25,000 memory maker GONE in just mere minutes !

That's right yawl , its a sad day here in Texas . The SS minnow has finally been put down for the count . She ran hard as any boat out there for 5 years thru wind and sleet and heat and you name it . She hit lakes from far east Texas to way west Texas , She went north to the border and south to Waco . She managed to help me ketch well over 25,000 crappie during her voyages to and fro and at last she has to go .
We took a saws all to her yesterday after lunch and it was so fast to cut her up it wasn't funny . SK will get the 40 zebra motor off her and I don't know who wants the trailer just yet ,but to be sure the ole 1963 13 foot Boston Whaler wont be hitting the water anymore .
She sure did well for me and I miss her terribly . she was fast like a rabbit and could turn on a dime and was like having a bad boy go cart as boat ride .
The good news is the wife keeps mentioning I need to get another boat :highfive
So after we said our good byes my bud and I went over for a bit to visit the boat slips at Ez's place and took a chicken basket for each of us and had lunch and played with the crappie under the dock for a while .
I did manage to ketch one real nice one and a handful of others and in the end I got home and collected eggs from the chickens and fed my dog and said my final good bye to the boat of my boy hood dreams . I always wanted a 13 ft Boston whaler since I was a preteen and by golly my wish came true in 2012 for a mere 2600 US dollars complete with a graph ,trolling motor ,life jackets and water ready .
So never say never , it could happen .
and that ladies and gentleman is my story and I am sticking to it
KABOOM is the word :cheers2

Well hate to see you lose a boat but hopefully you can get another. Darn nice slabs in the pics. KABOOM my friend!

Humpty Dumpty and all the kings men could not put it back together

I don't know the back story but I thought The Whalers were unsinkable, what happened.

when about half the hull came off and up the transom a bit while SK and i were up on plane wide open one day , i knew she was toast .
the cost to put a new belly on her was in the thousands and i couldn't bring myself to spend that much on her.
it really does make me sad to see her go away like you cant imagine .
me n her and a simple 2 d graph hurt a many a thousand crappie back when

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Originally Posted by Skippa Chippa

I don't know the back story but I thought The Whalers were unsinkable, what happened.

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she didn't sink , she just blew off her fiberglass belly at wide open one day after work , we still used her the rest of the afternoon at idle and hammered crappie that day .
i also hit a big stump with her about 3 years before that and repaired the huge hole in her that time .
but when she peeled about half her belly off the last time it was a done deal.
i could have still used her at idle if i wanted to but it just wasn't the same without letting them 40 zebras lose i tell ya .
she could really go well for a bitty boat when she was in good shape .

So sad, you will get over it, maybe!

I remember your exploits in the whaler with the zebras off another forum!
Time for a different one!


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Sad to see a boat go. Good looking fish and eggs

I am sorry about your boat! On the bright side, you can now start looking for a new one, let the hunt begin!

25000 fish in 5 years = 5000 fish a year:yikes

Everything's bigger in Texas

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I remember parts of your escapades in the little white rocket. Sorry to see her go, but I see your point of cost effectiveness. Myself, I would search another boat to strap her goodies onto. Good luck searching for the next one.

Sorry for your loss. Sounds like many’s a good adventure. Yes, maybe you can find another and christen her the “Big Kaboom”! Winter is a good time to buy...just sayin.
Bob

She used to go out every other day back when with me , her and I had a many a real fine days on the water , sometimes I would night ketch in the spawn and hit stupid high numbers of fish ,other times we timber doodled bigtime. Sure was a sweet little watercraft

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Originally Posted by specktacklure

25000 fish in 5 years = 5000 fish a year:yikes

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I was trying to keep the number conservative, I think it was closer to about 200 a week , do that math and begin to understand how well she kept me on crappie