Welcome to the show, D4B...
You will, no doubt, encounter elevated bias to pond ownership within this forum. If you're here to gather a fair vote as an aid to making your decision, you are already showing Pondmeister characteristics as you exercise justification. Don't get me wrong; this is a good thing. It's a mental exercise used by all good pondmeisters. Your overt display of mastery of this fundamental building block tells us all we need to know. You will soon be one of us. Don't fight it.
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My wife and I went thru the boat phase, but geared more toward recreational boating as opposed to fishing. We got out with about 1/2 our shirt; goodbye. We then moved onto ownership of a small vacation home on the waterfront. This turned out to be a wonderful choice, but one issue. We still had neighbors. We cashed that in for what you will soon be seeking; pond-able property. It took a total of almost 4 years to find it, but we finally happened across our diamond in the rough. I've been hooked ever since.