fishing and water sport boats

I need help deciding on what type of boat to purchase?

I am looking to purchase a used boat for ~ $12-15K to be used on Lake Erie for fishing and water sports. Additionally, I would like the ability to take it out to the the outter banks once a year. Any thoughts on what type of boat would be best? Is that a realistic price range?

here is a great fishing forum that discusses seaworthy boats for offshore fishing

http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/showthread.php?t=547848&page=47

the consensus is that a 21 to 27′ center console is the recommended type of boat for going offshore to the outer banks, this design should also work well in lake erie. you can learn a lot more by spending time at the stripers forum site.

hope this helps

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