Toronto Fishing and Boat Show
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Not only the price of the boat @WCM having gone up,( thank goodness I have a boat),but the price of part’s on the outboard motor’s,and even the boat trailer itself,(hydraulic surge brake line leaking,and caliper’s replaced),such I unfortunately had found out,when I had a few breakdowns last summer,2022!! Also,since when do Marine Mechanics make $135 an hour!! Maybe,it is more technical work! I wished that they had taught this course in High School as well,on how to be a marine mechanic,along with auto mechanics. Sorry for the Rant,and hopefully this summer,it will be much better for me,with less breakdowns & more time on the water,Fishing!!
one.last.cast
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Everything went up. Freight, set up even licence fee which is a scam because you can register the boat for free.
Ticker
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@Red Hering , they don't make that much it's shop hourly cost , paying for property or rent , operating cost , and so on ,Not only the price of the boat @WCM having gone up,( thank goodness I have a boat),but the price of part’s on the outboard motor’s,and even the boat trailer itself,(hydraulic surge brake line leaking,and caliper’s replaced),such I unfortunately had found out,when I had a few breakdowns last summer,2022!! Also,since when do Marine Mechanics make $135 an hour!! Maybe,it is more technical work! I wished that they had taught this course in High School as well,on how to be a marine mechanic,along with auto mechanics. Sorry for the Rant,and hopefully this summer,it will be much better for me,with less breakdowns & more time on the water,Fishing!!
I have some clients comment on my rates but once I break it down they are surprised actually how much I make
Not easy these days to have a small business
On the other hand yes everything is hyper inflated
Costs are insane and we all know when price goes up it may come back down but not where it was before
Lol now you got me ranting too
Yes I remember looking at that same Princecraft with hydraulic steering, 150 Merc and trailer for $42,000 including tax just 5 years ago at Hully gully. Boats prices are insane these days.
@Wave Runner if it was a Lund,especially a “RED” one,Yes I remember looking at that same Princecraft with hydraulic steering, 150 Merc and trailer for $42,000 including tax just 5 years ago at Hully gully. Boats prices are insane these days.
instead of a Princecraft as mentioned above from @DaveJ and yourself,the price would of have been even more,
and just saying my friend! 
See you on the water,and hopefully soon!! Attachments
Thanks@Red Hering , they don't make that much it's shop hourly cost , paying for property or rent , operating cost , and so on ,
I have some clients comment on my rates but once I break it down they are surprised actually how much I make
Not easy these days to have a small business
On the other hand yes everything is hyper inflated
Costs are insane and we all know when price goes up it may come back down but not where it was before
Lol now you got me ranting too
for explaining that to me @Ticker 
but I am also sorry to get you ranting as well!! lol 
Ticker
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Hahaha , I'm old, allowed, and just don't give a
The best part of being old "er "
DaveJ
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Oh man..those Lunds..only the rich and famous can afford them...especially the RED ones!!!@Wave Runner if it was a Lund,especially a “RED” one,
LOL!!
@DaveJ good one!! and YES!! only the rich and famous,( ). and especially the “RED” ones!! 
the first photo is my first Red Lund Tiller boat,that I had owned back then in 1997. I Love 
my Red Lund boat’s to this day. The last photo is of my 2007 Lund boat,that I own now.
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Ticker
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I didn't know bearLOL!!
catches smallmouth 
Looking good with that full beard @Red Hering
@Ticker Thanks
for your compliments, and wishing that I still had my “RED” beard… not a white beard now 
,and yes, bear do catch smallmouth 
Ticker
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Maybe if I had 5 lifetime worth of savings to buy that and can only fish for 20 minutes than paddle back
Let alone @Ticker for us angler’s to have an electric truckMaybe if I had 5 lifetime worth of savings to buy that and can only fish for 20 minutes than paddle back
to pull that boat 
out of the lake!! 
Oh!! Don’t back in too far,or the electric battery in front of the back bumper will get submerged & short out!! 