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Location: Iowa | Who drives what on the water and how do you like it...looking into buying a boat for my first one...just looking now but would like some input...I don't have a lot to spend so nothing more the $15,000...looking to get a used boat unless I can find a new one that has what I want for the price...tiller or single console...
Big Perc
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| There are some great deals on new and used boats. Take a close look at a couple of the used boats in the classified ads here. There some really nice boats there.
I'm going to love my New Tuffy 1890! |
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Location: Kentucky | Hey Shep,
You gonna sell me that 1890 when you're done with it?!  |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I run a Crestliner right now. Someday want to move to the 1890, but not right now according to the finance manager (aka wife). Anywho, the reason I went with this, is first off, they have a great price, second, I love the room on the front deck. I take it out on Lake Michigan and have no problems. The bad thing about these are the storage is not so dry. Oh well. We're fishing, stuff gets wet. Another plus is it's relatively light to pull behind the ride, except on a full tank of gas. |
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | tuffy1 - 2/8/2007 8:24 PM
I run a Crestliner right now. Someday want to move to the 1890, but not right now according to the finance manager (aka wife). Anywho, the reason I went with this, is first off, they have a great price, second, I love the room on the front deck. I take it out on Lake Michigan and have no problems. The bad thing about these are the storage is not so dry. Oh well. We're fishing, stuff gets wet. Another plus is it's relatively light to pull behind the ride, except on a full tank of gas.
Is your crestliner an 1850 fishhawk? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have a new 1760 Esox Deep V GC sitting all rigged up on the show floor at the Milwaukee Muskie Expo. 150 Opti, 9.9 EL remote Bigfoot, this si going to be a nice ride. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | MM, It's a 1750. I couldn't fit the 1850 in the garage, so had to downsize. 
Still has lots of room though, and planes out super fast. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Steve, is that the new one for the year? I'll definitely take a look. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Look hard enough, and you'll find a good boat deal for that.
I sold a 1 year old Crestliner 1850 Fish Hawk with a 150 Suzuki for something like $15,500. This boat wasn't trashed and I would have rated it as a 9 out of 10.
Deals are out there, you just need to find somebody who is willing to sell you a boat for the right price not one where they are looking to make crazy money off a boat that isn't worth that much.
Also I run a Polar Kraft 1910 SC. Best aluminum boat I have ever fished out of, drove, been in or owned.
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Got a fisher, Sweet boat. but I'd rather be floating a Tuffy! |
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| Tuffy 1890 for me |
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| Tuffy 1700 Esox Deep V
2001 Model but a great boat....
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Location: Monee, Illinois | Crestliner 1850 fishhawk love it and got a great deal on it.... |
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | Got a "98" Ranger 690. great boat, perfect interior layout, handles big water and small water alike. Although the newer ones (late 90's) are pretty hard to find. As stated above there are alot of nice boats listed on this site, i found mine on this site. |
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| Sweet Ride Pantlegger...put up a pic of yours would ya....I have a 690 too...2000 175 efi and 9.9 kicker...dark red...they are very nice boats aren't they! If only Ranger would still offer it in the new lineup...
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| Bug, yes I will. Anything special you're going to want on it? |
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Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | Love my Ranger, 1999 519 225 merc opti I have owned a lot of boats and they all seemed to be pretty good but none has compared with the ride I have now. If you can find an older model 519 you will be happy with it. The new one is smaller and is only rated for 200 ponies. |
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | bn,
Sorry i dont have a digital camera nor a scanner. Planning on getting a digital camera this spring. But, thumbnail pictures are still in the classifieds on this site, around June 2006. Post picture of yours or post in my mail, i would like to see it. I am very happy with my 690, it has big fish mojo also, been die hard musky fishing since 1992, and finally got one over 50" on LOTW in my 690's maiden voyage to Canada. It was the first musky to slime my new Ranger, pretty awesome, followed up with a 48 in Wisconsin the following week, and several over 40 the rest of the year. Man, i really need a digital camera. |
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| Pantlegger-
If yours is the red one, here's the link.
PANTLEGGER'S BOAT
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Location: Contrarian Island | Pantlegger,,, our boats are pretty much the same color it looks like...here is mine...looks like you got a very good deal on yours for 17k...
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | Scott,
Yes, thats the one. Thanks for putting it up. Im not to computer savy.
Brad,
pretty close to the same, mine has a darker interior and trailor, otherwise nearly identical. Oh ya, the color of the motor also. I thought i got a pretty good deal, hardly a scratch on it. He would not budge a bit on his price (not that i blame him) because he had eight people behind me that would take it site unseen. Glad i jumped on it right away. The black bottom was flawless (not a sratch) the prior owner was from Minn. and said he never pulled it up on shore. Being a Wisconsin Flowage fisherman i added a keel guard, because i will be pulling it up on shore. Did you take the Fisherman stickers off yours? if so, i think it looks better, and i may do the same. The only thing i need to figure out yet is how to tee the fuel lines together so i can run the big motor off the auxillary tank, because i dont use the kicker that often and i would like to burn that fuel so it doesnt get old over the coarse of the year. |
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| Yah, I don't blame him for not budging...I ended up giving the guy that I bought mine for a 100 bucks more than he was asking as he had a guy coming the night I went and looked at it with the money...Mine is in great shape too..not barely a scratch...I did take the "fisherman" stickers off and like the way it looks without them....
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| Brad, that is one purty boat. Red is a cool color!!
Matt Collins
www.ilovemyranger.com |
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| Matt I want to see a pic of your new Ranger!!! |
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Location: Alsip, Il | BassCat Sabre 2003 with a 150 EFI. It provides a nice casting deck for both the front and back, fits in my garage, and can go 60 plus miles an hour to satisfy my need for speed. Al  |
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Location: Kentucky | Shep - 2/9/2007 9:05 AM
Bug, yes I will. Anything special you're going to want on it?
Lots o muskie mojo and a cooler. It's hot here in KY. Well, not right now... |
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| The cooler is built in. As for the Mojo, let's hope I get the skunk out quickly in this boat! |
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| I switched from an Alumacraft 175cs Mag to a Blazer jet for the upper Mississippi river. Skinny water means less traffic.
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Location: Owatonna,MN | I have a 1995 Alumucraft V170 Phantom,100 Merc. I really like the boat, but would like alittle more room. Not the best in big waves. If I can talk my wife into I would like a Ranger 188VS |
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Location: north central wisconsin | bn, you asking to see these dudes ranger sounds just a twee bit gay...don't you think?..heheh..
Hey, have you ever seen another 690 tiller like the one you mentioned when we were fishing in the fall? They must not have made many of that model, as I don't think I've ever seen one.
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