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Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/02/15 08:55 PM
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KRAPPIE KAT
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I have a 2011 bass tracker and I'm wanting to take it down to the coast for some inshore/flats fishing. Am I stupid? I know I would have to flush it after every run and I have also read the saltwater will rust my trailer out quick. I would only be able to go to the coast maybe 2-3 times a year at best. What do y'all think?
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/02/15 10:36 PM
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Curt0407
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As much fun as having a boat at the coast would be, don't do it. My dad had a tracker several years ago. We took it to the coast 1 time. Big mistake, even though we thought we cleaned it well. Within a year the boat started going down hill with corrosion issues.
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/03/15 01:18 AM
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Pat Goff
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Difference between a real saltwater boat and something else..
Real: No carpet for a reason. Else: Carpet gets sand and it's a gonner in a year. Real: All electrical connections are soldered, sealed, and coated Else: Unsealed butt connectors and bare copper connectors behind the dash, bow panel and in the bilge. Gonners in a very short time. Real: Self bailing design prevents getting swamped. Or scooter with no sides that hold water at all. Else: Nope
I can't tell you how many poor saps showed up to trade in their bass rigs after "ONE" trip to the brine. Cost more to fix everything than the rigs worth. And the further south you go, the saltier the water gets. Laguna madre is 100X saltier than galveston bay.
Pat Goff Seadrift TX
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/03/15 01:26 AM
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skeeter22
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Hire a guide and save yourself future misery.
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/03/15 01:31 AM
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smooth move
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friend of mine uses his bass tracker in the bay and in freshwater. as far as i know, he's had no major problems.
es le bon ton roulet
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/03/15 02:05 AM
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KRAPPIE KAT
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Well I was hoping for "go For it". But I think I will leave it in fresh water. Thanks guys.
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/03/15 02:32 AM
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Pat Goff
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You can spend six or seven hours prepping it up, seal up all the connections, especially the stuff in the bilge, coat the back of everything with liquid electrical tape, scotch guard the heck out of the carpet, don't forget your trailer lights, and it'll live a little while.
Saltwater boats are 10X maintenance of a freshwater rig. Ask me how I know.
Pat Goff Seadrift TX
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/03/15 01:00 PM
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BODA
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I run to Corpus a handful of times a year, but live on Eagle Mountain Lake, I bought my boat based on those trips to corpus. I couldn't imagine the headache involved after running a bass boat for a weekend on Baffin ..not to mention watching the paint bubble up on the trailer
Last edited by BODA; 06/03/15 01:02 PM.
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Re: Bass Tracker ok in salt?
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06/04/15 01:40 AM
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Fish Art Texas
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pat goff is right .saltwater literally eats steel!you need an aluminum trailer for sure.here is an idea buy a salt water boat that will work in your fresh water fishing and kill two birds with one stone!
Joe Spurgin
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