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Used Fishing Boats

January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Tip! A variety of fishing boats are exhibited in boat shows and fishing shows. Purchase options are provided at these shows that display famous fishing boat manufacturers like Albin Marine, American Boat Manufacturing, Inc.

Do you want to sell your used fishing boat? Then there are some important things to consider in order to attract potential buyers. First, you need to be aware of the competition. Remember that you will not only compete with other persons selling their used fishing boat but also with those who are selling new fishing boats.

To draw possible buyers, make sure that your used fishing boat is competitively priced. You can make its price a bit higher if it has more important features that other used fishing boats don’t have. And you can make it even more expensive if it possesses add-ons that can’t be found in new fishing boats.

You also need to advertise your used fishing boat properly and make communication simple and hassle-free. If you are going to sell your used fishing boat, be sure that you can be contacted for inquiry. You can have an answering machine or ask for a voice mail box from your phone company. Today, emails are the easiest and most popular way to contact a seller. Make sure to have one and check it daily.

The used fishing boat that you are selling should not be overpriced. Before pricing your boat, conduct research first to know the real value of your used fishing boat. If you don’t want to peg your boat’s cost between a low retail cost and average price, then don’t expect to get a positive response from buyers.

Bear in mind that clean boats can attract buyers. And even used fishing boats can be very nice if they are clean. So before selling your used fishing boat, clean it regularly. Make sure it is in tip-top shape when a potential buyer comes to inspect it.

To avoid headaches and other troubles, carry out or refer to a survey first before dealing your used fishing boat. Through a survey, you’ll know if the used fishing boat you are going to sell is in good condition. It will also let you know the things that need to be repaired. Majority of the banks ask for a survey before financing used fishing boats. If you conduct a survey before dealing your used fishing boat, you can surely be confident in the costing of your boat. Most importantly, know the best possible offer you can give for your used fishing boat.

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Tip! The few components can be purchased at any fishing supply stop, even at a fly fishing shop.

Decorating with old, used fishing gear is fun, creative and inexpensive. It’s pretty easy to find unique fishing gear to use as decorating items for your log cabin or home. Here are a few fun ideas for your fishing decor projects.

First you will need fishing gear. My husband is not the fisherman in our family, I am. So it’s easy for me to save old fishing lures that the hooks have dulled and gives me a great excuse to buy more too! Bobbers have a tendency to stop floating after a few whacks on the rocks along the shoreline, rendering them useless to the fisherman but a great find for the decorator. If you confiscate gear from hubby’s tackle box remember you now know what to get him for the next holiday or special occasion!

Yard sales and estate sales are great for purchasing inexpensive, used fishing equipment for your decorating projects. Yard sales are less risky than hubby’s tackle box too. Keep an eye out for used fishing nets, poles, lures, bobbers, metal stringers and other gear.

Tip! Pick up a book about Hawaii fishing and add to that a visit to the local fish markets and fishing supply stores to learn about the edible fish and which to expect in different types of waters.

The last thing you want is your fishing decor to smell fishy. Be sure to clean everything very carefully and thoroughly. I use alcohol for lures, bobbers and such. Good detergent and bleach for nets. Vinegar and lemon juice work well too.

What type of decorating can you do with your accumulated treasures? This is where the fun really begins, let your imagination shine. Here are just a few ideas to get you started. Minnow buckets make good catch all containers for bedrooms, kid’s rooms and bathrooms for items like crayons, hair do-dads, brushes and combs etc. If you are really crafty they can be turned into lamps. Buy lamp fixtures at the hardware store or inexpensive narrow based lamps that fit into the top opening of the minnow bucket.

Make your own fishing swag from long pliable twigs, boat line or saining nets. Make sure you either remove the hooks from lures and replace with twisted wire shaped like hooks or snip the points off with heavy wire cutters. I have put chunks of cork on the ends of each point, these look like baited hooks! From the twigs I randomly tie bobbers and lures with mono filament (fishing line). I like to use cafe curtains with curtain clips on these swags because they hang below the bobbers and lures. Curtains with the long tabs work great as well.

Tip! At the very least, you should try to hang out at that fishing supply store and talked to some the local fishermen or the people that work there to find out where the hotspots are. They’ll also be able to sell you what kind of lures to use.

Old fishing poles from yard sales are very cheap and make great curtain rods. I especially like the cane poles because they are easy to cut to size.

Another idea is to hot glue bobbers and lures all over an old lamp base. I think the more the better on this project, totally covering the base. Of course the lamp size and your taste make a difference. If it’s a very large lamp or you just don’t have enough lures and bobbers you can hot glue solid bands, about 2 inches wide, of hemp rope or twine to fill in larger areas.

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A mobile like you see in babies rooms are fun and add an interesting art form to your fishing decor. I prefer to hang the fishing gear at different levels instead of all one length. Again I use twigs or sticks for this project’s “cross” to hang the lures, bobbers etc. from and fishing line to tie it all together.

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Old wooden picture frames with the glass removed make inexpensive picture boxes. Line a piece of thin cardboard with brown, tan or dark green felt. You can also use fishing print fabric. Put this covered cardboard in the frame like you would a picture and hot glue your treasures on the felt. A good trick is to use sets of three. Three lures, one under the other in a corner, three bobbers side by side for a top row, three hand reels in a row at the bottom for weight and one old metal stringer above the reels.

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Things I haven’t tried yet but are on my list to create include fishing lures with the hooks removed as cabinet handles, bobbers or lures for light pulls, fishing net swag around the bathroom mirror and drift wood with fishing gear as a conversation piece.

Creating your own fishing decor is fun, inexpensive and most of all you have unique decorating items for your home or cabin. Start collecting old fishing gear and let your imagination go.

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