Living in the NW you can't maximize your fishing opportunities without a boat, my first boat was a aluminum Smokercraft 12' with a 20/25 Mercury pump on it. That boat was a blast to fish on by myself, but add another big guy like myself and getting to plane was a hard task.
Next I evolved to a 20' Alumiweld Free Drifter with a 115 Mercury pump, what a great boat but the river I like fishing for steelhead gets pretty low and having the 115 pump verses a smaller one was a mistake, but you live and learn.
Both of these boats limited me to bay fishing, which lead me to my next boat. I had really got into Albacore tuna fishing on the Washington and Oregon coast so I purchased a used 2601 Striper with twin 150's which really was a step up from my prior boats. This boat is a great boat but I alway had the yearning for an Aluminum Offshore boat. So recently I found a Canadian built Wolf boat - 25' with Euro transom and forward raised bulwarks. It's a really nice platform to build on. It doesn't have motors, wiring or even a center console. I've always wanted a Pacific boat but they are out of my budget range. So what I would like to do is build a Pacific style center console on my boat. Thus I'm looking for any feedback from people on this forum for building a center console like the Center Console Hardtops which Pacific builds for it's 23' and up boats.
Here's my project boat:
