Boat changes

On instagram a few minutes ago I saw Jason Christie backing his new Skeeter boat into his garage.

Also saw Chris Zaldain on his new Nitro.

Have ya'll heard of any other changes?

Start updating the spreadsheet

Well that xpress was the bestest fastest shallowest draftest boat on earth……

Zaldain in Nitro, the fancy folks will turn their nose up at that…😁

Zack Birge out of basscat in to blazer

And again, nobody buys a boat just because a certain pro uses one.

I'll keep my 1976 Monark I bought brand new in 1976
I still catch a lot of bass 47 years of joy.

Zaldain NOT in a Nitro. That was a borrowed boat for the video shoots he did on consecutive days. His Skeeter was delivered and waiting to be rigged.

These guys (and gals) are businessmen. IMO, they will go with whatever company gives them the best deal.
Yes there are features and performance things they want out of a rig, but if someone offers them a huge $$ sponsorship, they definitely tend to lean that way.

Nice boat

I'm still in a 87 Nitro with 87 Pro-V 150. Somehow it still catches fish.

My '22 BassCat has 53 hours on it, time to start thinking about ordering a '24 model

Wait!? Seriously!? I thought I had to have my Ranger because Ish, Hank, and other Rangers pros told me it was the best boat ever!

Wait im a business man have been for 46 years now and have done very well at the time my 76 Monark was the best deal for me at the time I've keep her up and still runs strong 2 carb rebuilds in 47 years 1 new trolling motor motor guide 80lbs thrust 2 hummingbird piranha max4 graphs lower unit changed once a year. The boat and motor still has a lot of life left. I look at a MX 21 Creastliner John cox special edition
$79,800.00 with everything plus the custom trailer The base price before his name was added $56,535.00
I'll keep mine thanks

Different strokes for different folks.

Some of us have done well and like new shinny stuff. Having an old boat is cool and having a new boat is cool. That is why I think we all need 2 boats!

I asked this about whats his name on Honey Hole. He was in a Phoenix after being Nitro forever. All he talked about is how the Phoenix was so amazing and after a year he is back in a Nitro, which are complete junk IMO. But he will go on about how awesome his Nitro is. It just proves its all about the money and nothing more. Go buy what you like and fish out of it. I am loving my boat after so many said I wouldn't. It has some negatives but it has been my favorite boat to fish out of.

The Nitros are great boats to fish out of, run well in rough water and have great storage. If you only had to run a boat for a year at a time, it is as good as most out there.

I just buy what I like.

I have ran a Z21 Nitro for 3 years and running it again next year bc there isn't a thing wrong with it. Ran a Z20 for the 2 years before that. Only issue I have ever had was a motor issue(shift actuator) I buy them. No deals!

Amen brother

Don’t forget about Denny, I’m sure he had some influence on you…

Like mine!!! Just dropped off my old boat for a 2023 SHO. Nothing like writing a check for $27,000 for a motor, prop, and labor to sit in ripped seats on new carpet.

Sweeet!

Dam those motors have doubled in 10 years, I think the price of my new one in 2011 was $13K

Sweet, that new SHO is straight up one bad a$$ looking motor.

Hoping that will be my next motor (if I hit the LOTTO) when my 250 PROXS (2 stroke) gives out.

You are to blame! But thanks again.

Funny thing…she tried to “upsale” me an analog hour meter. I asked her if she was gonna nickel and dime me to death? I told her I have a NMEA network and my graphs show me the hours…she said it would show the old engine hours….I laughed and explained how they work.

Wait im a business man have been for 46 years now and have done very well at the time my 76 Monark was the best deal for me at the time I've keep her up and still runs strong 2 carb rebuilds in 47 years 1 new trolling motor motor guide 80lbs thrust 2 hummingbird piranha max4 graphs lower unit changed once a year. The boat and motor still has a lot of life left. I look at a MX 21 Creastliner John cox special edition
$79,800.00 with everything plus the custom trailer The base price before his name was added $56,535.00
I'll keep mine thanks


Different strokes for different folks.

Some of us have done well and like new shinny stuff. Having an old boat is cool and having a new boat is cool. That is why I think we all need 2 boats!


Like mine!!! Just dropped off my old boat for a 2023 SHO. Nothing like writing a check for $27,000 for a motor, prop, and labor to sit in ripped seats on new carpet.


Sweet, that new SHO is straight up one bad a$$ looking motor. cheers

Hoping that will be my next motor (if I hit the LOTTO) when my 250 PROXS (2 stroke) gives out.

You are to blame! But thanks again.

Funny thing…she tried to “upsale” me an analog hour meter. I asked her if she was gonna nickel and dime me to death? I told her I have a NMEA network and my graphs show me the hours…she said it would show the old engine hours….I laughed and explained how they work.


Was that 27,000 for a 150hp?

Justin Atkins posted on his Instagram story that he was headed west to pick up his new boat. Not sure if he'll be in a Falcon again or not

He got a 200

200 SHO. plus tax, title, documentation, prop, and labor. Motor was $22440.

Atkins in a Skeeter

Nitro is junk…😂air ride seats, a z21 runs well in rough water, I’ve hit 72 fully loaded under perfect conditions- boat has never been back for warranty work….

In this business its just like anything else when dealing with sponsors, "You've got to dance with the one that brung ya' to the dance". If things were to ever line up for me to get a boat deal admittedly there would be at least one brand I wouldn't have much to say about and I'll just leave it at that.