If anyone goes, please share if it was worth it and why you enjoyed it. Seems a lot of vendors chose not to attend with the show being only four days and them not being able to get motors, etc. to build boats in a timely manner. Thanks in advance.
cottonpicker
We stopped after many years … nothing you can’t find on the net but expensive parking and expensive beers
you also don’t get all the boats from our area…if they are not X # of miles from Houston
the show has needed to evolve for some time … now they are combining the show with half campers because boat dealers have stoped going ….
you also don’t get all the boats from our area…if they are not X # of miles from Houston
the show has needed to evolve for some time … now they are combining the show with half campers because boat dealers have stoped going ….
LACKLUSTER! I went today and I was not impressed. Sarge Upchurch got a few dollars from me and I left. If you are looking for an underpowered boat (pay attention to how it is rigged and the maximum HP rating of the boat) in the starter aluminum market then this is the show for you. Otherwise......I have seen better years.
if i can get home this weekend i was planning to check it out sunday.
did they have many offshore boats to look at?
did they have many offshore boats to look at?
I'm headed there tomorrow. It's nice to get away from regular life and go walk the show. I have to stay away from Sarge's booth tho.....my wallet jumps out of my pocket every.darn.time!
It being combined with the car show for one admission price makes it more attractive than usual for me. It's not like I go there for the boats anymore anyway. I go visit all of my guide buddies and the folks I know at FTU. I second the idea of not stopping at Sarge's booth. I don't need any more rods
i promise you, vendors like the five day format over the previous 9 day format. 9 days for any show is POINTLESS.
Went last night, wasn't impressed. very few shallow water boats, lots of manufactures and dealers not there.
Boat show part has been falling off for years IMO. I enjoyed looking at the cars more than the boats. Didn't have time to wait in the line to be driven over the extreme off road track Jeep had set up inside NRG, but looked pretty fun. Saw some new vehicles that make me want to break my rule of only buying new every ten years, though looking at the price tags mostly quelled those urges.
I personally think one of the main problems is several years ago the dealers and manufactures started focusing on pleasure boaters and more on people who never had a boat, but have lots of money or are willing to finance as long as a house note is. So this has cause us main fishermen to have less options to see at the boat shows. I remember going years ago and seeing mostly fishing boats and fisherman looking at the latest fishing gear.
This also leads me to say I personally believe there should be boating licensing. One needs to prove they known the rules of the water before buying a high dollar boat just because they have money or going into absurd debt. I've seen many times when someone with a new high dollar boat shows up at the dock and takes forever to unload the boat. Then they don't even know "Red On Right Return" rule or many others.
This also leads me to say I personally believe there should be boating licensing. One needs to prove they known the rules of the water before buying a high dollar boat just because they have money or going into absurd debt. I've seen many times when someone with a new high dollar boat shows up at the dock and takes forever to unload the boat. Then they don't even know "Red On Right Return" rule or many others.
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