The Wharf Boat Show 2025

Discovering the Best Boats at the Wharf Boat Show 2025

Welcome to the What's Up Podcast, where we explore the vibrant happenings of the Emerald Coast! I’m Sean Michael Lewis, your host and a local entrepreneur deeply passionate about this beautiful region.

With businesses like Tier Level, a digital marketing agency, and Prophecy, a screen printing business, I'm excited to dive into new ventures, particularly this passion project focused on our lively community."

A Passion for Emerald Coast Events

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Boats That Steal the Spotlight

In this episode, I explore some dream boats at the Wharf Boat Show, with price points ranging from $150,000 to $300,000. While the Regulator and Jupiter catch my eye, I’m particularly focused on sharing finds under $150,000 that offer great value.

Sea Hunt Game Fish 25: A Fisherman’s Dream

The Sea Hunt Game Fish 25 stands out as an exceptional buy just under $150,000. Featuring dual 150 engines and a meticulously designed setup for fishing, it boasts electronic controls, multiple live wells, and dual Garmins, making it a fully loaded vessel perfect for any fishing adventure.

Bulls Bay and SeaDoo Fish Pro: Affordable and Fun

Another compelling option is the Bulls Bay by former Key West founders. Pricing at approximately $117,000 with dual Yamaha 150s, it’s well-equipped for any enthusiast. Additionally, the SeaDoo Fish Pro offers a unique fishing experience on a budget, priced around $15,000. Ideal for ocean fishing with its maneuverable design, it comes with a Garmin unit and blends the thrill of a jet ski with angling capabilities.

Key West Boats: Reliable and Versatile

Key West’s offerings, notably the 2023 models like the 239 and 244 Center Consoles, balance fishing with family cruising functionality. Known for full foam construction like Boston Whaler, these boats deliver durability and outstanding performance with Yamaha engines. Whether you’re on a leisurely sandbar cruise or navigating the seas, these boats are a sound investment.

Phenomenal Show and Future Prospects

The Wharf Boat Show showcased an incredible variety of boats at various price points. From the ultra Sea Hunt to the impressive Key West models, there’s something for everyone. This event, brimming with potential buys, is a testament to the vibrant boating culture here.

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Whats Up Podcast The Wharf Boat Show 2025

[00:00:00] This is the What's Up podcast here in the Emerald Coast. I am your host, Sean Michael Lewis, and welcome to one of the very first episodes I'm very excited about this. my name is Sean Michael Lewis. I'm an entrepreneur, businessman. I work. In several different sectors.

I own a digital marketing agency named Tier level. We also own a screen printing business that's actually outta state called Prophecy. I recently moved to the Emerald Coast about. Six months ago, this was a passion project I've been wanting to do, and basically just highlight local events in our region and the Emerald Coast and talk about things that I think other people might be interested in.

We're gonna be doing a lot of interviews with local business owners, business leaders you [00:01:00] are not gonna wanna miss. And if you ever wanna be on the WhatsApp podcast, feel free to reach out to me. I'll have all my contact in this video or wherever you're listening to this.

be sure to subscribe on YouTube. Follow us on Facebook subscribe on Spotify or Apple, wherever you listen to podcast or you're seeing this or listening to this right now. So anyway, we're gonna go ahead and get started here. This is just some of my dream boats around the two to $300,000 range, the regulator and the Jupiter beautiful boats.

But the purpose of this video, I want to talk about some of just. The best fines from the event under $150,000. But like I said, the Jupiter and regulator that we just showed here on the screen, absolutely beautiful boats. Very well put together, very nice vinyl work and just all the little details.

So the first boat we're gonna talk about is going to be the 25 foot game fish by sea hunt. This boat is just under $150,000. you can negotiate these. I'm not, I don't work for these companies, but dual. One fifties, [00:02:00] beautiful boat, very solid, nice Carolina. Flare has a anchor up near the front that I believe has electronic controls to lower and r raise.

Again, very beautiful boat, meticulously set up for fishing. As you can see, there are multiple live wells behind the chair and in the back of the boat which is very convenient. Dual Garmins on here. Pretty much fully loaded.

Lights, misters, everything you can imagine. A very comfortable very solid boat with also some room for people to enjoy. Obviously has a porta-potty on there. And it's just a very solid boat for the money You get A lot of bells and whistles. What I say, the highest quality, absolutely not. But this is another boat that's on my radar called Bulls Bay.

These are two guys that left, Key West to start this company about 15 years ago. Very well equipped boat only around 117,000 for 25 foot with dual one 50 Yamahas. This is something else I've had my eye on for a bit SeaDoo Fish Pro. This isn't at the top of the line but this thing is [00:03:00] really interesting for around 20 grand.

