Out of everything out there I simply love today's bass boats, especially wrapped boats.

Who doesn't like hearing a 250/300 hp fire up, I love the sound a 2 stroke makes

I also love new bassboats.  I find myself constantly watching them flying down the lake.  It never gets old hearing the sound of the pad smacking the small waves and hearing the engine roar past.  

well, i do agree...hearing the boat is the best part. The Triton we fish out of is amazing, but, ZOOMING down the lake at 75 miles per hour sometimes gets a little nerve racking for me..ha ha

Man, is that blue boat for sale?  I love the older simpler boats.  I love wood boats as well.  The first time I ever got out of sight of land in the gulf was on a handmade wooden boat with my dad and a guide who was nearly snow blind.

Dad bought this 14 foot or so little wood runnabout that had a covered bow and nice lines and an evenrude 25 in the back.  Back in the mid 60's he decided to "Glass" it and bought glass fabric, resin and hardner.  Amazing how well it came out after many weekends of work.  He had a near genius IQ and was handy as anybody.

My family used to camp in Wind Creek park on Lake Martin ande took that little boat with an extra gas tank way the heck up the creek.  Up to the point it got very narrow with rock bluffs coming down to the shore line. What a day, what good times with my dad.

SammyLee

Out of everything out there I simply love today's bass boats, especially wrapped boats.

Who doesn't like hearing a 250/300 hp fire up, I love the sound a 2 stroke makes

there is a valid point.

EDIT:

i will however have that motor hanging on the back of that boat. i have a 16' jon on which the motor would work fine.

That boat was a Lowe Line Hustler 15.17' in length, 60 beam, & weighted 575 lbs with an Evinrude 70 hp; try running that on Toledo Bend in a 3' chop!

In 1980 I took my Larson 16 foot, modified tri-hull with a 100hp Evenrude, out into the Santee-Cooper Lakes near Charleston SC.  After launch I discovered the "chop" was at least 3 feet and often more.  I thought I'd try to find a leeward spot to wait it out some.  On the way a huge wave came over the bow, at least two feet over.  I mean a hundred plus gallons of green water.  Reacting, not thinking, I gunned the engine.  That water jumped through the boat, taking the back seats and Lord knows what else out of the boat, over the stern and motor. I was still ankle deep but a least not knee deep like I was when the water passed.

I saw a bit of clear water between that wave and the next and whipped a u-turn and did my best to keep from being pitch-poled into disaster.  I managed to get back to the ramp and some kind stranger helped me get her back on the trailer.  I really think that wave was four feet.

My neighbor has 2 of those older style stick-steering bassboats and swears by them, not at them. Not sure I'd want to be out in one in 2-3 footers but I have fished with him a couple of times and in calm water it handles well.

Old School.

well, i do agree...hearing the boat is the best part. The Triton we fish out of is amazing, but, ZOOMING down the lake at 75 miles per hour sometimes gets a little nerve racking for me..ha ha

Besides catching bugs in your teeth, how many bass have you caught at 75 mph?

WRB

Out of everything out there I simply love today's bass boats, especially wrapped boats.

Who doesn't like hearing a 250/300 hp fire up, I love the sound a 2 stroke makes

Looks a lot like the early 70's bomber style bass boat. Dick Trask had a 17' red/white Monark, fished it up until the mid 90's and won over a 100 tournaments on lakes like Mead, Mojave, that can have winds to 70+ mph, waves over 8', fun day on the water.

If it can get you there, all you need is a good trolling motor and sonar unit, as Trask proved to the 21" 250/300 HP bass boats.

WRB

well, i do agree...hearing the boat is the best part. The Triton we fish out of is amazing, but, ZOOMING down the lake at 75 miles per hour sometimes gets a little nerve racking for me..ha ha

Besides catching bugs in your teeth, how many bass have you caught at 75 mph?

WRB

He caught several, over 15 lbs trolling a #13 Rapala :

Oh I'm totally happy with my 1996 Stratos 258V and I know the only way to a new boat will be to win one.

A 2009 Nitro Z9 $60,000 with my options

I owned one of those old cathedral hull stick steer boats.

It's nice to reminisce but there's just no comparison if you're going to run many of the larger lakes in rough conditions.

Those boats were the best that the designers could think of back then given the basic knowledge of boat hull construction, how the boat needed to be used (bass fishing), along with what was available in outboard motors.  

In 1980 I took my Larson 16 foot, modified tri-hull with a 100hp Evenrude, out into the Santee-Cooper Lakes near Charleston SC. After launch I discovered the "chop" was at least 3 feet and often more. I thought I'd try to find a leeward spot to wait it out some. On the way a huge wave came over the bow, at least two feet over. I mean a hundred plus gallons of green water. Reacting, not thinking, I gunned the engine. That water jumped through the boat, taking the back seats and Lord knows what else out of the boat, over the stern and motor. I was still ankle deep but a least not knee deep like I was when the water passed.

I saw a bit of clear water between that wave and the next and whipped a u-turn and did my best to keep from being pitch-poled into disaster. I managed to get back to the ramp and some kind stranger helped me get her back on the trailer. I really think that wave was four feet.

For future reference.  

When you get in a "sea" like that, ride the back side of a wave, with the bow near the top, keeping pace with it.  Comfortable, and no chance of pitchpoling.

With the number of good sized ponds in my area, I wish I had a small car-topper.

well, i do agree...hearing the boat is the best part. The Triton we fish out of is amazing, but, ZOOMING down the lake at 75 miles per hour sometimes gets a little nerve racking for me..ha ha

Besides catching bugs in your teeth, how many bass have you caught at 75 mph?

WRB

I have caught all sorts of bass...

What kind of question is that. You are in a tournament.....you want to get to the best spot....you run down the lake and get there...then you fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love to have one of the newer boats; however, I also love winning money out of my 1988 Skeeter Starfire 175 with it's 1982 Mercury 150 Black Max. It's not as nice as a new one and I have never had a draw partner complain about it. In fact they are amazed at how well it performs.

Running at 70+ mph is it is completely unnecessary it is however totally fun

The muscle car sound of a OptiMax 250XS or V MAX Series 2 will get the adrenaline moving!

Running at 70+ mph is it is completely unnecessary it is however totally fun

The muscle car sound of a OptiMax 250XS or V MAX Series 2 will get the adrenaline moving!

lol....

I DIDNT SAY IT WAS NECESSARY...ha ha, but fun it is. They were saying thats the best part of fishing...NOT HARDLY...the best part of fishing is having a nice small mouth about rip the rod out of your hand. I was just stating an opinion on the boating aspect.

I would love to have one of the newer boats; however, I also love winning money out of my 1988 Skeeter Starfire 175 with it's 1982 Mercury 150 Black Max. It's not as nice as a new one and I have never had a draw partner complain about it. In fact they are amazed at how well it performs.

well, that all that matters! =) Having something you are happy with and who cares what everyone else thinks...

Lady, fishfordollars is an ole drag racer & that ole need for speed is still there it's just not a predominate

Man does that picture bring back memories !!!!  one of my favorite trips of all time was pitching the old ring rascal worm at fin and feather docks on t-bend one night out of a stick steer boston whaler. Can you believe the change in technology !!!

Hammer23 the old docks are like a lot of other things. They are gone, but not forgotten.