i was thinking about buying a boat that needs some work till its driveable. i dont want to spend $10,000 on it but i want a decent boat i can bass fish in. I'm going to get a job during the summer and my dad said he would help pay for it. any1 got any ideas?

Get you a new 1448 tracker grizzly. Those things are awesome. O would get one but i'm just gonna settle with the 1448 war eagle, about 200 dollars difference

Multitudes of boats that are FISH READY on Craig's List and Ebay. You don't have to spend a fortune to get a real nice boat that needs NO work before it's ready to use. Here's what I got for $6K:

You say you don't want to spend $10,000 but you don't say what you want to spend.  Kinda hard to steer you in the right direction without a $$ amount.  

all depends on what you want.....its real easy to spend a few hours going 'alright....if 10k was limit what would i get'. decide what you want then look. grizzlys are nice, 1448 is a perfect boat that you could do tons of mods too over time, and they are about 2k with no motor no trailer new

Here is a little something I picked up for $1000.00. I feel I got a great deal on it although many people don't like Bayliner boats but it has worked well for me and I'm more than happy with it. It fulfills my meager needs and I've had no problems with it so far. The only work I had to do to get it ready for the water was to install a new water pump impeller. Something you should do on any boat you buy anyway but the owner wasn't mechanically inclined and thought it was a lot of money to fix. That's why I got it so cheap but the actual repair cost me $17.00 and an hours worth of my time. It's worked great ever since.

I've found lots of boats out there that work.

My suggestion is to keep looking. With the price of fuel, the slow economy, etc., people are selling recreational stuff all over the place.

Look around, make lowball offers, don't be afraid to just walk away and never fall in love with something your making an offer on. Well, at least don't let the seller know you love it. Act like you could take it or leave it. Many times someone will call you back and sell it to you for your offer or just above because they need the money NOW!!!!!

This strategy has worked for me many times on many things.

Just keep looking around. Classified ads, stuff in peoples driveway, stuff on the side of the road with for sale signs or even boat shops. Often a boat shop has something in the back that they don't want to put up on the front line for one reason or another so they sell it cheap to get it off their lot. Sometimes people just want to get something out of the way or it was given to them or willed to them and they want it "gone".

Something special will come along at some time or another. Guaranteed.

Multitudes of boats that are FISH READY on Craig's List and Ebay. You don't have to spend a fortune to get a real nice boat that needs NO work before it's ready to use. Here's what I got for $6K:

Nice boat and the price was right

Not sure exactly what you want, but I just picked up a 89 16' smokercraft w/50 hp merc and alot of buttons and whistles, in really good shape for a little over $2000.00.  Like was said previously, check out Craig's List on internet.  I was alot of nice boats on the while I was looking.  3-4 thousand.  Good Luck!

Multitudes of boats that are FISH READY on Craig's List and Ebay. You don't have to spend a fortune to get a real nice boat that needs NO work before it's ready to use. Here's what I got for $6K:

Wow, that is a nice boat!!!