I had the strange desire to give my cat boat a good cleaning! I hope getting rid of all the slime and dirt doesn't put me in a funk.

When is the last time you cleaned your cat boat?

I thought about it, then the thought passed. I did finally switch out my hand rags after 4 trips. Pretty Stinky.

Every trip

My wife cleans it every time she goes fishing with me.

I take a scrub brush with me on occasion that has a long (5') handle and clean while out on the water, outside and in but my real cleaning is when I fish in the rain....

I empty it and scrub it down about twice a year. Generally if I have time on my hands I'm fishing. I send it to the boat shop for a tune up and check up and that is one of the times. I'm not sending a dozen rods and reels to sit unwatched at the shop so everything gets cleaned out. The rods and reels get a good cleaning and lubrication that week too.

Any chance she has a sister?

I try to hose it down after every trip. About every fourth trip, it gets powerwashed.

Every trip. Stop at the car wash, spring for $1.50, soap, power rinse and it's clean for the next time out. Time lost, 10 minutes. I don't have a problem getting a boat nasty, letting it stay that way is a different matter.
I hate to start the day in a filty boat and I don't expect my guests to do it either.

Never met a customer who enjoyed showing up to a dirty boat. We bleach and dawn our boats daily.

Same thoughts as Michael Littlejohn. Picked up some customers that have gone with a certain guide for several years. Boat and equipment were always nasty and they got tired of it. I know for certain that Littlejohn�s boats get cleaned after every trip. Stubby�s boat gets scrubbed often also

do you pass a car wash on the way home? Or have a pressure washer ? A car wash makes it easy. I just compounded mine, them used restore and wax, then used wax. Ready for the season. Now, wheres the shad

I hose it down after every trip. but the marina will shut the water pumps off when it gets cold, so thats the only time i skip it

I cleaned mine yesterday in the 30mph sustained winds we had all day mine is a 20ft aluminum boat with a 115 optimax...I keep mine clean...i alternate scrubbing with bleach one time and fabuloso the next..... i did one time pull in the local cheer-leader truck wash campaign they had going......i couldnt get them to go for it tho??? LOL it was fresh off a trip too