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 Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: Pat Goff]
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09/20/21 06:09 PM
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Stump jumper
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I'm going to keep running what I've got until I can't fish anymore. +1, even if I have to repower it.
2200 Bay Champ/200 Mercury Optimax
2017 Tundra TSS 4x4 Crewmax 5.7L
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: Pat Goff]
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09/20/21 06:15 PM
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John175☮
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I'm going to keep running what I've got until I can't fish anymore. Same here. I love me some fishing but my 2003 will just do fine keeping me doing my hobby. I just keep updating the electronics which now are close to exceeding the engine and hull value. Next spring I will update everything to Mega. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2021/09/full-14056-111726-full_14056_111723_20190420_074813.jpg)
“Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men.” -JFK
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: n2ratfishin]
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09/20/21 06:26 PM
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JIM SR.
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I stopped and checked out an Everglades 24 foot center console while in Florida recently. It had one 300 4 S Yamaha and one power pole along with the usual salt water depth finders. When the salesman told me it was 188,000 without a trailer I simply said thanks for the info. It was about 600.00 a month to store it in a huge warehouse. The amazing thing to me was all the boats there that were MUCH larger and WAY more expensive! I mean there is money like I cannot fathom in those boats. Our bass boats look like toys. You gotta have a good drug route to support that overhead,..
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: cocodrie]
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09/20/21 06:40 PM
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elcoyote, esq.
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No kidding. People are selling Shallow Sport X3's that are 5 years old for more than they paid for them brand new. But your only other option is $150,000 for a new one now, that's just crazy. I was interested in an X3, like REALLY wanted one, right up until I saw the base price. My Haynie is gonna have to do for now. Engine has ~550 hours on it, when it pops, I will be buying a new 300 ProXS from a guide I know. He just has it sitting in his garage in a crate.
Team wolfs I had to perform. It took a minute to get it all in my mouth and another five to swallow it all.
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: elcoyote, esq.]
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09/20/21 11:59 PM
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tmd11111
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No kidding. People are selling Shallow Sport X3's that are 5 years old for more than they paid for them brand new. But your only other option is $150,000 for a new one now, that's just crazy. I was interested in an X3, like REALLY wanted one, right up until I saw the base price. My Haynie is gonna have to do for now. Engine has ~550 hours on it, when it pops, I will be buying a new 300 ProXS from a guide I know. He just has it sitting in his garage in a crate. Just got back from South Padre Island and spent a day in the bay with a guide. His boat was a new Shallow Sport 24 Sport with a 250 Suzuki. Said the base price was 91k without a trailer and people think bass boats are expensive.
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
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09/21/21 12:26 AM
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Pat Goff
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I finally blew up my two stroke yamaha last year, 5,600 hours. The nerve... You can't buy a carb two stroke from anyone. Well poodle ducks. I can't run a four stroke on my scooter, it would sink it. What I did find out, and was on the way, you can still buy carb two stroke motors, you just need to go to Mexico to get it. I was headed to tempico to get a new C90, when one popped up in Houma, I went for it instead. One might think I ran my motors through mud or something. Nah... ![[Linked Image]](https://i.ibb.co/pbLrPTB/pump.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.ibb.co/FJqVKWb/floor1.jpg)
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Pat Goff Seadrift TX ![[Linked Image]](https://i.ibb.co/X48Kbbq/scooter-shallow.jpg)
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
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09/21/21 12:30 AM
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Mckinneycrappiecatcher
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I’ll browse once every three months or so just out of curiosity
I’ve noticed the boats with Evinrude motors take longer to sell. Yeah, I've noticed that too. The one's that get my attention have Yamaha or Suzuki motors. Strange. The Etec motors, while discontinued were probably the best on the market when they were made.
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: JIM SR.]
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09/21/21 12:48 AM
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lconn4
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I stopped and checked out an Everglades 24 foot center console while in Florida recently. It had one 300 4 S Yamaha and one power pole along with the usual salt water depth finders. When the salesman told me it was 188,000 without a trailer I simply said thanks for the info. It was about 600.00 a month to store it in a huge warehouse. The amazing thing to me was all the boats there that were MUCH larger and WAY more expensive! I mean there is money like I cannot fathom in those boats. Our bass boats look like toys. You gotta have a good drug route to support that overhead,.. those Everglades boats are my favorite too! Go big or go home! 
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: Mckinneycrappiecatcher]
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09/21/21 02:44 AM
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Pat Goff
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I’ll browse once every three months or so just out of curiosity
I’ve noticed the boats with Evinrude motors take longer to sell. Yeah, I've noticed that too. The one's that get my attention have Yamaha or Suzuki motors. Strange. The Etec motors, while discontinued were probably the best on the market when they were made. Not sure where you got your opinion from, but they've never been a reliable motor. Marketing hype aside, they were twitchy at their best. Yamaha and Suzuki killed them dead in the saltwater market, and Mercury polished them off in the bass boat business. Still a lot of dealers won't touch one in trade, and as you see, as fast a used boats sell now, the etecs sit the longest. not much of a secret.
Pat Goff Seadrift TX
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Re: Boat prices and sales - wow!
[Re: Pat Goff]
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09/21/21 03:43 AM
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CKINCAID
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I'm going to keep running what I've got until I can't fish anymore. Agreed.. 2005 197 triton magnum here. Tin boat is great here in Washington
FJB
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