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Reply With QuoteNothing wrong with wanting something different every now and again. Sounds like youre close to making your decision on what you'd get too. I say go for it....it's only money.
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Hearing Ink talk about getting a new boat got me thinking(never a good thing). I have a 16.5 ft Tracker that has served me well. But as I get older and a couple of my friends have had some hip and knee problems I am thinking I want to get a boat that does not have the raised decks on it. I said I would never buy a stick steer but the more I look at how convenient it would be to have everything up front and not have to crawl all over to set up, I am interested. Plus your buddy would be set once he got in the boat. My grandkids will not sit in the seat on the deck, They started fishing with me when they were small and sat on a cooler on the floor of the boat and now they sit on the deck floor even though they are about grown.
So if you know someone who might be interested in my boat send them to me. I am still in the thinking stage, but if somebody wanted to buy my boat I would have to get another one, right?? Sound reasonable to me.
It is a 2000 Proteam Tracker 165 with a 1995 55HP Yamaha with T&T. I will keep the I-Pilot since whatever I get won't have one..
I've owned a stick steer boat before so I am familiar with the pros and cons, plus the new ones are a lot nicer than the one I had in 1982.
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Nothing wrong with wanting something different every now and again. Sounds like youre close to making your decision on what you'd get too. I say go for it....it's only money.
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We only go around once Ray, if you leave it all behind, it opens the door for someone to fight over it. You worked hard for you got, if you wish to spend a little to get something you want, by god you should be able to do so without feeling guilty about it. Go for it, If a stick steer is what you want, get yourself the finest stick steer boat you can find!
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If you do .........you might start an epidemic. Hey, what the heck, I say new boats for everyone
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I did it. I wanted another boat so I bought one. Even went to New Jersey to get it. HA!Go for it Ray......you wont regret it.
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Sounds like we're going to need some new pictures on the sticky, "photos of your rig"
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SeaRay, I love mine for all the reasons you are thinking about. Once I get away from ramp I get up to pee and nothing else.
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Ray you know I fished out of a sticksteer for many years. With you having one before you know how nice they can be so go ahead and spend some of your childerns in-heritage
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Go for it! I wish I would have been in clouds creek last night when you made this idea public! I bet their were ripples on the water down there from all the fish shivering in fear! Ray in a new boat with all the fancy fishing equipment too, shoot...I'd be scared to be a fish too!
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I got mine last year!!!! aint got to use it much but I got itOriginally Posted by OBRage
If you do .........you might start an epidemic. Hey, what the heck, I say new boats for everyone
be a nice belated birthday present
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