When I use to post on this thread it got 500 plus hits a day.

I'm hitting it
And just sold off some old hobby stuff to put towards a pelican 10E
Just need to put dang $100+ worth of new boards on my flatbed trailer to be able to go buy the boat!
My wife says I am obsessing about it... eh, what do wives know

Forgot who posted it somewhere else, but I thought the Bass Hunter guys would approve of this little boat
ultraskiff

reading the posts, looks like you guys us 36" shaft length on the trolling motor.

any over-torque mounting problems or gotcha's when you use 45 to 50lb thrust motors ?

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/boa/4533625587.html

Pretty cheap one I happened across here, not a bad deal at all for 10ft with battery and trolling motor.

Mine was 36" new but I cut it.
and its a 45#

looks fair....but I'd hate to make the drive to find the "143 form" is all he has...don't see numbers on it.
I'll respond, but to be honest, the few things I have bought off craigslist, in some way made me regret it!

That's not a very good boat.

Go down the Academy Sports and take a close look at it.

Plus it is real heavy.

whats not very good about it? I have the 10E and thought it was pretty awesome. (Ive not owned any other to compare it to tho)
Its not that heavy really. I can load it alone, no problem

i was thinking the same thing. I had the 10e also and it was no problem to load or unload and that was in a lifted truck.

Old dudes like me have to worry about the weight of the boat.

Haha.

count me in on that!

I will be dragging it into/out of a 14'regular flatbed trailer. Room on the trailer for a dolly when needed.

Your 2nd post in this (awesome) thread..3 years ago, same boat for you now, or something different now?

The 10E gets a lot of love overall. A good 10E brainwashing thread over at bass resource, hehe

my old trailer taking a lot of work. not unexpected. re-wired it tonight.

I guarantee you it's lighter than my pond prowler 10ft... though it's less solid, and doesn't feel as stable even though it's slightly wider, which makes it less convenient for truck bed fitment purposes... regardless, just as good as any of them for the most part... Battery and a decent 55lb trolling motor are going to be worth half as much as the boat though so really... in needs to float and hold you and your stuff on top of it. That's about all any of them do well. It's a tiny floating casting deck, not so much a boat. Only difference between them and a paddle board or kayak is they are great for two people. Down side is they are a pain to haul or use solo without a trailer and/or dolly... and also that they do not paddle very well, because you're higher up off the water. Upside is they also take a gas motor nicely and move around alright on either motor, but by the time oyu have the boat, battery, trolling motor, and an outboard, you have an easy $1200+ rig used and over $2k rig new... but then that's what people spend on "good" fishing kayaks to be stuck paddling not fishing, and if you don't love paddling and exercise, you will tire quickly of paddling to fish.

Ain't it the truth. And I sure as heck don't paddle!