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Offline Terasec

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #30 on: Feb 13, 2013, 09:32 AM »
paddle power


Offline roostertail

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #31 on: Feb 13, 2013, 09:36 AM »
1650 Lund Tyee, 70HP Yamaha, onboard charger for trolling motor and cranking batteries.

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #32 on: Feb 13, 2013, 10:48 AM »
16'6" Lund Tyee with 90 Horse Mercury and a 9.9 4 stroke mercury

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #33 on: Feb 13, 2013, 12:23 PM »
14' Starcraft with 25 horse Johnson. I use to have a 16 1/2 Starcraft center console with a 60 horse Johnson, but it was to hard to get on some of the smaller lakes.

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #34 on: Feb 13, 2013, 12:40 PM »
Great looking boats guys I will hopefully have the crestliner fishhawk this spring. I used to have a 16 foot Lowe roughneck with 20 hp merc jet. I sold it when I got tired if fighting all the people in the river to catch steelhead.
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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #35 on: Feb 13, 2013, 03:58 PM »
Sold our 14' Starcraft last fall and bought a used Lund Explorer.



Didn't really get a chance to use it much yet, but the dog approves!



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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #36 on: Feb 13, 2013, 08:52 PM »
1997 Champion DCX Elite Champion with a 200 HP mariner, minn kota trolling motor,humminbird SI up front and on the dash.  Fish a lot of bass tourneys through the summer, and often fill the live wells full of bluegills and perch! ;D  Bought the boat toward the end of the summer, only fish 4 tourneys out of it before I had to tie the cover down and put it in storage, can't wait to get it back out!!!

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #37 on: Feb 13, 2013, 08:59 PM »
SMBASS, how fast does that boat run with the 225 on it?

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #38 on: Feb 14, 2013, 07:57 AM »
I bought a 1968 Sears boat package C H E A P last sprint......LOL.  The Sears 16' fiberglass boat was in fantastic shape and it has a 45 HP Sears outboard made by the old McCullough company....had to put a new impellar in it and it runs like new.  It is all on a Sears trailer that is also near perfect.  Couldn't pass it up.  I get strange looks from people on the lake like I just came through some big, visually spectacular time warp from the 60's......Love it! 

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #39 on: Feb 14, 2013, 07:18 PM »
The kind of boat that needs an "ORV" sticker to be legal  ;)

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That is a sweet rig.  How fast does it go?

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #40 on: Feb 14, 2013, 07:50 PM »
16'6" Lund Tyee with 90 Horse Mercury and a 9.9 4 stroke mercury

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That's a sharp boat
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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #41 on: Feb 14, 2013, 08:58 PM »
This is mine  21ft 2001 Lowe with a 75hp Johnson outboard bought when I returned from Afghanistan this summer as job well done. Completely upgraded it with new paint, new wood and carpet on the decks, new camo seat upholstery, 6 new rod holders, 2 new sonar units (bow&stern), and a new wireless gps controlled bow mount trolling motor with built in sonar.





My other rig 12ft OldTown kayak with 2 rodholers and a beer holder in the seat!


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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #42 on: Feb 15, 2013, 06:59 AM »
 I have a Stratos 285 pro xl bassboat 18' with a 150 on the back, 70 lb trolling motor on the front.

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #43 on: Feb 15, 2013, 07:15 AM »
20' 2003 Nitro 901 CDX. 200 merc optimax on back.  Something like a 125lb trolling motor on the front.  All the graphs and amenities for bass fishing.



It's a good all around boat.. When I'm not fishing bass tournaments, I'm jigging walleye on the Great Lake waterways.




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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #44 on: Feb 15, 2013, 09:01 AM »
I have a 1972 Starcraft, 16' , 35 hp Merc. Have replaced floor twice and replaced transom. Added front deck and put in 3 swival seats. Great fishing boat. Been all over Midwest and Canada. Tons of bass and panfish!
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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #45 on: Feb 15, 2013, 09:10 AM »
That's a sharp boat

Thanks I actually found it stored behind my daycare and when I talked to them about buying it they had no need for it!!!!!
I picked it up for $700 as the just wanted it gone. Spent a few days cleaning it up as it had not been covered and the buffed and waxed it. It now has a minn kota bow mount on it and I picked up the 4 stroke 9.9 Merc kicker that was almost brand new for $900 so I only have around $2200 into it with new tires on the trailer. I pretty much got a steal on it.
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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #46 on: Feb 15, 2013, 09:13 AM »
Thanks I actually found it stored behind my daycare and when I talked to them about buying it they had no need for it!!!!!
I picked it up for $700 as the just wanted it gone. Spent a few days cleaning it up as it had not been covered and the buffed and waxed it. It now has a minn kota bow mount on it and I picked up the 4 stroke 9.9 Merc kicker that was almost brand new for $900 so I only have around $2200 into it with new tires on the trailer. I pretty much got a steal on it.
.    That's a steal!!!   I'm not lucky enough to find a deal like that
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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #47 on: Feb 15, 2013, 05:22 PM »
14' Northwoods,20hp Mariner......works for me


Offline evang73

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #48 on: Feb 15, 2013, 10:13 PM »
14 ft radisson canoe flat stern with a 30lb minnkota cheap ride but gets the job done

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #49 on: Feb 16, 2013, 06:22 AM »
14.5 smokercraft alaskan deluxe deep v powered by a mariner 25.gets me on the fish but i need a semi flat bottom jet sled for when the rivers are low.
I have the same boat with a 20 hp mariner.  I've had it since new and have caught a ton of fish out of it.
I only ice fish because the water's hard.

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Re: What kind of boat
« Reply #50 on: Feb 16, 2013, 06:31 AM »
Found some pictures of my boat.

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The seats I built started looking rough, so I fix them up last year.




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