First actual bass boat!!

Got this little '93 17ft tracker. Getting a little bit bigger motor,tm,and some graphs put on it. In a few years ill b on on the tourney trails here in Texas giving em hell.

Hope that trailer is big enough!

Definitely shouldn't have to worry about an axle breaking.

Lotta fish can be caught out of that rig. Congrats....

I know a lot of people may scoff at a guy posting his little old boat that he just got. But hey this poor boy has been slamming green fish since I was six years old. Just took 29 years to get to this point. Now its time to see if I can hang with the big boys! Ill watch yall fly by but ill be there in a minute. Ha ha

Yea definitely got some bang for my buck with the trailer. Rather have that than the one that comes with em. Dinky for sure.

Had that same boat but the '89 model and that thing was a tank. Got it about 9 years ago and just upgraded a few months ago but kept it as a backup because its so reliable. I gave that thing hell and it never skipped a beat. Punched a hole in it on a t-post on Lake o the pines and almost sunk it but got it welded back up and it was good as new. Also used it as a duck boat and drove that thing into some nasty stuff, launching over stumps and everything. Prop was beat to hell but still ran like a charm. Don't have to baby those old rigs like you do the new fancy ones.

Congrats on the new boat! Hope it treats you well!

P.S. Many tournaments were won in that thing fishing against the guys in their jerseys and 80k rigs. They hated it when the two high school kids in their 25 year old rig showed em how to catch fish.

Thanks Joe bass2.

Congrats man, hope she treats you right!

You will be just fine in that. It's not the boat that catches the fish, it's the person with the desire to chase em down. Give em hell

Yea I've caught a lot in the old v hull loan star boats. I no they don't care about the boat. But some are faster and make less noise than others. It better be tough because I manage to break just about anything I put Hans on. Ha

Looks mean on that trailer. Congrats! Go git em!

You will outrun 250hp fiberglass boats on the North end of Palestine in that sucker.

There's no boat like your first boat....congrats!

Congratulations!!

Congratulations.

A new tm and a bigger motor and you will never want to get rid of it.

Congrats on your rig. Enjoy

Congratulations!

Congrats, I had a lot of fun in my old TX17.

Congrats!

Congrats!

Enjoy

I wish my boat would get the fuel economy that you will get in that. Congrats

What size motor you gonna put on it? I have one a couple of years old (Pro 170) that has a 50 Merc 4 stroke. Had a Tournament TX back in the late 80s that had an 80HP Merc on it. Both 17 foot boats. New boat max rated for the 50.

Sent you a PM.

Not my first boat but its the first bass rig. Gonna put a 70hp Johnson on it. And already got a mk101 for the tm. Just got to get some oversized graphs and I will feel good about it. Can't wait!

Congrats!! That’s bigger than my first boat.

Congrats!

Nobody is slamming your boat. It just looks a little wierd seeing that boat on a tandem trailer. That just means you can haul more fish on a trailering tournament. Nice boat.

That is a fish catching machine that you can go anywhere in. Best of luck to you!

It’s the angler not the boat! KVD has won out of a nitro for God’s sake to prove that

Happy for you!!!

You'll enjoy that rig. I had a 1995 Tracker and won my first bass tournament out of it....of course the 10 pounder I caught sorta helped! By the way, that tournament was on Sam Rayburn and I was the only angler in a tin boat. Just go fishing and spend time learning areas really well. Don't have to run all over the lake. I have since lowered my standards to fiberglass and have ah.....a....well ah....Nitro....but I know it's about to break in half any trip now....lol. Enjoy your rig!

Yes!

Make sure your 70 isn't over-powering the Coast Guard label, or you will have some trouble with the inspections and Polygraph for tournaments.

Congrats!

You have a 17-year jump on me. I was 52 when I got my first bass boat. Enjoy yourself!

Man I hope I don't have any troubles with coast guard label guidelines. Never even heard that. It had a 60 horse on it so I think it'll b fine. Not 100% on that unles ur jerking my chain. Little green when it comes to those specifics

There should be a capacities sticker. It’ll list max load and people as well as a total combined weight. It will also list MAX HP. The rules for most tournaments say you cannot exceed these ratings.

https://www.boatus.org/study-guide/boat/capacities/

You can find max hp ratings posted on the boat if you want to check it out. It’s commonly found on a little square plate on the right side of the boat. Probably inside the gunnel near the driver’s seat. It can be other places, obviously. Also, David is right, no BS.

Nice boat!

Nice post Clark3 ......really

Nice boat!

Congrats brother!

Thanks to everyone. I'm going to fish it hard! Still looking for some quality used hummingbird graphs. I've only owned a 596di. But really looking for a SI and a bigger di for the front of the boat. Pm if u have for sale. Thanks