When I decided to get back into fishing late summer, I bought a Bass Tracker. It's a great little boat and if I wasn't such a big ol boy it would be perfect. I've spent countless hours getting back into top notch shape, but at the end of the day, a 300lb man on the front deck of a Bass Tracker is too much. I've been trying to find a bigger boat and figure out how I could swing buying it since I first put the Tracker in the water. I wanted to stay with an aluminum boat and I haven't found anything within my budget or size that I wanted. I decided it would be a few years before I could get a bigger boat......

THEN

I went fishing with Slabprowler last weekend and got in his 18' Xpress. Slabprowler is about a foot taller than me. He's pretty good sized fellow too. His Xpress was absolutely stable, even with me flipping around in the back. It rode great, like a glass boat. I was in love with it. I have never seen one for sale on craigslist, until I looked today. There she was. Same exact boat Slabprowler has, except it's a different color. It was somebodys crappie boat too. There's a couple of rod holders in a storage compartment and bases attached to the gunwale. Compression checked out like new, everything looked great, except the carpet is trashed and the prop shaft is bent. No water in the foot so it hasn't been run long with the bent shaft. I was glad that I took a boat mechanic buddy of mine with me, because I would likely never have noticed the bent prop shaft. I would have run it and ruined the lower unit. I'll have her ready for the water by early next week.

Now I've got a boat that my big butt won't flip over and hopefully one that I won't fall out of.

She ain't new, but I'm proud of her. She'll look good with some rod holders on the deck.



Not sure why the picture is so small. LOL