1987 BassTracker with a 70 hp Johnson.

2000 blazer 190 pro v in my sig with a 200 yamaha I love it!

1997 Triton TR-17 with Evinrude 115. Was a sweet little boat

10' Flatbottom with wooden trolling motor,folgers bilge pump,bamboo power pole,swivel chair for 360 imaging.It was loaded out.

It was a 1961 Arkansa aluminum V hall with a 30HP Skateatwater motor. the if you held the handle to the stick steer just wrong the Spark from the ignition would bite the dickens out of you

1973 trihull ski boat converted for bass fishing.. carpeted plywood decks on front and back.. caught alot of bass out of that rig but glad i got a bass boat now..

1984 arrow glass shark. 15' with a 90 horse Evinrude. I had more money in the trolling motor and electronics than the whole boat was worth. Learned ALOT about how to work on boats and a little about fishing outta that boat.

My Dad bought us (me) a 70 something 1750 Venture and Don at Flat Creek Marina rebuilt a 115 Johnson and put on it. Wasn't old enough to drive, but old enough to drive a boat! Worked odd jobs all summer long just to put gas in that thing.

My first purchased boat was a '93 482V Ranger w/175 Mariner Mag. Had a 23" High Five Prop. Caught lots of fish in it. Sold it to an Aggie on bassfishinghomepage.

Graduated to a 2001 Gambler Intimidator w/225 Merc. Trim tabs, Powertech TRO4 27" prop...... fly!

Went boatless for 10 years then bought the boat I have now last year, ZX225.

1994 Charloma "pond prowler". I still have it and use it all the time. Never paid a cent in interest or gas for it. It's rigged with a 36lb trolling motor, humminbird 500 series sonar, lighting kit, wiring harness, 360o swivel seats, rod and drink holders, and a paddle just in case. I love that boat.

If I were buying a step up boat today I would probably look at a Tracker Pro 165. that's a well loaded boat for under $10K

I think you two might have been over the legal limit ...must have made 3 casts with a Alabama rig [/quote]

Kicker that pic was taken in 1980 (said I am an old fart). You could keep ten per fisherman back then. There were three in the boat that day (counting the camera man).

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I think you two might have been over the legal limit ...must have made 3 casts with a Alabama rig [/quote]

My first boat was a 16 foot Top Tenner stick steer.............with a Mercury tower of power 150.

The fastest stick steering boat I've ever seen. It was a wild drive.
I kept it a couple years till I was doing some cleaning and came upon the steering cable tag that said "this steering is for motors up to 65 horsepower". I sold it to a friend just wanted a fishing boat. He took the big Mercury off and put a 50 on it.

Mine was a 1971 Hustler with 50 horse Johnson. It had prob. a 30# shakespear(sic)trolling mtr and a flasher depth finder, don't remember if it was hummingbird or lowrance. Divorce got it in 90'. Bought the whole rig for $2,000 bucks from a lawyer in Dallas that fixed it up as a project. Had front stick steering which was great for fishing in north Lavon around the trees, but it sure made me nervous to run it at full throttle. It didn;t take rough water well, but ran like a son-of-a-gun in smooth water. Now I got a 2006 170tx Tracker w/50 hp Merc. What a step up.....

1967 Super Skeeeter with a stick steering 20 hp Johnson. 12 volt foot control trolling motor. I bought it in 1980 for 350.00 and sure wish I still had that old boat.
I think I would give my left one to have back!!!!!

1977 Ranger DTR10 / 150 in line 6 Merc. Bullet Proof

Mine was a Sturey I bought new in 1968 for $650.