What gets you out on the water?

[RandySBreth]

How many and what kind of "watercraft" does everyone own? Just curious about how many guys run a big boat, small boat, canoe or no boat. I know lots of guys that own one bass boat and that's it.

I'll start by saying I had to downsize a little, I'm down to two Bucks Bags float tubes, one Kayak, two tandem canoes and one solo canoe, and my 17' Lowe 170 W w/ 'rude 90 on it.

[cart7t]

18 1/2 foot Champion Dual console, 150hp PRoV Yamaha.

[Guest avid]

14' old town osprey double ended canoe, with stabilizers and 55lb MK TM.  Can't get out in it though till after I get some needed surgery.  

[cravenfish]

2005 Ranger 521VX with a Yamaha 250HPDI

[J-Salvati]

What(Ed) and i use  

a 12 foot jon with a 1969 9.5hp johnson

                       and

a 8 foot bps pond prowler for the super small electric only canals where the bucketmouths live

[Al Wolbach]

20' Champion dual console w/225 VMAX Yamaha

[Live.2.Fish]

17' Bass Tracker with a custom front deck and a 50hp merc.

[Pond Hopper]

One leg in front of the other.

[MadGator]

'87 Bass Tracker Tournament V-17 w/ a Mercury Classic 50 (45hp), Minn Kota 65AT TM    I can run close to 30mph and only use 2-4 gallons of gas per trip.  Works well for me.

[RollONTwo]

17'6 NX750 Nitro with a 90 Merc. White with Maroon and Grey.

[Way2slow]

Let's see, what gets me on the water???

20' w/225 Evinrude

18.5' w/150 Evinrude

16.9' w/115 merc

15' aluminum w/50 hp Johnson

1436 jon with 25 merc or 9.9 Johnson or TM

1232 jon with 4 hp merc or TM

17' canoe

I think that just about covers most of what I have, unless you want to throw in six other motors I have.  2 - 200 Johnson's, 1 - 28 SPL Johnson, 2 - 25 hp Johnson, 1 - 25 hp Evinrude, plus several various size TM's

[Madhouse27]

1998 Skeeter SS17 aluminum bass boat (17 footer) Yamaha 40hp Minn Kota AT65. Good enough to get the job done but not so good that I don't dare to put it where the bass are. We're going in after them  

[Cajun1977]

18 foot    2005 nitro  185 sport  and a 2005   135  opti

[northgabassfisher]

2003 tracker tournament v-18 with a 90 horse on the back. and a 65 lbs thrust motor guide on the front.

I had a jon boat but I sold it a few weeks ago.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I have an oldie but she works

1981 Ranger 330v with a 1986 merc 135 black max.

[Skwerl]

'98 Scout 155 Sportfish center console. 15'5" with a 60 Yammi.

[timmyswetarded]

1972 16' v-hull alumacraft w/25hp 1972 johnson and new minn kota 40lb trolling motor

[burleytog]

A 78 Fisher 12' flat bottom jonboat. My dad bought it in 84, we fished it for 2 or 3 years. Sat idle in a pasture for about 5 or 6 years before I salvaged it. Had a really nice trailer, but nothing to pull it with. So I sold the trailer for $125 to a sorry excuse for a man.

Took me 14 years to get another trailer for that boat. :-/

The boat was used quite sparingly until 04. I would borrow my dad's truck about once a month and hit a local lake. Finally got tired of that this spring and spend my tax refund on a trailer at BPS.

Had to rebuild the transom, added some seat brackets. Still using that old Shakespeare trolling motor that dad bought back in 84. 30 lb. thrust. Probably hasn't been used more than 50 times since he bought it, and at least 20 of those have been in the last 6 months.

Found an 81 model Evinrude 4.5 horse outboard for $250, bought that a month ago to use on couple of local lakes. I mostly fish TM only lakes, but there are a couple that are too large to navigate with just a TM.

I have dreams of a larger boat (my current lust draws me to the Tracker PT175), but I make do with the 12 footer. Perfect for one person, a little small for two. Been toying with the idea of making a removeable casting deck for the front.

Also have a Old Town Discovery 169 that the wife and I bought at BPS last summer (almost a year ago to the day). We mainly use it to just go out and float around. Only been used once this year though (will change this weekend) and that was on a 5 mile river float.

[senile1]

1987 Starcraft Magnum 150, 15' 6", with a 1989 70 horse Johnson.  Trolling motor is a Minn Kota AT65.  

[Rattlinrogue]

I use an old refurbished Terry bass boat with a new 25 hp Yammy.Also have a 14 ft jon boat outfitted with all the bassin' necessities including an 18 hp Evinrude.Also own a two man canoe for floating creeks and small rivers.

[x-trued]

One leg in front of the other.

That's funny.  I like your sense of humor.

[x-trued]

2001 17' Xpress bass boat w/ 90 Merc.

Also still have my 14' fiberglass Stump Knocker w/ 25hp Johnson electric start, tm, graph and dual pedistal seats that I need to sell.

[Minuteman]

Just today I picked up an '89 Tracker Pro-TX17' w/Classic50 HP and 9.9hp kicker motor( for HP limited lakes). Also has a 46Lb Thrust TM.

The 100' weather breaks after today and it looks like a fine weekend!! This is my first boat other than a cartopper jon boat and I'll be asking TONS of questions on the site in the next few weeks. The thing is in excellent condition and was garage kept and winterized every year and the 9.9Hp is 1yr old and the 50Hp was rebuilt 3 years ago. TM is 1 year old too.

[5bass]

21' Gambler 209TE/Evinrude 225

[Tom Bass]

I have a 2005 Regal 2120 deck boat and a 14' BFS canoe. I am looking to buy a small V-bottom boat with an outboard motor.