Fellows Jon Boat rental??

[fishinwrench]

10 minutes ago, tho1mas said:

FW - I was talking about Fellows Lake - not the price.

Ahh, gotcha.  

I had never even seen Fellows, but after hearing all the hub-bub about it I checked it out last year.   Have you ever walked into a store and had the owners stalk you like they thought you were trying to steal something?

That's the way I felt at Fellows lake.  I'd have to live real close and wanna fish REALLY bad.  Not my kinda place at all

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2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

If you have 10k invested in a boat that is 2,137 days on the water to match that rate. 

That's 6 years of fishing every single day.  

22 years if you only fish weekends.  Double or triple that if you don't keep the same boat that long.

Crazy hu?

That math kept from buying a ski boat 25 years ago. 

Actually the guy that owned The State Park Marina laid those numbers on me way back when as we were looking to buy a boat.

Always rent when we go. 

[fishinwrench]

Yes sir.  I have customers that only use their boat once or twice per year, yet they are among my most frequent customers.  A boat doesn't like to set unused and there is always something wrong with it when they come down.   They'd be way better off renting a boat.  WAY better

On the other hand I have the dock builders that beat the crap out of their boats and use them every day.   I seldom see those guys.  Just once or twice a year for maintenance stuff or the rare minor failure.  

You hear guys talk about certain motors and they'll say "That SOB never ran good and was in the shop more than it was out fishing".... that is probably because they didn't go often enough to justify owning a boat in the first place.

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The only downside to renting is you only have it during their hours of operation. 

 

[ColdWaterFshr]

I rented a boat from Fellows Lake Marina a couple months ago.  The folks were nice enough, but the boat was terrible for the $75.  Trolling motor foot pedal was not working.  Told them about it upon returning and no discount.

[fishinwrench]

3 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

I rented a boat from Fellows Lake Marina a couple months ago.  The folks were nice enough, but the boat was terrible for the $75.  Trolling motor foot pedal was not working.  Told them about it upon returning and no discount.

Their maintenance crew is probably better with lawn mowers.

[bassfisher]

I lolive a mile away from there and I think the lake sucks

[Flysmallie]

The fishing in Fellows is just fine. It's a good lake with some nice fish. 

[Smalls21]

4 hours ago, bassfisher said:

I lolive a mile away from there and I think the lake sucks

but yet you have posted pictures on here before of limits of crappie you have caught there.

what gives?

[bassfisher]

 you have to catch it at the right time in the right day