Well been looking at boats with my son

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06-09-2011, 09:57 PM
maachuu

Well been looking at boats with my son

since lunch, went to looked at what was described as a "creampuff" and only been in the water 12 times since it was bought new, well guess what I guess I must not know the true meaning of "creampuff" :) so we passed that up and then went to some dealers and looked around and just cant find a good deal on a used boat at this time. Matt really like the new Lowe Stinger Multi-Species ST175 boat because it is a very wide boat and has a lot of storage and 2 livewells. The boat comes rigged with a 4stroke 60hp Merc, nice heavy trailer, breakaway tongue, Lowrance FF, motorguide trolling motor. I must admit I really liked the boat. I hate for him to go buy a new but I just dont like the idea of buying something from someone I dont really know and the motor not having any warranty at all. I been trying to get him to hold off and just wait on someone to post a good one on here we could go and look at but he's young and impatient (just like I was) and really is jumpin up and down to get his own boat. Daddys aint got it goin on :) So ifn any of you guys hear or know of a good boat that is big wide boat and a 50 to 90hp and a good price, just let me know

thanks

m
06-09-2011, 10:31 PM
G3 Troller

been seriously thinkin of puttin mine on the market!!!!!
06-10-2011, 11:04 AM
Laserman

I've got a 89 20' Winner bass boat with 115 Horse Yamaha that I'm thinkin about selling. $3500.00
06-10-2011, 11:16 AM
maachuu

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Originally Posted by Laserman

I've got a 89 20' Winner bass boat with 115 Horse Yamaha that I'm thinkin about selling. $3500.00

got any pictures I can send to my son ??
06-10-2011, 11:36 AM
SUPERTECHMRI

If you do go with a new boat the Lowe is a great crappie fishing boat. I have not found one set up better for the crappie fisherman. The 85" width gives you and your partner all kinds of room in the front. Only problem I have with the boat is that when you get on the big lakes like Grenada in high winds, it will beat you to death!
06-10-2011, 11:38 AM
Minnerman

Maachuu, call Woody @ Sports, Inc in Fayette, AL. He may have something. (205) 932-6751. Tell em I sent ya.
06-10-2011, 11:45 AM
Minnerman

This will be my next boat.
http://www.xpressboats.com/view/204
06-10-2011, 11:52 AM
maachuu

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUPERTECHMRI

If you do go with a new boat the Lowe is a great crappie fishing boat. I have not found one set up better for the crappie fisherman. The 85" width gives you and your partner all kinds of room in the front. Only problem I have with the boat is that when you get on the big lakes like Grenada in high winds, it will beat you to death!

Thanks super, check this link out I posted, thought I was putting it in the off topic, aint gotta tapatalk down yet :)

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missi...t-tracker.html
06-10-2011, 11:53 AM
maachuu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minnerman

This will be my next boat.
Hyper-Lift® Panfish Series | Xpress Boats

thanks minner, check this link out, this is what he is there looking at now

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missi...t-tracker.html
06-10-2011, 12:23 PM
tritonman

Macchuu, me personally, I'd find out how big a feller he is before I go and call him a woody
06-10-2011, 12:24 PM
SUPERTECHMRI

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minnerman

This will be my next boat.
Hyper-Lift® Panfish Series | Xpress Boats

I like the look of that boat.
06-10-2011, 12:42 PM
ScottV

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minnerman

This will be my next boat.
http://www.xpressboats.com/view/204

That is a good looking boat Minner.
06-10-2011, 12:59 PM
torch

I just had one built and got everything seperate.

Boat 7000.00
Trailer 2150.00
Engine 2650.00
Seats 550.00
TM 1329.00
FF 1350.00
gauges 150.00
Batteries 375.00
On B Charger 150.00
about 15000.00 for everything and if you purchased a boat like this with everything listed it would cost 25k

Cheapest way to do it
06-10-2011, 01:01 PM
torch

Hey minner, how much is that xpress?
06-10-2011, 01:32 PM
Laserman

Let's see if this works.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/DSCF0610.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/DSCF0609.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/DSCF0608.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/DSCF0613.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/DSCF0612.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/DSCF0611.jpg
06-10-2011, 01:35 PM
Laserman

Just had two new steering cables replaced 2 months ago, new carpet last year and a new trolling motor last year.
06-10-2011, 01:36 PM
Minnerman

Quote:

Originally Posted by torch

Hey minner, how much is that xpress?

Bout $25,000 with the 150

I've got an Xpress tgat I've had for bout 7 years now and the only thing wrong with it is the carpets a little ragged and got a purty good dent on the left corner of the bow. Coarse the dents my fault and the carpet is expected to wear out. No mechanical issues with the boat. Rides great and handles rough water about as well as a glass boat and it don't hang on stumps.
06-10-2011, 01:48 PM
Minnerman

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Originally Posted by maachuu

thanks minner, check this link out, this is what he is there looking at now

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missi...t-tracker.html

I feshed out of a boat just like tgat and I hated it. Coarse we were in a stump field and I stayed hung up all day. Open water I guess they'd be ok , but where I fesh, I don't want one.
06-10-2011, 02:01 PM
captcall

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Originally Posted by Minnerman

I feshed out of a boat just like tgat and I hated it. Coarse we were in a stump field and I stayed hung up all day. Open water I guess they'd be ok , but where I fesh, I don't want one.

Minner have ya looked at the Triton crappie boats??? I got me a TC17 in March(traded my 2001 xpress) and love it. Lot more stable that my old boat was.
06-10-2011, 02:48 PM
Minnerman

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Originally Posted by captcall

Minner have ya looked at the Triton crappie boats??? I got me a TC17 in March(traded my 2001 xpress) and love it. Lot more stable that my old boat was.

