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Old 07-11-08, 06:03 PM   #26
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Old 07-11-08, 06:06 PM   #27
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Here ya go, Raul...
No charge for this one.
Hmmmm you guys think a 75 lb. thrust Minn Kota with a longer shaft would do the trick?
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Old 07-11-08, 06:12 PM   #28
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Ranger z21 with a 250 Mercury.

101 MK Maxxum Pro/US2
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Old 07-11-08, 10:46 PM   #29
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I'm with Bender... but which color...hmmmm
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Old 07-12-08, 07:06 AM   #30
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This was my first Gambler..



And this was my Second.




But I still want a Pathfinder 2200 XL

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Old 07-12-08, 02:39 PM   #31
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Hmmmm you guys think a 75 lb. thrust Minn Kota with a longer shaft would do the trick?
Maybe a TM weighting 70 lbs.
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Old 07-12-08, 03:05 PM   #32
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A lot of people go with the biggest, baddest boat they can think of - I think they are better off going with what fits your fishing style.

What I like about Bullet boats: Yea they are fast, thats nice. They are also light. I've heard that their hulls are the strongest on the market as well.

The way I look at it, if you can get a smaller Bullet boat like what Zook posted, you can get by with a smaller motor and still go as fast as you can use (I would never break 70 mph on a fishing trip, theres no reason to invite bad things to happen) - but I'm betting with the light weight and the hull design you could tune them to get decent gas mileage for a glass boat, and you could get real shallow which is what I always do.

I don't care too much about its performance in rough water. I fish right now from a 14' aluminum mod V - no matter how light the Bullet is, it will make me feel downright comfortable compared to the tin boat.

What I'm saying is, guys, you really need to pool your money and buy me that boat.
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Old 07-12-08, 03:11 PM   #33
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I'd love to have a big boat, but never given much consideration to which one. I like the Tritons, and the Nitros. Although those Gambler boats seem pretty freakin awesome!
But where I live and fish now, I don't need a big boat (or gas guzzling motor for that matter).

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Old 07-12-08, 06:25 PM   #34
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i used to live "on" the lake and for 3 years i watched tourny guys fishing every day on flat swamp. they would fish the out side vertical post on the docks with there big boats. every now and again you would see a lil old guy out there in a small 17 foot ranger fishing the "inside" vertical post. he always seemed to out fish the others..the trick is he would move in between the docks. something very hard to do with a bigger boat..
his name was harvey harris i fished with him on several occasions..i learned more in them trips with him then i would have in 10 years of playin on the lake.. harv died several years ago. i still fish with his sons ray and rick now and again..his knowlage is what caused me to buy the short stratos. when i could have bought a larger boat..

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Old 07-12-08, 07:02 PM   #35
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I'd buy a massive yacht......At least 3-4 million Some of the nicer ones have an actual magnetic field that tunes in to beautiful women's brain waves I'd be fine bass fishin off the bank

Actually though, I'd buy an oil tanker.....
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Old 07-12-08, 07:15 PM   #36
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Reason id go with a 21ft to 22ft boat is I like to fish deep water, which usually means open water, and the stability would be second to none in chop/rough conditions. Dont get me wrong Ill pitch the shorelines alot too, but if im on a lake known for offshore structure Ill hit it hard so a 20 ft plus is the best for me.
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Old 07-13-08, 04:19 PM   #37
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nice msboy. and hey gang the post stated what kind of boat you wanted if you hit the lottery. now the size of da boat depends on the size of the lottery right? so some of us are winning the biggest lottery of all time huh? hahaha. and some of us are winning the little one, hehehe.
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Old 07-13-08, 04:21 PM   #38
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oh yea perk..... i'll take the one with gal next to it, she DOES come with da boat, right? hahahahahahahaha.
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Old 07-13-08, 11:33 PM   #39
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Nobody has mentioned the "Dream Tow Vehicle".
Well, here's mine.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/...o_245949_7.jpg
With a gold-plated trailer hitch, o'course. That's a Bentley Turbo R, BTW, a 5.000 lb car that can hit 60MPH in about 6 seconds and tops out at around 150. Gas mileage? Don't even ask!
It'll be Crimson 'n Cream, like the boat.
Someday, I'll pull alongside wun of yew rednecks, towing my dream boat, have my chauffeur hum the window down, and ask; "Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?"
I realize the best I can hope for is a little pack of yukky yellow mustard left over from when you took the little lady out for a nice dinner...at Sonic.

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Old 07-14-08, 01:33 PM   #40
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haha ..think i'll start the thread..
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Old 07-14-08, 02:12 PM   #41
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haha ..think i'll start the thread..
Haha! We'll just continue it here. (If it's OK with yew, of course.)
It'll save Buzz Wing some monitor ink.

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Old 07-14-08, 04:20 PM   #42
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Well WTL, here's my $.02 to start the " Buy brother love a boat fund". Hope you will put this to good use. May add more as I see the fund go up.
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Old 07-14-08, 04:55 PM   #43
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Fire hose, I too will throw some dinero on the table for WTL. I will double your 2 cents and add 4 cents. Now he has six cents (Sixth sense).
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Old 07-14-08, 05:35 PM   #44
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I dont see why yall want such a big front deck, besides room for storage underneath it. I always stand in pretty much the same place. Maybe a wireless Tm would change that a little, but I bet not much.
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Maybe a wireless Tm would change that a little, but I bet not much.
You betcha it does. Great, is all I can say about ours.

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Old 07-14-08, 09:11 PM   #46
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Some of the people I know with Gamblers normally fish both guys on the front deck so you both can cast at "the spot". I don't know that I would want the 22' one, but a 20 or 21 would be nice. I know that I am always walking around and watching my step so I don't smash rods on mine. Also I think that a bigger boat, to some extent, will ride better in the rough stuff on big water.
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Old 07-15-08, 10:37 PM   #47
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My buddy's got a 15 foot key west with a yamaha 75 on it, and that is a dang good boat....It'll fish any freshwater, and most inshore conditions. Thats probably what I'd get, or a nice carolina skiff/boston whaler. Where I live, you're better off being able to fish the intercoastal too....
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Old 07-17-08, 06:27 PM   #48
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A Ranger or Trition bass boat. 19 feet or so, 200 hp, a large wide deck. I want the best electronics that is what is important to me. Sonar for the front and rear with a built in flasher on the dash, and a conversion kit for my Vexilar fl18. Lots of storage, gas tank doesn't need to be very big, optima batteries all around. Single consal cut back on weight and cost, may be a power poll.
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