Flats fishing a 20SF ?
 

anyone using a 20sf fishing the flats? how well does it work for you? and how shallow can you get it?

i dont use my 20sf for flats fishing but i know when i take it to elliot key sandbar it floats in less than 2 feet with the motor up.

im hoping to get some fishing done in flamingo and some chicki camping, just dont want to end up high and dry!

i took mine to flamingo one time. i stayed out front though. i dont know the area well enough.

ive fished the front side and that can get skinnier than the back when the tides rolling out, seen several boats get stuck waiting on the next tide. better have a full cooler and a magazine!

Have some friends the fish flamingo in an Argos 16 and they told me they wouldnt take me out there on my boat

i know we can run the main channel all day, marine patrol back their runs in a bigger boat to patrol that ive seen, and some flats boats. i guess we just need to be carfull. im gonna give it a try. good fish back thier.

Here's a couple of pictures of my ex-Seafari 20 on Elliot Key floating in about a foot of water, outdrive trimmed up of course. You can see my 2 young grandsons next to it standing and sitting in the shallow water, and the Seafari is heavier than the CC model. So I think it's OK, the 20 should do well poling it in the flats.

Nestor, its hard to believe you parted with that Seafari. Great pics. Thats a fine looking rig. Did the guy that had it last ever sell it? :cool:

If you watch where you are going Flamingo can be done
Even a flats boat needs some water to get into.

I have fished Flamingo many times in a 19 Dolphin open fish many time with no issues and this is not a Dolphin Flats its about the same size as a SC 20

Just watch where you are going

Stay out in front ocean side but the back country has many deep parts that you can fish