This one I think was around 15 grand. Take it out in the ocean. You can fish. It's Maneuverable with the jet ski aspect, but it comes with a garment on it. It's a very beautiful machine. So next is the key West 20 2 39. This is about a 23 to 24 foot boat. This is one I actually have had my eye on.

I'm also gonna show the 2 44 center console, which is actually the boat I think I'm gonna move forward with. But this is a, has a 300 horsepower on it set up for fishing, but it also, it's set up for cruising with the family, going to the sandbar, whatever you might want to do.

what I really like about Key West is they do that. Full foam in the hall, like Boston Whaler, and a lot of boat companies don't do that. I've had a Key West in the past, over 20 years ago. Very solid boat, very consistent boat. the Yamaha engines are my go-to. I know a lot of people like Mercury and things like that.

The one thing I'm not too impressed with is the back for fishing, butthis is a 21 foot. Very similar boat from Key West as well. Little less money around 85,000. Again, that could probably be [00:04:00] negotiated as well. But overall, this boat show has a lot of different brands.

I wanted to share a few under the $150,000 range. This one has dual one fifties on it. This is a very solid boat as well. It actually has the sea keeper on there, which gives it a perfect ride when you're out in the ocean.

I've seen videos on it. But again, this is a little pricier, more some of the other boats we're going to talk like the sea hunt. Butif it was between the sea hunt and the sportsman, I would probably go with the sportsman just because I love the way it. Feels, I love some of the features on there.

The ride I heard is amazing, even though I haven't been out on this boat, but I've watched a lot of videos on it. And again, it has the lights the stereo surround sound, everything on there that you could need. this looks beautiful for fishing.

If you can see that back, it's just set up perfect for that. And you can also put a dual Garmin on there as well. sportsmen another great boat. Alright, so this is probably my favorite boat of the weekend. This is the Key West 2 44 Center console.

What I love about this boat is you can actually [00:05:00] get it with dual door single 300, dual one 50. Right now I can actually get this boat close to 99,000 without a trailer. So around 106 hundred seven with trailer. This one I think was around 125. I think they'll show the price here in a minute. But this boat I absolutely love for fishing.

You've got the dual live wells in the back seat folds up. You've got plenty of places for your rods. a very. Quality boat made for fishing about 24 feet. I'm torn between the one 50 to the single 300 because of options there. this is the 2 44 right here we're continuing to look at.

the next boat I want to showcase. this is a tide water right here. So this is one I wasn't too interested in, but it does have some lower price points in the 21 foot. it is a really good quality boat.

The only thing I don't like about the tide waters is that the back for fishing is very narrow behind the center console. So that's one thing that kind of turned me off on the tide water. Even though compared next to the key West, they're both very solid. This is the Ultra from Sea Hunt 22.

This is about [00:06:00] 87. I've seen 'em get down to about 80,000 as well. It's about a 22 foot boat, Carolina Flare, 200 horsepower Yamaha. Again, I love this boat. It is rigged for fishing, but it's the back after the center console. That really throws me off because it's more for people to sit and cruise, but again, this boat has misters, great sound system.

Plenty of light. Really comes loaded with all these bells and whistles. Like the bathroom on there. these are really if you're taking multiple people out on your boat. But again, the sea hunt very good quality boat.

A lot of bang for your buck. overall this boat show was phenomenal. Really enjoyed it. that is all for today's episode. Again, that was quick. I usually don't do videos like this. In the future, we will be doing video where I'm actually interviewing on camera. You'll get to meet yours truly.

we've got some really good interviews coming up. All you need to do is subscribe wherever you're listening, wherever you're watching, be sure to hit the subscribe button, the follow button, whatever it is. [00:07:00] if you want to get on the WhatsApp podcast, feel free to message me on any of these platform.

We'll do a preliminary call. We feel like it's a good fit for the show. Wanna learn about you, your business what it believes in, and we wanna really get around, Cool businesses, great stories, and just share that with the Emerald Coast, whether it's people coming here to visit for vacation or people that have lived here.

And just really support the businesses in the local community. If you haven't been to the Wharf Boat Show, I would highly recommend it next year. A lot of options. There were more boats that I liked there that I. Just didn't have the time to video and do content, but those were some of my favorites under $150,000.

Be sure to subscribe. Never miss an episode of the WhatsApp podcast here in the Emerald Coast. I'm Sean Michael Lewis. Thank you so much for listening. I'll talk to you guys soon. Take [00:08:00] care.

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