17' 9" Nitro 482 w/115 hr Merc Optimax

Finally, we (me and my dad) just purchased a 1448 all welded tracker. We are putting a 55lb thrust MK TM (and we have a 30# thrust for the transom). Finally, i will be able to get out on bigger bodies of water.........

in mi my dad has a couple jetskis a speedboat and a pontoon ive fished with all but the skis in mass i have a 10' raft with a 36 lb thrust minn kota i also have a 14' foot aluminum boat with a 9.9 merc but i left it in MI

1959 Grumman 14' aluminum with a 1963 Mercury 9.8 hp.

2006 Lowe 1436 jon with a 1960 5.5 hp Evinrude and a Minn Kota 46# trolling motor.

'97 1668 Dakota (made by Polarcraft) jon boat with a '75 15HP Evinrude and a 43# Motorguide TM on the front. I bought my boat "plain jane" and added decks, a livewell and all the toys! It's a great little river boat and works well on the electric only lakes I fish.

for 10 years, I fished out of a little ol' 12 ft Montgomery Wards Seaking. I think its about a 1978 model :-) That old worn out thing helped me to catch so many thousands of great fish, I just cannot emphasize how huge a part of my life that little ol' dime a dozen aluminum was !!!

But finally, early this year.... after searching high and low, I picked out my "dreamboat". Being a poor guy, I wasn't so sure how I was going to afford it, but because of a few buddies who kept pushing me, I finally got off of my butt and started bugging G3 Yamaha for a sponsorship.... and it worked :-)

I still own my old 12 ft Seaking, which I use in that nasty, corrosive saltwater, but I just can't tell you how much I love my new 14 1/2 ft G3 !!!! :-)

It has the max size motor... 25hp four stroker, with electric start, and power trim and tilt. I put in a front upper fishing deck, bow mounted trolling motor, and pedastal seat mounts front and back. So anyway, what I love about my new boat the most is, its nothing but fishing space from the front to the back ! Notice "NO BENCHES" to get in the way.... and no steering console either !

I can honestly say that if I hit the lottery for $500 million, I might buy a 40 ft offshore racer, with four 300 hp outboards (or one gas turbine :-) and then maybe an 80 ft'er that I could live on...... but I would still bass fish out of my 14 ft G3 aluminum. I have nothing against high performance bass boats. Many of my buddies own them. But they would be of no useful importance for me. Just not my style. (Oh.... plus I'll take my camo paint over glitter anyday ;-)

Peace,

Fish

PS, Yes.... I have started to talk to my new boat now :-)

Heres my bass boat. I just posted a question about putting a fish finder on it. if you have any input, go to the post that says: FishFinder on a "JetSki"?? thanks!

I have a 1978 12" aluminum flat bottom john boat. made a little deck on the front seat for a foot control trolling motor and have 2 nice ebbitide leather seats on it. its tiny and it sucks but it gets me on the water till i can get myself a nice bass boat

Fish Chris that's an awesome aluminum. It's funny, when and if I get the funds to do so, I would love to upgrade my motor to a 115, and paint my rig Advantage Max-4 camo!

Glad to see I'm not the only one.

I need to shoot a better picture of mine and edit my post w/it in there.

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