likely get a whole season out of a tank of fuel.

It has “phenomenal” fuel efficiency, only 86 gallons an hour at 4000rpm

Bucky –
W/O trailer. They said around $4500 for one.
I can get a trailer in Grand Rapids for around $3500. I only need to drag it a mile or so to and from the landing. So I don’t need anything special.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

Just picked this up!
I needed a new pontoon the X was in the old one

Hahahaha probably the best reason yet for a new boat! And it does come with a flag pole, is it BYOSL (Bring your own strobe light)?

Nice rig Matt, were gonna have to come up with a time to get me out on that bad boy having some beverages.

Nice boat. Curious what made you choose the Barletta over the other brands? Layout, dealer? So many options out there.

I’m still shaking my head at the $240,000 pontoon. 20% down. That’s $48000. Then payments for 20 years!

queenswake wrote:

Nice boat. Curious what made you choose the Barletta over the other brands? Layout, dealer? So many options out there.

good question.
I did a little research and found out the owner of Barletta builds high end campers.
He was floating on a Bennington one day and said “I can do this better” and he did.

Does it have the pull-out dog dishes and doors with dog windows?

Ralph Wiggum wrote:

Does it have the pull-out dog dishes and doors with dog windows?

Yes it does.
Walking through the pontoons at the boat show you can definitely see the difference in quality.

Funny – I have a Mastiff and a Chihuahua and neither likes the pontoon. I can trick the Mastiff in walking down to the lake and when she see’s the water, she bolt’s back to the cabin.

Considering Belle has ahold of you will you be pulling it to North Carolina or just drop shipping a second one down there?

@EPG did you get a chance to crawl into any Godfrey or Harris Tritoons? We’ve seen a couple we like online and in person, but finding a Godfrey dealer with any inventory has been tough. Harris is everywhere and has become pretty popular on the river.

The wife doesn’t want a Bennington to replace the current one. We’ve got a couple we hit the river with regularly that bought a brand new 2022 tritoon at a mid to upper trim level and it’s had more issues than I could list, most notably bad welds and having the center toon replaced within a year of ownership. Our 2018 Cypress Cay has been solid, but she wants more creature comforts in the next one. Looking to stick in the 23′ class but probably jump from the 150 to the 200-225 range to tow kids around some and give the fishing boat a break from that.

LOL –
I’ll probably drop ship a second down there. I’m actually considering a place on Lake Norman in NC. I was doing a little re-con and found out it has Walleye. I can fish 2 lines and keep 8 eyes!!!

I did not walk through the Harris toons, I did the Godfrey. Godfrey does a great job and could have gone there. The thing I like (want) in a toon is to have minimal space on the bow.
fwiw – I have a good friend that was the CEO for the Godfrey corp. I went down to Elkhart IN a couple 4th of July’s ago. Small(er) party lake. He would get a new toon every year and the quality of those boats were top notch.
Funny side note – everyone cruised counter clockwise he had top of the line Aqua-patio try-toon with a 3 hundo merc.
We never went faster than 15 mph

Eelpoutguy wrote:

Funny side note – everyone cruised counter clockwise he

Just like NASCAR

I went this morning for a couple hours. Some of the prices these days are just outrageous. You better have a lot of disposable income and a big ass garage. Not that impressed with the quantity of fishing boats. There are a lot of pontoons and tritoons this time around which I have no interest in.

chump change for you fed employees Gim!!!!!!!

glenn57 wrote:

chump change for you fed employees Gim!!!!!!!

LOL

Good one, wish that were the case.

Missed the even bigger tritoon with dual 400’s that was right next to the one that eelpout posted earlier.

CBMN wrote:

Missed the even bigger tritoon with dual 400’s that was right next to the one that eelpout posted earlier.

Only 2,300 a month for 20 years??? Sign me up

was there any really good deals on the fiberglass fishing boats ? warrior or skeeters?

grizzly wrote:

warrior or skeeters?

I didn’t see a single warrior or skeeter there. And I covered the whole floor twice.

Skeeter had a booth there with most of the boat lineup. Maybe one or two Yarcrafts and I don’t believe I saw any warriors. Talked to the boat center guys both times I was at the show.

CBMN wrote:

Missed the even bigger tritoon with dual 400’s that was right next to the one that eelpout posted earlier.

Compare the prices of these maxed out pontoons with the 30 ft Sea Rays, etc bowriders and I’m guessing the prices come pretty close. That’s who these are targeted for. I wouldn’t be surprised is one of these pontoons eventually has a head you access from a raised console that goes down into the pontoon. Just like these big bowriders.

i’ll keep my 1975 40 horse johnson and 16 ft lund thank you!!!!! paid for and the boat aint helping you catch fish!!!!!

glenn those pontoons aren’t trying to catch fish!
Don’t know how that emoji showed up????

Now you know why it’s called a boat SHOW.

I get it – they bring the latest and greatest, biggest and best, but my God…

That 600 is $75k alone!