Hey guys, I just wanted to see what ya'll had for a first fishing boat. Post pictures if ya got them.

My first boat was a 14' john boat with a 25 hp Evinrude. I bought a used peice of crap 28lb thrust trolling motor and made my own front deck on it out of plywood. I used left over house carpet to put in it, it was ugly but sure was comfortable haha!

1957 Lonestar Commander that my dad bought 14 years ago for the small lake we live on... I restored it 3 summers ago, but sadly, I sold it to fund my first Fiberglass bass boat. :'(

Before:

After:

A brand new 1972 Sears 10' jon boat with a Shakespeare trolling motor.

1998 16' champion with a evinrude 115 great boat bought my 06 zx 190 skeeter when i blew the evinrude new boat on lot was to much to resist. sorry no pics of old boat but new one is under show your ride

Mine was a '50s something 12' Jon boat with a 3.5 horse motor. I stipped and painted it, added a trolling motor, pedistal seats, carpeted floor boards. It got the job done. Now I have a Nitro NX 750 with a 115. It gets the job done too but gets there a little bit faster and with a little more comfort.

well my dad and i are getting a boat in like 3 months...its gona be our first...its a 150hp nitro z7...its perty

Just bought it a few months ago.

1995 ranger 481VS with 150hp Johnson

I love it so far

I wish I had some digital pics of my first boat. I bought it in 1994 and it was a 1979 Galaxy 20' cuddy with a Mercruiser 240 170hp I/O. I kept it in a slip 9 miles from the ocean and used to go out once or twice a week. That was my 1st saltwater fishing experience. I sold the boat a year later after I bought my first house and didn't get another until last year!

12' aluminum jon with 30# Minn Kota.  I still use this when I have more than 4 hours to fish.  If less, out comes the kayak

Since no one really gives a rat's butt about anyone else's first boat, mine was a 36' Cris Craft Jon Boat. It had a 2520 lb MinnKotorGuide TM on the bow, but I couldn't put a gas motor on it because of all the batteries needed for the TM.

Since no one really gives a rat's butt about anyone else's first boat, mine was a 36' Cris Craft Jon Boat. It had a 2520 lb MinnKotorGuide TM on the bow, but I couldn't put a gas motor on it because of all the batteries needed for the TM.

Dam* That has to be about the largest jon boat I've ever heard of!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Since no one really gives a rat's butt about anyone else's first boat, mine was a 36' Cris Craft Jon Boat. It had a 2520 lb MinnKotorGuide TM on the bow, but I couldn't put a gas motor on it because of all the batteries needed for the TM.

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Catt:

Do you still have that boat?

I bought my first boat this spring, a 2000 Nitro 640LX with a 50hp Mercury.  After getting addicted to fishing, I see something much bigger/faster in my future.  

Do you have a picture of the nitro? I've been looking at the 2008 models. They are slick!

Nope Zell divorce took care of that  

14' Duckhawk with a 40 Merc on it with Teleflex front stick steering. I thought I was flying.

Ouch on the divorce Catt!

FFD: I went from the john boat to my champion with a 150 merc on it. When I full throttled that I had to let off of it at first because it scared me. haha, Now i want to go faster!

1993 Cajun 16 foot with a Yamaha 85 HP.

17' Manatee

to

18' Lema

to

25 Grady-White

to

21' Steiger Craft

along the way, for the freshwater, there was a

12' Lowe light duty (only weighed 72 lbs, great for exploring new water)

to

14- Lowe mod v

to the current 2

12'- Ranger Comanche Z12  ;D

15' Boston Whaler Rage Jet Proto-type (my most favorite yet.  More fun than a barrel of monkeys)

and my future boat,...(get over to my site and buy a shirt, I WANT this bad boy!!! )

17'

 I would have guessed the first boat would have been a dinghy? Rimshot

 Sorry ... short statcher (sp?) small boat... get it?

Just got it this summer. Tracker topper 1436 (w/o the livewell). Got an 8 HP 4stroke outboard on there. It moves. In the process of adding some floor boards and seats to it now.

Mine was a homemade flat bottomed plywood boat made by my Dad and I. I had to run to the bow to get it on plane.   ;D Both the boat and motor finally died. I have had a bunch of small aluminum boats since, but I traveled a lot in construction, so I never had a good one. So I've been looking for one since I retired.

1963 Sears 12' V with a 1963 2Hp Evinrude.