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Any one familiar with these boats? It's a center console like a Carolina skiff with a 90 merc on it. Has normal aging on it but for the price I think it would make awesome fishing boat that's easy to pull. Jus curious what some the older guys know.*
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90 mariner....not merc
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That size Mariner was made by Merc, so he's "technically" correct. :biggrin Some of Merc's smaller engines were part Yamaha, back then, but I believe those engines were the below 50hp line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jusfishn
Not sure on the boat as I have not heard of them, but I did have a Mariner 150 hp on my old Skeeter and it was an awesome motor. It was by Mercury.
Any center console should make a great fishing boat.
Post some pictures of it and let us know if you get it. Good luck.
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Well I did it. I bought it. For a 30 year old boat this thing is straight as an arrow. Fiberglass needs buffed to bring shine back and all the wood trim needs to be sanded,stained and clear coated. Gas tank has 5 year old gas in it so it needs cleaned out but Other than that it seems to be good boat. The motor fired right up and sounded great. Has power trim which I'd didn't expect but wouldn't have bought without it. Overall I think it's gonna be a good crappie and all around fishing boat. Should get me where I'm going a little quicker too. I'd say 35 to 40 mph should be what it runs. Couldn't pass it up for The price. Thanks to all who gave info.
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It looks great!
Thanks! It's nuttin fancy but for $1500.00 I couldn't resist. I'm gonna doll her up a bit and add my mega 9si and minnkotta tm to her and see how she does. Very anxious to get her out on the water ?
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Now my next question. How to rig to troll for crappie???? Any suggestions? I have 2 rod holder's on it but what's best way to set up on fiberglass boat to troll?
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If all you're gonna do is longline troll, then a few more rod holders should do the trick. But, if you want to be able to Push, Pull cranks or jigs ... or Spider Rig out of it, then a set of 4rod rod holders at each of the four corners of the boat would be my suggestion. You could even longline troll off of them, too. Varying the length of rods used, or spreading the rod positions will help keep the lines/baits from running too close to each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jusfishn
Everybody has their favorite, when it comes to rod holder brands ... so I'm not gonna recommend any one over the other. I'm currently using Hi-Tek rod holders, myself, and they do a fine job.
Here's the only pic I have that shows them in action :
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(my boat is a 1999 16' ProCraft w/90Merc 2strk, and will run about 50mph WOT ... so you may get more speed out of yours than you expect :dono)
Call the law, you stole that one!! LOL[emoji3][emoji106]
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Maiden voyage on the new to me boat. It's coming along pretty good so far. Just hope there's no surprises on the water now.
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Great find.
Well maiden trip over. Went fairly well. Had 2 engine hiccups that I figure are due to engine not being run for four years. After getting that straight and discovering I have to move fish finder location I was able to put in a couple hours of trolling. Fishing was slow. Water temp at 76 and I caught 1 crappie trolling boards and jigs. Like the ole boat tho. Got her up to 36 mph on rough water. It's not as stable as I'm used to but I like how easy she maneuvers.
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Pic of the ole gal b4 we hit the water.
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Best we could do.
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