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Boating for fun, work or fishing

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  1. blacktail

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    I got my boat out on a local lake for the first time in months today.
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  2. J. Dirt

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    Lucky!!!!:D Nice looking set up ya got there!:thumbs: Even caught a couple too that's the area I usually have trouble in haha. Is that a honda outboard?
     
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  3. blacktail

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    1987 evinrude
     
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    50-60 lbs depending on the length and materials.
    I had a Coleman, they are very heavy because of the plastic used in the hull.
    15 foot was 70 lbs, 17 was closer to 90.
    Lighter is usually more expensive.
    If you like building your own stuff, you can find plans for plywood canoes, and build one.
     
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    Son an I bass fish most every weekend out of ours. Been out 10 or so times since seasons start(2nd Saturday of April). Old pic(2013), Gots to get the wifey to snap a new one. Sons usually up front the last couple a seasons.

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    2012 Stratos 285xl pro. 150 H.O. Evinrude Etec

    Our first bass boat, We traded in on the new strat.

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    2000 Stratos Vindicator 17. 2003 115 HP. Evinrude DI.
     
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  6. J. Dirt

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    Sure looks like fun jtakeman !!!
    I've been out maybe a total of 3 hours since the ice melted :confused::headbang:
    By the way that boat is sharp! Always thought maybe someday I'd pick up an older bass boat for myself :D
     
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    We spent 9 or so hours out in the ski nautique today.

    We hung out with 2 other boats with friends of ours in the shallow bay. All 3 dogs had a great day.
     
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    Couple of last years fish. Mines a 4 plus and of coarse the kid had to top me with a 5 pounder!! :p

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    I took my pup out in the boat for the first time last night. She was very unimpressed. We only fished about 45 minutes because she was acting like she needed a potty break.
    Ran into a real winner at the launch when I got there. He was blocking both ramps with his truck and trailer. Somehow I was the jerk for expecting him to move.
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    Nice Springer!

    How old is she?
     
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    Ski nautique! Nice! Got any pics? Did you throw a ski on rip it up?
     
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    Do you eat them ?
     
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    No skiing or wakeboarding that weekend. It was too choppy.
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    There's teak wood on my boat. ;)

    The random wood pile, well.... I have no idea how it got there, but isn't that what random wood is about?

    Random wood.
     
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    Couple of 3 pounders we caught on Mondays adventure. :)

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