195 FSH Off Shore

[John_D]

Good evening all,
I plan on purchasing a 195 FSH and will be fishing intercostal and outside the Sebastian and Fort Pierce inlets. Everything I seeing here is lake boating. Is anyone using this boat in salt water and if so interested in your opinion before I purchase. Thanks

 

[Elliott]

Look under the Fishing tab; there are a number of posts about salt water fishing (you can see from the titles).

I am 2.5+ years in salt water only - some fishing, some tubing and some anchoring off a beach. There are many on this board with more salt water time than me.

 

[Ralph MIA]

I use mine solely in saltwater. On a flat day (less that 1’) my 190 FSH performs great offshore. Can’t beat the fuel efficiency.

Seaweed has been a big problem down here in South Florida.

What specifically do you want to know?

 

[Canuckjetboater]

Good evening all,
I plan on purchasing a 195 FSH and will be fishing intercostal and outside the Sebastian and Fort Pierce inlets. Everything I seeing here is lake boating. Is anyone using this boat in salt water and if so interested in your opinion before I purchase. Thanks

Good evening all,
I plan on purchasing a 195 FSH and will be fishing intercostal and outside the Sebastian and Fort Pierce inlets. Everything I seeing here is lake boating. Is anyone using this boat in salt water and if so interested in your opinion before I purchase. Thanks

@John_D .....have you ever seen the early episodes of "On The Reef" (if interested you could "google" it) in many of those a guy has a Yamaha FSH (before he buys a more dedicated offshore boat) and he takes it all over the place in some pretty rough water environments, overnights on it and shows a lot of good DIY videos. Based on his pretty informed (IMO) knowledge I'd say you would be fine! Good luck!

 

[Dixie Highway]

Here’s proof you can take it outside the inlet and have a blast. This is just outside Pensacola near Fort Pickens.

 

[John_D]

I use mine solely in saltwater. On a flat day (less that 1’) my 190 FSH performs great offshore. Can’t beat the fuel efficiency.

Seaweed has been a big problem down here in South Florida.

What specifically do you want to know?

Sounds great, just was wondering how it handled a chop or 2 to 3 foot waves.

 

[Dixie Highway]

I'll be honest, 2-3 foot waves you will be at home. 2-3 feet means a 4-6 foot difference trough to crest, I wouldn't be out in 2-3 feet in anything less than 30 feet personally (as a rule, obviously period and direction play a role). For example, yesterday I was on Lake Michigan and it was listed as 1.5-2 ft, with a 3 second period. With my tabs deployed running 15-17 knots we were getting a little wet. Tabs up is drier, but a LOT bumpier as in uncomfortable. Any larger, I would have been forced to slow down even more and/or went to the bay or in the inlet.

 

[John_D]

Thanks for the insight. Being a fresh water Bass Boat guy, not savvy with wave spread in seconds there's a lot to learn. Like I mentioned in my earlier post, this will be a learning experience for sure

 

[Dixie Highway]

Definitely read up on it, I still have a lot to learn myself. As peaceful and beautiful as the Gulf of Mexico can appear, it’s still big water so you never want to underestimate the weather.