What type of boat do you own?

[user 14220]

Seems to be a lot of dedicated fisherman/woman here and I am wondering what type and brand of boat do you use and what type of fishing do you mainly do?

 

[stik]

16 ft. polarkraft 25hp yamaha. most any kind of fishing but i bought it for the clinch river.

 

[TNTomtaker01]

17-56 Lowe

 

[ADR]

Bass tracker pro team 190 with a merc 90 optimax. Fish for bass, crappie, catfish and bluegill

 

[SilverFox]

Skeeter ZX225. I primarily bass fish but I'll crappie fish a couple times each year. Gonna do some bluegill fishing this year.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

Primarily small mouth bass but just about anything that is biting. I sometimes take my boat to the gulf coast and fish near shore or in Mobile bay too. Here is a stock photo from the Starcraft website.

 

[user 14220]

Diehard,
Do you ever feel handicapped by that semi vee? Always thought Starcrafts were nice rigs.

 

[Diehard Hunter]

Diehard,
Do you ever feel handicapped by that semi vee? Always thought Starcrafts were nice rigs.

I have never had any real problems. I bought it because I wanted the whole family to have room to move around in the boat. I am not going anywhere at warp speed, but I will get there. I can fish four people comfortably and it will seat 9 when I take the front casting seat out. It has plenty of dry storage, two rod lockers and two live wells. I know I can't run the clinch in it, but then again I can't take a river boat three miles off shore in the gulf either.

One problem I didn't foresee was getting people back on the boat if they have been out swimming. I solved that by adding a fin to the motor. I could have added a ladder to the back, but the fin works fine. The fin helps me get on plane sooner too.

 

[JMcB]

Aquaforce Skiff...Look for us on the Clinch

 

[TNRazorback]

1448 Weldbilt | 25 HP Yamaha, Minn Kota Edge 45
1232 Gamefisher | 6 HP Johnson, oars
(2) 12 ft SOT Field and Stream Eagle Talon
12 ft Field and Stream Eagle Run
9.5 ft Perception Swifty

 

[drawalot2]

arty: I just recently bought an old beat up jon boat with a 40 hp Force motor. The weather's been so bad since I bought it I've not been on the water with it yet. Richard's posts have got me chompin at the bit to try it out on some Crappie! :drool:

 

[Bass1090]

2013 Nitro Z9. Bass fish Lake Chickamauga mainly but some on Guntersville and Parksville.

 

[strutandrut]

 

[RUGER]

1985 Bass Tracker Guide 16
2014 Yamaha 25 hp 4 stroke.

Bream killa !!

 

[Model70Man]

I fish for everything, but my favorite to catch is trout. I need a boat that can do everything from shallow river fishing, to lake fishing for bass and crappie, and also get me/us to our hunting locations.

 

[doubledownranch]

2006 Skeeter zx20 bay, just got it this winter and have not fished yet but looking very forward to it. I fish for just about everything so it should serve me well

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[Kimberman]

21 foot Stratos Pro Elite with a 200 horse Johnson. I Bass fish Dale Hollow, Ft Loudon, Tellico, Watts Bar, and Melton Hill. I also have a Jackson Cruise 12 Kayak that I river, lake, and pond fish out of. An 18-20 foot center console aluminum boat would be about the best all around do all boat for TN.

 

[Knight250]

Edge 556 w/ yamaha 40hp. Mostly transportation to the duck blind. But crappie and bass fishin here and there in the off season.

 

[paincave_2000]

20' Shearwater center console bay boat.

 

[AllOutdoors]

I like to fish shallow water rivers. Crappie in the spring comes second. My boat is a RiverPro. 200 hp mercury inboard jet. It handles shallow water with ease.

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[Bigmonts]

18' Nitro with a 115hp Mercury, 15' Xpress aluminum with a 25hp Evinrude.

 

[Spurhunter]

Triton 176 Magnum with a 115 Johnson. 6" jackplate, Raker SS prop. Top speed 55.1 mph (GPS). Used for bass and crappie fishing.

 

[Spurhunter]

And a 14 foot Jon my son and I fixed up a little for the lake we live on.

 

[Dbllunger]

1648 Seark with 25hp Johnson motor. Fish everything from skinny fresh water rivers to St. Jospeph Bay Florida.

 

[calledin]

Norris craft:

 

[rsimms]

G3 Angler 170C

 

[SES]

16 ft. polarkraft 25hp yamaha. most any kind of fishing but i bought it for the clinch river.

instead of going out and taking a picture, I'll steal stik's. Only difference is mine has a 60/40 Mercury jet on it.

 

[easy45]

2008 16ft express sportsman with a 40hp tohatsu, originally came with a 50hp Yamaha but the original owners blew it up, I have no complaints, it's been a good boat


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[easy45]

Also I fish mostly for all the different bass and catfish




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[7mm08]

Key West flats boat. 1996. Old but she runs great with a 130 Yamaha

5 guy coop on a drift boat. Works out great sharing this thing. We stole it! Cost me the price of a decent flyroad.