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Location: Cave Run Lake KY. | Andy, in the spring of 1998, I bought a 1997 171 Hydra-Sport boat with a 115 Johnson Faststrike 0n it. The boat your looking at should be allmost the same as my 171 as it was built by the same company that built mine. The 171 is 17'7's in lenght and has a 84" beam with a max. HP. of 150. the boat was built for Walleye fishing on big water. The walleye Fishermen never took to the boat, but the muskie fishermen did and in the 1990's this was the boat every muskie fisher had to have. I still have the boat today and fish with it year round here on Cave Run lake. I have had the boat all over Lake of the wood's, Lake Vermilion , had a trailer at Indian trail on the chip. in Wisc. and guided muskies full time for Tony Grant here on Cave Run Lake. Some day's I thought I needed a biger boat but it allways got us home safe. I now have a 2004 Suzuki 4 stk on it as I blow the head on the Johnson jumping waves here on the cave. The boat could have a 150 on it. but the140 Suzy does a good job and is great on saving gas and oil. if I ever get a nother boat it will be a Ranger 19ft. to 21Ft. but first I have to win a loto for that. Marv. |
