New SW FL member

[marc rogers]

Hello all,
First off, I’ve been a jetboaters.net ninja for 6 months or so. Just gathering as much info as possible before diving in. That being said, my wife, 6 weeks ago surprised me by purchasing a 2018 fsh 190 sport. I had been researching boats for a year (fish/cruise/wakesports/etc). Well needless to say the 190 won me over, not perfect, but nothing is. Btw, I’m sure yamaha is paying attention because many of the issues I’ve read about have been addressed (cup holders have drain tubes). Please, no one faint from that news. And to beat that, we ran 42mph (gps and connect) with 4 adults in moderate chop. I’ve done a few mods so far, Elite Ti with totalscan transducer, cobrajet viper not installed yet but ordered(after we got accustomed to stock steering), plus a few more odds and ends. Did I mention she is a keeper; the fsh and the wife.

 

[Gym]

Welcome to the forum @marc rogers. Any woman who buys you a new boat is definitely a keeper in my book.

 

[CraigAR]

great to have you. I'm in swfl also. If you need any help navigating the waterways let me know. I'm in Cape Coral.

 

[Scottintexas]

glad to have you on board, update your profile with your location and it will automatically add you to the member map, let's see some pictures of some fish you catch!

 

[marc rogers]

@CraigAR. Thanks Craig, I’m the 7th generation born in Fort Myers; my grandfather supervised the construction of the lakes and canals in Cape Coral. So if I ever get lost I may get disowned.

 

[CraigAR]

@CraigAR. Thanks Craig, I’m the 7th generation born in Fort Myers; my grandfather supervised the construction of the lakes and canals in Cape Coral. So if I ever get lost I may get disowned.

Wow that is very cool! I would like to get a group together one day to hang out on the beach but it seems the local members aren't too active on here.

 

[Julian]

Congrats @marc rogers ... your wife should be an example for wives worldwide!!!!

@CraigAR Regional group meetings take a while to get going. We began Shelbyville with 4 boats in 2007, grew to 6-8 in the 2nd year etc. It also takes a fair amount of planning and organization.

 

[112Vulcan]

Picture of wife...and boat.

 

[CraigAR]

Here is our baby. We put in near midpoint bridge and travel down the caloosahatchee river and either run up pine island sound to hit north captiva or head under sanibel causeway and hit bonita beach. Stop us and say hi if you see us. Also love going to Woodys in saint James city for a beer and some grouper!

 

[Bajd98]

Here is our baby. We put in near midpoint bridge and travel down the caloosahatchee river and either run up pine island sound to hit north captiva or head under sanibel causeway and hit bonita beach. Stop us and say hi if you see us. Also love going to Woodys in saint James city for a beer and some grouper!
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We will be adding a 242 to the area shortly from here on Sanibel : ). I’m sure we will run into you!!