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Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14900453 11/16/23 04:45 PM
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Have had a “few” bass boats. Couple Rangers and of all my boats my 1992 Ranger 361v w/a Johnson FastStrike 150. It was hands down my favorite boat. Just a great functional/comfortable fishing platform. I had it nearly 20yrs and it still looked EXCELLENT….until some kid fell asleep on the highway and wiped out my “baby”. My Ranger Z521c w/250 ProXS I have now is a “nice fishing vessel” for sure but the boat I had that was most memorable was the 1st brand new bass boat that I ever purchased. A 1986 Tidecraft Wildfire w/a Mariner Mag150. Actually custom ordered from US Sports in Hurst(now Fun&Sun). That was an extremely fast(75mphish) lightweight chine walking POS. The transom got weak in only a few years and I got rid of it. Man it was “fun”….while it lasted but it didn’t last very long.

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Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14900499 11/16/23 05:18 PM
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14 foot flatbottom
2 man bass buggy
1981' Dynatrak 16'6
1990 Skeeter SK1700
1999 Xpress X-19
1997 (or close to that year) Blazer 202
1998 Champion 202
2009 Nitro Z8
2020 BassCat Caracal

Best built- BassCat followed by the Champion and Dynatrak
Worst built by far - Skeeter
Xpress was a good boat for about 11 years until it split about 8 feet down the keel.
Best fishing - BassCat and Nitro
Best riding - Champion
Biggest bass caught out of - 14 foot flatbottom

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Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901087 11/17/23 04:38 AM
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96 Javelin 389
08 BassCat Cougar
My Dad gave me his Bass Tracker after they sold their lakehouse. I don't know what year it was but it was a fiberglass boat and model was TF1600 with a 90 hp Mercury. I kept it several years and used it on some of the smaller lakes up here in the panhandle and western Ok.
2016 Avalon 2200 Catalina pontoon.

Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901090 11/17/23 05:03 AM
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2000 Ray Craft, I think it was just short of 16' with a 90 hp Evinrude. Good little boat to learn with on Gibbons Creek.
2000 Cobra 201D with a 2003 225 Mercury that I bought here on the TFF. Pretty certain I sold it on here too. Last I saw, it was for sale in Florida.
1999 Cobra 190S with a 200 Mercury. Found it in Georgia on Craigslist.


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Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901099 11/17/23 05:23 AM
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1961 16' Herters freight canoe
1980 12' jon boat
1975? 16' Ouachita bass boat w/Merc 110 tower of power
1979 16' Skeeter Wrangler DC w/Merc 150 Black Max
1987 18.5' Nitro MX185 w/150 Black Max from the Skeeter *
1999 21' Triton TX21 w/Merc 225 Opti*
1992 19' Bass Cat Pantera 2 about to hang a Merc 200 EFI on it*

*still have these, working on Nitro floor, transom and carpet: Pantera motor, controls, trim pump and charger

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1987 Nitro MX185/Mercury Black Max 150 (needs lots of work, put motor on nephew's boat)
1994 XSC-2200 "Jaguar" AKA Shadow 22 Magnum (restoring w/Mercury 200 XRI)
1994 Pantera II (restoring w/Mercury 200 EFI)
1999 Triton TX21/225 Mercury Optimax
Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901124 11/17/23 10:40 AM
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Few Power Cat's
Jet Boat with a 460
1988 Pontoon boat
2000 Javelin Renegade 18
Triton 200xp

Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901137 11/17/23 11:27 AM
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1985 Cajun Ricky Green fishing machine
Bullet 20xrd I can't remember the year. I think it was a 1996
2001 Triton TR 21 awesome boat. I can't tear it up as much as I have tried

Ken A needs to post his list. Lol

Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901776 11/18/23 01:04 AM
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01 Triton TR20
09 Skeeter 20i
22 Skeeter ZXR21


2022 Skeeter ZXR21
Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Dubee] #14901807 11/18/23 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Dubee
1985 Cajun Ricky Green fishing machine
Bullet 20xrd I can't remember the year. I think it was a 1996
2001 Triton TR 21 awesome boat. I can't tear it up as much as I have tried

Ken A needs to post his list. Lol


Your Bullet was 1994 bro. It was my first one. wink

I had a 1998 21XRD, 2003 20XRD, 2007 20XRD, couple Allisons, 3 Rangers, 3 Tritons, 3 Basscats, a Spirit, a HydraSport, a Duckhawk, a Winner, a Legend, a Procraft, a Stryker, and a few more I cannot remember at the moment.



Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901926 11/18/23 05:26 AM
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1985 - Venture - Fast and Stable
2006 - BassCat Sabre - 18" FUN boat
2008 - BassCat Courgar - 20'4" - Fastest boat I have owned 79mph
2018 - Skeeter FX20 - Yellow and Black Stable ride
2020 - Skeeter FXR21 - GREAT looking boat and great tourny platform - last boat I will own since it is for sale due to health limitations.

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Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14901930 11/18/23 05:37 AM
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82 Cajun
91 Pro Craft
93 Skeeter
99 Basscat
02 Skeeter
09 Nitro
13 Skeeter
20 Nitro Z21 Current

Non Bass Boats
03 Blue Wave
18 Tracker 22
22 Regency LE25 Current


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Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ken A.] #14902008 11/18/23 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken A.
Originally Posted by Dubee
1985 Cajun Ricky Green fishing machine
Bullet 20xrd I can't remember the year. I think it was a 1996
2001 Triton TR 21 awesome boat. I can't tear it up as much as I have tried

Ken A needs to post his list. Lol


Your Bullet was 1994 bro. It was my first one. wink

I had a 1998 21XRD, 2003 20XRD, 2007 20XRD, couple Allisons, 3 Rangers, 3 Tritons, 3 Basscats, a Spirit, a HydraSport, a Duckhawk, a Winner, a Legend, a Procraft, a Stryker, and a few more I cannot remember at the moment.


Shows how bad my memory is. Lol

Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14902110 11/18/23 02:28 PM
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My 1st boat was a sears 10ft jonn around 1970. I fished all of the gravel pits around Irving in that boat.
2nd a 14ft john, thay's what I started fishin Fork in 1980.
3rd Bass Tracker Tournament TX from Walker's sporting goods
4-16ft Monarch, my 1st fiberglass boat
5- 19ft Randall Craft My fastest boat
6 Charger 195
7 Charger 195
8-24ft pontoon for crappie
9-1995 Skeeter 200ZX (Best riding boat that I have ever owned)
10-Another pontoon for crappie
11-2006 Skeeter 225 (My current boat)
12 Hobo house boat. *tailorable

Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14902136 11/18/23 02:55 PM
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1976 12 foot Sea Nymph V-hull with a 5hp Ted Williams bought at Sears
1984 Bayliner with a 85hp a Force
1989 Charger Foxfire with a 150 Mariner
1993 Shadow with a 150 Mariner
1997 Sprint 207DC with a 225 Mercury
2002 Bullet 20XD with a 250 Mercury
2008 Stratos 200XL with 225 Mercury
2013 Stratos 210 Elite with a 250 Mercury
2016 Sweetwater pontoon with a 115 Mercury
2018 Bullet 21XRS with a 250 Mercury
2022 Starcraft pontoon with a 250 Mercury

I didn't include any of the canoes or bass buddy boats I've owned... Dan


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Re: Boats you’ve owned [Re: Ranger 188vs] #14902193 11/18/23 04:13 PM
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