Don't the Triton's have mercurys on em? I'm not a merc man.
06-10-2011, 02:58 PM
MO' MONEY

Awe come on minner... Gotta love a good merc!

Heck I've always been a Ford man, But I think if I can ever afford another truck its gonna be a chevy...

Sometimes change is good
06-10-2011, 03:05 PM
torch

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minnerman

Don't the Triton's have mercurys on em? I'm not a merc man.

Crazy about a Mercury!
06-10-2011, 03:09 PM
feelay

Mine may be for sale soon.
06-10-2011, 03:16 PM
maachuu

Welp, looks like he done to da plunge, pose to pick it up monday :) he just had the fever and had to cool it off, wish I could have talked him in to lookin more but I have been holding him off about a month, he got out today by himself and with his wife and I lost the battle :( but hey I was the same way when I was 23, I want it ! and I want it NOW !!!
06-10-2011, 03:38 PM
G3 Troller

well what did he get??? pics!!!!!
06-10-2011, 03:50 PM
maachuu

3 Attachment(s)

here ya go G3

TRACKER Boats : Bass & Panfish Boats : 2011 Pro Team 175 TXW Description Attachment 63669
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06-10-2011, 04:37 PM
captcall

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minnerman

Don't the Triton's have mercurys on em? I'm not a merc man.

Yup, but I have always been a Merc man, but my dealer woulda put whatever I wanted on it, they use MG TM's, but he put a Terrova on it like I wanted
06-10-2011, 04:38 PM
tritonman

maachuu, that ain't a bad first boat at all. Purty good bang for the buck in my opinion.
06-10-2011, 04:42 PM
captcall

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Originally Posted by maachuu

here ya go G3

TRACKER Boats : Bass & Panfish Boats : 2011 Pro Team 175 TXW Description Attachment 63669
Attachment 63668
Attachment 63667

Howdy maachuu, longtime no see you fellers. Went thru some major medical stuff so aint been able to come around much. Least I got good enuff to fish the whole month of may and dune pirty good.
Congrats to your boy on that super lookin rig. The rig I had at 23 werent quite that nice,lmao
06-10-2011, 05:23 PM
majflyboy

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Originally Posted by captcall

Howdy maachuu, longtime no see you fellers. Went thru some major medical stuff so aint been able to come around much. Least I got good enuff to fish the whole month of may and dune pirty good.
Congrats to your boy on that super lookin rig. The rig I had at 23 werent quite that nice,lmao

Glad you're better capt.
06-10-2011, 06:29 PM
"G"

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Originally Posted by torch

Crazy about a Mercury!

Don't the Mercs nowdays have Yamaha power heads? thats what I have heard......I was told the smaller Mercs were Tohatsu power heads and the bigger ones like 50 and up had Yamaha power heads. Anybody know for sure?
06-10-2011, 06:40 PM
Minnerman

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Originally Posted by "G"

Don't the Mercs nowdays have Yamaha power heads? thats what I have heard......I was told the smaller Mercs were Tohatsu power heads and the bigger ones like 50 and up had Yamaha power heads. Anybody know for sure?

It ain't that I don't really like the Mercs, it's jus that I like the yammies. Mine has been through heck, high water and hardly no water and has hit most of the stumps in Columbus lake and it's still tickin. With service like that, I ain't gonna change. Plus the mercs are black. Don't want nuthin black on my boat cept the trollin motor and steerin wheel.
06-10-2011, 07:15 PM
captcall

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Originally Posted by majflyboy

Glad you're better capt.

Howdy Maj, and thank ya sir. Get some tests back wed. and ifn they are good only got to go under the knife two more times, ifn they aint who knows. But I'm countin on a good report.
Hope you are well sure missed comin round these parts, but bout time I got feelin better it was spawnin time so I jest went to the cabin and feshed fer bout 6 weeks.
Ifn your a feshin that TOW tourney tomorrow best of luck to ya and yall all stay safe
06-10-2011, 07:24 PM
captcall

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minnerman

It ain't that I don't really like the Mercs, it's jus that I like the yammies. Mine has been through heck, high water and hardly no water and has hit most of the stumps in Columbus lake and it's still tickin. With service like that, I ain't gonna change. Plus the mercs are black. Don't want nuthin black on my boat cept the trollin motor and steerin wheel.

Welp minner I bought mine like Torch to get what I wanted and wound up with a bigger outboard and a Terrovoa TM, Heavy built trailer and saved $4000 over jest buyin the complete Triton package. I coulda put a Yamarhammer on there ifn I had wanted too. I aint never owned a yammie, but have owned a many a Merc and they have always been good trouble free motors fer me. Now me I had all my bad luck with Jojnson/Evinrude. Kinda like ford and chevy I reckon
06-10-2011, 08:12 PM
maachuu

It is a nice boat, as for me if it would have been an option I woulda had him get a honda since I work at a honda dealership but it wasnt an option and I just didnt want to get involved to much but just tried to make sure he didnt get took down the river :) and his boat is way nicer than my boat but I am really proud for him, myself and my wife worked hard to put him thru school and college so that he could have better than we did, so that make me proud for him for sure, and of course I feel like I can use it any time I want any way :) just gotta get him more into crappie fishing so I can help him rig it for crappie and not green carp :)
06-10-2011, 08:42 PM
"G"

Glad to see you back.....I wish you the best captcall.....I hope your test reports come back with good news.