The all-purpose boat is ten to fifteen feet in length and can comfortably hold four people along with all their gear. These boats tend to have trolling motors and outboard motors. Included with these fiberglass boats is a built in cooler under the seats that can hold the fish you catch or your food and drinks you brought with you. The average fish caught on this type of boat is actually less than the two person boat because of the comfort level and the faster motor so people tend to get a bit lazy. You may catch up to 8 fish with two you can legally keep.

Bass, Bay and Center Console boats are all about the same length as the all purpose boat but these are made for more professional anglers. They include an outboard or inboard motor, a sonar device, a trolling motor and all the room you need to stash your caught fish and other needs you may bring with you. The Bass boat is slick and not very wide with two seats port and starboard side. Bay and Center Console boats have all the controls in the middle section and the bay boat has a small roof above the control panel. Two professional anglers may catch up to forty fish in a day and could keep at least ten of them but will usually throw all of them back as they use as a sport and not a way to feed themselves and their families.

Fishing can be done on any type of boat but the boats that are designed for anglers are the ones you will have the most enjoyment using. If you have the money to get one, there is even sports yachts that have built in seating and poles connected to the edges of the boat for big game fishing.


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