pictures of your first bass boat

1972-1974....15 ft Crosby ski sled with 50 hp Johnson,Otasco hand held trolling motor and captains chairs.....there were a lot of ski boats converted to bass boats back in early days of tournament fishing...

Mine was a 73 Skeeter Baron... 70 horse Johnson, we bought it from some guy in Balch Springs in 1987. My uncle and I put a Humminbird LCR 8000 (I think that’s what it was)... We learned a lot with that boat... We sunk it on Monticello in January of 88, that was no fun at all

My dad's was a 14' Terry Bass with a 20 HP Johnson that had electric start but no alternator. We put a Flasher Depth Finder and one of the NEW foot controlled Motorquide trolling motors. Stick steered boat and we were in hog heaven on Caddo Lake and Lake "O" the Pines.

No camera back then.

People could ski without 400hp and a huge wake?

19 foot HIP-Bass! Learned a lot of lessons the hard way in that old aluminum boat. Caught a ton of fish out of it too.

This isn't the actual boat, but my first was a 1974 Thunderbolt with a 50 HP Merc that I bought used in 1979. Looked about like this one.

Sears Ted Williams mode. I learned a lot about fishing and boating in that boat. It went on to save lives in hurricane Katrina and I never saw her again.

14' Alumacraft, 20 hp Mercury tiller, cant remember the name of the depth finder (round, grey one) or troller but sure they dont make them anymore. If that doesnt count, next one was a Ranger TR10, 85 hp Johnson, Johnson 12/24 troller and 2 Humminbird Super Sixties.

1984 Tracker 1, 15' w/Mariner 25. Motor Guide 35lb troller. Came with a flasher AND a paper graph!! Really started learning to bass fish out of that thing,

Photo of Ken Addington's first fishing trip out of his uncles boat. Ken is the young man second to left.

Must not have hit his growth spurt yet?

16' Lowe tracker, named it "Catchin Hell"

I sure wish I had a picture of my first boat. It was a '72 VIP stick steer w/ 50 hp Johnson. My Dad bought it brand new and passed it down to me when I graduated from high school in '80. I spent a many day fishing from it on Toledo Bend and Lake Palestine with my Dad as I was growing up.

Who says you can’t fish 4 comfortably out of a 17 ft boat.

I don’t know the exact year model as I bought it used but this was taken around ‘71-‘72. 15 ft. Duckhawk with a 55 hp Johnson. It would run about 35 mph I’d guess and we thought we were flying after getting out of a 14’ flatbottom with a 9.8!


This I found while looking for the boat pic. It’s from a bass club tournament about the same time period. The limit then was at least 12 and 15 if I remember correctly. Quite possible I don’t though at this age! That’s me on the right with the long hair.

1984 Cimmaron bassboat with 70 HP Evinrude.

cellphones were bricks back in the day with no camera. I don't have pics of my first boat.

It was a 16 foot Ozark Fish,n,Ski. 72 65hp Johnson. Top speed 35mph.

No pic of mine either - 1973 Ranger with a 50hp Johnson - it might hit 35mph if there was a 35mph wind blowing from behind me.

Haven't found a picture but did find the registration card for my 1964 Super Skeeter that came with a 25 HP Evinrude.

My brother (a.k.a Scoundrel) and I bought it around 1979 for $600 .

1955 Dunphy wooden boat with 18hp Evinrude. I don't have a picture of my boat but found this pic online. I ran this boat on the Mississippi, windy lakes and skinny little Iowa rivers. I'd be scared to death to do that today but didn't know any better in the late 70's. We skied and fished out of this boat. (we were skinny back then).

2003 Skeeter ZX250 with a 250 HPDI and dual Power Poles. After 2 years of looking and saving I was finally able to buy my first bass boat. She came home with me at the end of December. I've added a 36v Ultrex since the pic was taken.

As fast as I’ve moved along in the boating industry, my first boat was barely 3 years ago. 1979 Ranger Aztec 1750. Over powered with a 140 OMC. I loaded up 8 of my college buddies in that boat and went skiing. Fished okay too. Paid $1000 and had a blast with it. Was the first step in learning to work on these machines.

Not mine but same model, wish mine looked that nice... it wasn't new

1966 thunderbird was our first non pontoon, 95hp merc on the back. bought new by the mom unit for the dad unit.


no trolling motor so it was not all that easy to bass fish from but I managed.

also had use of a 14' aluminum at sixshooter dock on lake tenkiller in okieland, worked there from 12 - 16 yo. as the gopher/shuttle boat driver. good times.

not ours but same boat.