finally a bigger boat

after fishing the last year out of my 17ft basstrack (which i love alot and works great for crappie) i wanted something a little bigger and faster to help with fishing the kansas crappie trail. Didnt really like being on melvern last saturday with 25mph winds in a 17ft modified v with 45hp.

So i bought the boat from duckman that was posted on the any interest on a stripper boat.

Love how it sets up, limited storage but that keeps me from trashing it out so quickly, i have to clean it up or it blows out.

Just pulled it home tonight. pulled great (but i need to raise my hitch about 4 inchs).

Got home and no one even carred to come out and take a look at it. so i figured i would post it here at least someone would appreciate it. Besides making shane get out and come look at it as i drove thru his town.

Not that i want the kansas winds to blow now but at least i will be ready for it.


DON

p.s. the race is on to get it ready for the eldorado tournament, after fishing the special olympic this saturday and not working on my new toy.

From the pics, I thought it looked like a pretty sweet rig. And the price seemed pretty reasonable too. Good luck with it!

That was a real nice boat. I did ride it in high wind conditions Friday after getting it out of storage. Handles waves great. Seems like a very fancy crappie rig to me but its good to live in America. Buddies dads boat, he passed. I wish you calm seas and large fish as you go out in Tom's dad's lifetime boat. You be riding with style. Congrats, have fun.
Please post some pics from time to time as you get it refitted.

i hope to do him proud.

Thought I seen that boat rolling down 54 hwy headed towards Yates Center about 7pm last night when I was almost home from work.Looks like a very nice rig.Congrat's :highfive If I knew it was you I would have chased ya down to take a look.Very nice ride.

Very nice boat and I will help you as much as I can to get her ready for the El Dorado Tournament... Looking foward to our up coming fishing days out of her...

Yea kingfish that was me.

That boat was awesome and the price looked very fair. Ride in style brah!

Congrats Don, happy for you!

I'll bring the Cheetos and red Kool-Aid for that nice white floor Don! Congrats on the new boat!

I have a HUGE Lowrance decal to put on it... :biggrin

WTG Don, you'll have many memorable trips in that rig and maybe you might even catch a fish or two:highfive....heck that boat looks like a guide-boat...look out Shane & Chatt :biggrin

Congrats Don on the new boat...now maybe them waves won't get to you....

thanks all. no carpet, quick trip to car wash and its as good as new. with all the food i get accused of eating why i fish its probably a good thing. you all welcome in it any time.

DON

went to fix the hitch on my truck to raise it and found that only 1 side was even bolted to the truck, the other side had one bolt barely hanging in it. Glad i was luckey enough to find it all because i couldnt get the hitch to slide out of the reciever so i had to remove the whole thing. so we beefed up the entire system so no worries on that end of it.

Congrats Don on the new boat!!! :cheers2

Happy for you.....now the work begins

Awesome! Hope to see it and you at El Dorado in a little over a week.

you going to join us for that tournament tim?

plus remember you still owe me a trip.:biggrin this time try not to break anything.

I hope to, still need to sign up, plus trying to line up a babysitter for the kiddos.

Yep, i still owe you a trip. I haven't forgotten.
It's always a good trip if nothing gets broken. :cheers2 That's my primary goal, catching fish is a bonus. :highfive

Good looking boat and you will love the yamaha 115 as that is a great motor and should last a long time. I have one just like it a 1985 and have had great luck with it.

Zeepo

Congratulations and enjoy n prosper!

Good luck with the new boat. Going through the car wash to hose it down is always a plus. I've done it once or twice with my 16.5ft boat. Works a lot faster than using soaps and cleaners. The best part is, it can dry as you tow it home.

Congrats on the new rig! Now let the wind blow.:biggrin

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Good luck with the new boat. Going through the car wash to hose it down is always a plus. I've done it once or twice with my 16.5ft boat. Works a lot faster than using soaps and cleaners. The best part is, it can dry as you tow it home.

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Car washes use pretty harsh chemicals that can harm gel coats so hand washing with soap is the best. They do not use soap mainly different types of acids.

Zeepo

Thanks for the warning zeepo. Just rinse it there then. Thanks for all the well wishes. Hope to see you all on the water.

I usually have it on soap or rinse at the car wash. Otherwise I use star brite stuff on the deck and gelcoat.

ok. just spend another 2grand at cabels. going to get that silver card too soon.:popcorn ready to install the new terrova 80, tripple bank charger, all the wiring for the trolling motor, (man that stuff is exspensive to get it marine grade wire) pole holders, disconect, and misc. stuff. spent a 100 fixing and beefing up the trailer hitch on the rodeo, transon support, tie downs. When does it end?

Just dont let the wife know what the rest of this stuff cost and i will be good. :highfive

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ok. just spend another 2grand at cabels. going to get that silver card too soon.:popcorn ready to install the new terrova 80, tripple bank charger, all the wiring for the trolling motor, (man that stuff is exspensive to get it marine grade wire) pole holders, disconect, and misc. stuff. spent a 100 fixing and beefing up the trailer hitch on the rodeo, transon support, tie downs. When does it end?

Just dont let the wife know what the rest of this stuff cost and i will be good. :highfive

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Your just living the acronym B.break- O.out- A.another- T.thousand....we've all been there and will be again :Rofl You're doing your part in helping the economy:highfive

this week its been break out another 10thousand

A boat? Just another hole in the water you pour your money into.rotfl It started when I was 16 years of age and hasn't stopped 40 plus years later.

If you're getting Shane's help, wait until he sends you the bill for the booze you guys drink installing all that stuff! :-)

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If you're getting Shane's help, wait until he sends you the bill for the booze you guys drink installing all that stuff! :-)

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Heck Ya...

He said the cooler had to be checked before he started working. How many before I take the drill out of his hands? Thanks Shane for "voluntering". Public reminder so you can't say you forgot. Hahahahhahahahha

I love to drill hOles :yikes when I have been drinking..... :biggrin

Congrats. That is a good looking boat.

:HandsClappingwell after about 20 hours of working on the boat, it is finally ready to find some fish. (thanks to shane for is 5 hours of help also). new bielge pump, 2nd main battery to handle the electronics, mount 2 batteries under the console for new trolling motor. Pull wires to the front to install in trolling motor, replace bow light to show above trolling motor, install 3 bank charger, then install the elite 7 up front, the touch and dxs lowrance units on the dash, pull cables from back to middle of boat for all of that. new bearings and seals and tires and trailer tie downs, Now all thats left is to set up the spider rigging equipment after i fish it a few times to see what will work best, any good ideas on mounting seats up front, the front desk is a lift up dry storage. pictures to follow some time soon i hope.

thanks for all the kind words.

first day out on the water. every thing works great but the driver. you know when you plane out a heavy boat if the motor isnt trimmed all the way down it sounds like you lost the prop or transmission. so after pulling the boat out again and driving to walmart to get more fluid to check if it was full.:bash After thinking about it and jim bybee confirmed what i needed to do.:HandsClapping . the boat ran great and fishes great for me. still need to add my spider rigging equipment if i ever figure out where i want it and how to mount the seats.

did manage to land 3 good fish 11.5" 12" 12" need seven of them for the tournament tomorrow.

Best addition was adding the guide poles on the back to help in loading as the trail is totaly underwater. (loading blind without them)

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NIce fish and good luck tomorrow......