I will say this, when fishing with my brother (Mike L) in his fish n ski on Texoma in 40 degree weather for smallies we were the ones laughing a the guys in the bass boats freezing their arses off while running the lake while we had a complete wind block. Heck you didnt even have to wear your gloves when running the lake!

I own a Skeeter ZX and am a die hard bass fisherman. From my own personal experience I believe the Fish N Ski actually fishes better than most give it credit for. Some models have pretty massive casting decks on em too! How many of the Fish N Ski haters have actually ran one and fished out of one?

i have owned a skeeter f/s and run my grandpa's nitro f/s and there is no where to put your rods or tackle and have very small decks. the only good thing about them is the windsheild(the windsheilds are ugly as hell though) and they are stable, other than that they suck.

This quote has to be the truest statement out there regarding this situation. If she's that interested buy a used jet ski/PWC...

Most won't be aware of this, but Skeeter just released a new Fish N Ski for 2009. It's an SL1900. The boat is much deeper than previous year fish-n-ski's so it'll ride like a bowrider, plus it's got a 98" beam and can come with the 200 4-stroke Yamaha. It looks huge compared to the current SL190 Skeeter makes.

I really think it will fill a niche for the folks who've been trying to convert bow riders into fish-n-skis. I get lots of folks who want to fish for the more open water fish and don't necessarily want a shallow draft fish-n-ski.

tell her to hit the road and you go fishing.

j/k

fish and skis have no resale value

hahaha j/k, get the bass boat and add the ski package too it, and just forget to put the pieces in the boat when its time to go out...

Get the bass boat and new wife that likes to fish.

they only "like to fish" until you marry them

Growing up, my dad always had a bass boat. We've never owned one that had more than a 150 on the back, and we've skiied, wakeboarded, and tubed behind them with no issue. Get a 20+ foot bass boat so there is a big back deck, and if she ever decides she wants to ski, she can. Otherwise she can lay on the deck and tan. Thats what my girlfriend does when she comes fishing with me.

Find a different girl, keep it real buy a bass boat.

Come on man show her who is BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh by the way if I run across you on the lake remember ski boats run in the middle not near shore where I'm fishing.

I've had both, BASS BOAT!!!!

Who's in charge of the family here?

Bass boat, or NO boat!

nice

No brainer: bassboat!
When my kids were kids, and skiied, I pulled them on my old 17.5'Cajun bassboat(Brute III) with a 150 HP Johnson, with no problem. I was using a lower pitch aluminum prop which really helped get them up quick. The alum prop will flex when you hit it, so it actually builds RPMs faster than a SS prop.