most of my good fishing buddies only have days off that line up with mine once in a blue moon these days, so a drift boat would mostly sit in my yard growing moss.

seems like any more everyone overlooks the "small sled" option, and goes for the 24' 250hp end-all that can fish 8 people and go out in the ocean. i can tell you that my 14 footer has never cost me more than $25 in gas in a day, i can pull it with my 4 cylinder toyota, and i'm not saddled down with a mortgage to pay for it.

i would really like to pick up a cheap db or pontoon for a couple rivers that would be too small to run my jet boat up, but for the most part i can wade them, so it remains a thought...for now.